AwesomRunner
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I dont know how to describe this but some days o get the sudden realization out of nowhere that i will die no matter what. Its clear to me that we all have to rake that road, but did ever give a chill and you thought about with fear in your mind about whats happening when you die?
Noodlesocks
existential crises are common, yeah.
oxyacetyleneballoon
Pairs well with marihuana.
largomatic
This fucking title made me pray for death, fwiw.
ME2BNS12
Just make sure you don't confuse correlation with causation and you'll live forever.
weedeewee
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Shiggityshaybae
I think about death often. Yea, it comes for us all. And we can never truly know when, etc. but it is inevitable. What we can control, and what nobody can take away from you or decide for you, is how you face it. And I take comfort in that
AwesomRunner
How do you change your view to be more like this? More at ease
Hexrowe
Just thinking and reading/listening to other people thinking about it got me there. Specifically, _why_ is death supposed to be scary? I mean, I don't want to die unhappy or in pain or too soon, of course, and would choose to live indefinitely if given the option... but there's really no reason why dying in its own right should be any more terrifying than being born, you know?
Shiggityshaybae
Therapy, philosophy, LSD, meditation
Tengenstein
Nope, I die, I tutn into so much cooling meat. The world will continue to turn and I won't have to keep up all... this. I will finally be at rest.
Hexrowe
"...then on the shore
Of the wide world I stand alone, and think,
Till Love and Fame to nothingness do sink."
Scalerender
Had these thoughts since I was 11, sometimes triggers full blown panic attacks. I try and let go as it is completely out of my hands, try and focus on the moment, something I enjoy, hug my kid. No easy solution, but you're not alone.
3rdoption
It helps me if I keep in mind that I'm a tiny nobody in the billions of years long chain of life and death. Death has been around as long as life. I trust the process. Another thing I think about is that before I existed, I was dead for an eternity. I imagine that's the same state that I return to. That gives me comfort because it means all my fears and anxieties will be gone too.
sirkekes
you just gotta make peace with that shit and move on
WellThatsOriginal
Don't hate me for this. I think that back when religion was very popular, these feelings, which I also have, were a lot less prevalent. I say this because when I used to believe in a higher power, I wasn't as worried about death. Now I hate fucking thinking about it. Honestly, I'd take brainwashed Bible thumper over whatever I am. That's what I think anyway. Who knows...
Grurim
To be fair, I am a religious person, believe there is something after death, but that doesn't stop me from frequently thinking 1) What if I'm wrong, and there is just nothing there and 2) what will it be like if I know its coming, and how will I be dealing with it. That last thought leads me to a LOT of deep sadness.
WellThatsOriginal
I still hold on to some religion. I need to honestly. I think that, although terrible for the family, dementia is probably our body's way of dealing with this exact thing. I don't want to know when the end is close. I also don't want my family to suffer.
peeopeepeee
Optimistic nihilism has its perks, I guess
myfriendkaroshi
Some Epicurus: "If I am, then death is not. If Death is, then I am not."
LadyRex
Yeah yeah, time knife. We've all dealt with it.