Interesting thing came up with me today. I am quite generally not afraid of death. BUT I am afraid of horses; seriously, while riding a horse I have an incredible fear that I will fall and the horse will step on my head and kill me, or else I will just die from the fall. Yes, of course it is just a phobic reaction, a delusion extreme, but it got me to thinking:

Do you fear death, or do you fear how you will die?
Is there a difference like I found?

I don't feel I have any problem dying from other causes: car accidents are a frequent vision, illness is also a recurrent theme. Old age as a means of death has never, ever, been a consideration. I don't contemplate living more than another decade or so, which would put me in the early 60's, because my body is breaking down pretty rapidly due to disability, which I fully accept. To give a little background, this is an improvement. I was convinced for the longest time that I would die by 42, another wild delusion extreme.