1. Are you afraid of death/dying?
I have a bit of fear of dying too young (while I still have kids at home and/or while my parents are still alive), or about dying a violent death. It's not a huge, paralyzing fear, but definitely an uncomfortable to think about worry.
2. Do you think life should be extended at any cost?
There was a time when I would have said no, absolutely not.
But then both of my parents were diagnosed with terminal cancer six weeks apart, and we were told that at most we'd have two months with them. But they both kept pushing on through outrageous crises (I'm talking that we received several "you need to come right now...your mom won't make it through the hour" type of phone calls). When they were very ill, medical professionals kept trying to get me to convince my mom to sign a Do Not Resuscitate order. I really wanted her to as well, as I worked in a trauma hospital at the time, and knew all about how they went. Mom adamantly refused, which surprised me, because she's generally super reasonable.
This month marks seven years since their diagnoses, and they are both still alive and kicking ass. I actually saw my mom's doctor yesterday, and she was like, "I still don't know how she did it. It wasn't possible to survive that".
So my perspective has changed, and even though I'm not spiritual, I do believe that miracles can occur in the form of people getting through things that everyone says is impossible.
Brain death is something different for me though, and I do not personally think that life should be extended in this case.
3. If no, what is your crossover point?
Mostly yes, but crossover point is brain death.
4. Do you think your answer to #1 affected your answers to 2 & 3?
Nope, not at all. My ridiculously stubborn parents affected my answers.