(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Just recently, two people I've been close to passed away. Firstly, my great uncle who was more like a grandfather to me passed at the age of 90. The next day one of my friends took his own life. Death isn't something I'm unfamiliar with, but I feel like I don't take it as hard as I maybe should anymore. I guess I've become desensitized, and I'm just wondering how other members of NGU cope with death. Have you ever lost somebody close to you? If so, do you still mourn the loss of others in the same way you did when you first experienced the death of a loved one?



I hope I'm not being too much of a downer. This has just been on my mind lately.

Death is something just expected, you can't do much besides accept it, but we can continue to extend life as much as possible.

My first real loss was my grandmother which caused me to become very upset. After time my wounds were healed, even much more later on.

You can't do anything but accept it, it's going to happen to everyone. I mourned when I first lost someone, but then I realized it's going to happen to me some day too, so why sit around and be depressed missing someone when you can be living your life before it happens to you.

Myself? I work. Pre-occupy my time. I read my books (American Sniper, The Red Circle [Both VERY GOOD books about SEAL Team Snipers, especially American Sniper by Chris Kyle] Mud, Sweat, Tears by Bear, etc.) go shooting, do redneck things, etc. Some say it isn't healthy, but I don't show emotion about it. Especially in front of my friends. My friends have rarely seen me cry. My best friend has known me for over 10 years, and she can count on one hand the number of times she's seen me cry, and she doesn't need all her fingers to count either.

I choose to express my sadness in solitary. Away from others behind closed doors. Probably because I have some sort of militaryish mentality to myself. When I'm in public, I'm tough and stand firm. There for others, never loosing my composure when those around me are. When I'm with myself, that's another story. For me being alone with my thoughts is the worst, because there is no one around to interact with so I dwell on things, but I power through them.

What works for me though may not work for others.

I know how it feels. I lost a good friend of mine 7 years ago in a car crash and I still miss her. At first it was weird; it was like she never died. Even if I saw her in her coffin, I was sure I would see her again. It took a few weeks for my brain to process the information. When it did, I was very sad. I guess we all react differently.

I wonder what she would be doing right now if she were still alive.

Life is not fair, but there is nothing we can do about it.

Every life comes with a death sentence.
Appreciate what you have when you have it.

Sad to hear that you have been faced with them tragic losses man.
Death is hard for me to cope with. I have someone in my family who has cancer and there taking it better than I am. I haven't been to worried about it all but at first it was a shock. But death comes to all of us eventually.

Death is only something to be sad about if the person was unable to enjoy a fulfilling life, I've had numerous pet animals, a few relatives and even co-workers die all of which were old when they passed away so I never really felt sad as it was expected. To be honest I'm sort off expecting atleast one of my close school friends to die as they've become heavy recreational drug users and instead of smoking weed like most of NGU the just use cocaine, ketamine, N20, and various forms of acid to get high, frankly though if that's how they want to spend their free time and it kills them I don't really care, it's their life I let them live it.

I lost my brother when i was 11.

You really cant do anything but remember him/her as a good person and pray.

We all going to die one day,Just live life to the fullest!Sorry about your family bro