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Michelle Spencer (she/her)'s avatar

A thought-provoking read, as usual, thank you. I am honoured to be one of your links this week!

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Annette Lessmann's avatar

I agree with you. The cemetary thing, and the need to see a relic make no sense to me. On the other hand I learned about epidemics killing children by visiting graveyards and reading gravestones. That was interesting.

I also aspire to die only once and my daughter isn't happy about it but has agreed to abide by my decision.

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Cori Carl's avatar

I love visiting cemeteries. So many of them are gorgeous and contain hints at all sorts of fascinating histories.

I just came across a post by Sasha Cohen suggesting that a lack of ability to visualize things in one mind is related to a lack of fear of death (https://sashachapin.substack.com/p/reflections-on-aphantasia). Now it has me curious about traits that correlate with the ability to accept death.

It's great that you've discussed it with her and she's prepared to accept your decision. I would hate to have to guess when it comes to making a decision for someone else!

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