I'd like to start a conversation about mortality. I've been thinking a lot about my own lately for no particular reason I can discern. The feeling that comes upon me when I think of eventually no longer existing is one of absolute dread. It's not paralyzing but I have to actively push it out of my thoughts. I wonder, not jokingly, if this is the beginning of a "midlife crisis".

@hallmarc I've been thinking about it a lot in the last year or so. I'm well past midlife.

@BillieBun what are the things about it that hit you hardest?

@hallmarc Being alone when it happens. Being aware that it's happening rather than being unconscious.

@BillieBun I think in some way we're always alone when it happens...