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peach




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Aug 19 2007, 1:52 pm
I'd say try calling their cell phones. Then say some tehillim. And then do something that distracts you (as much as possible given the situation!)

Hope things work out for the best!
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amother


 

Post Sun, Aug 19 2007, 1:55 pm
Phew. I and my sister tried for hours. Turns out their computer broke, so they didnt email and for some reason they were out all day. BH all is ok this time. It;s so silly.. it's a heart issue, so like several yrs back they want her to wear a monitor for 24 hrs to see whats going on and if there is arythmic heart rate. HELLO???? It doesnt happen all the time but an EKG reading from the hospital showing the heart to beat 3 times the normal speed isn't enough??? Basically the dr is saying I dont know what it is so go for more tests so I seem I know what I am doing. grrrr.
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southernbubby




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Aug 19 2007, 5:59 pm
I know that there is an organization in Boston started by the Bostoner Rebbe that can help find top specialists in the area that each patient needs. They are a resource center. Maybe a poster has information about how to contact them and find a doctor that is knowledgeable.
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amother


 

Post Sun, Feb 10 2008, 5:32 am
OP here. Mortality has got me down yet again. Just in general. But I was also just looking at the website of an 8 yr old frum girl who passed away recently to cancer. Crying
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bigdeal




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Feb 10 2008, 7:51 am
Ouch- well the concept of life an death does exist - and your anxiety IS normal .... to some degree.

re- read these posts- they're good. Do you have somene to talk to??? Therapist ? friend? rav? signifigant other? If you like to read:

I am obsessed with Mitiam Adahans books
Emett-
Awareness - read it twenty times- talks about people, personalities, theyre contributions to this world,,, how they mesh with others... it will NO DOUBT get your mind in another direction.....
and
Thirty Seconds to Emotional Health


and sad but true" OLam hazeh yesh prozdar..."
this world is just a corridor- a hallway for something greater ( too many ppl, myself included get carried away with our state in this world being permenant- not to be depressing- but giives and takes in the flash- a blink of an eye- so if it helps- we are ALL pawns in this game and we are ALL mortals subjected to the same idea of temporary)

AND- if you want a real good read on secrets into the mundane of this world: read Aryeh Kaplan- If you were g-d ( also, read abt ten times......)
GOOD LUCK- and believe me we ALL can relate ( if it helps)
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amother


 

Post Sun, Feb 10 2008, 10:36 am
I'm new here and just saw this thread. I'm also feeling low religiously and terrified of mortality. I want to let you know that a lot of what was said in this thread really helped me.
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amother


 

Post Thu, Jun 05 2008, 11:08 am
OP here-
It's getting to me again. Yesterday a cousin of my husband's, who is a yr older than me (in my 20s) passed away. Hmph. It's just so final. Funeral prepared so quickly. Here today gone tomorrow. Take the body, put it in the ground. Everyone -1,2,3 - throw dirt on. I dont get it. Kavod for people, kavod for the body - but heap the dirt on. He was a part of a family yesterday. Tomorrow he is a headstone by himself in the boiling heat and freezing cold. He isn't a person anymore. He doesn't feel. How can that be?

Of course we want to give our children the gift of life. But most normal human beings think about, and fear to some extent death. Is it right we bring on this fear for our kids simply by giving birth to them. I know the answer, but still these thoughts pop up.
And how can one possibly bring comfort by going to the family who is being torn apart by pain? How can I relate?..... The thoughts keep coming.
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louche




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Jun 05 2008, 11:13 am
amother wrote:
He was a part of a family yesterday. Tomorrow he is a headstone by himself in the boiling heat and freezing cold. He isn't a person anymore. He doesn't feel. How can that be?

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That's why if we didn't have the concept of a soul we'd have to invent it.
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amother


 

Post Thu, Jun 05 2008, 11:15 am
Right but it's just hard to fathom all these ideas we never experienced for ourselves. Of course (I hope) there is the concept of neshama and olam haba. But what do we see? A person who lived, impacted ppl, interacted with ppl - full of LIFE.... Gone.... Body put in the dirt, covered over and left. It's hard to digest.
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