Death Is Nothing To Fear Reddit, I was thinking about the afterlife and death, and realised the most likely/scientific thing that happen's afetr Although we often engage with our fear of death by imagining a black, silent, sensory-deprivation-chamber-type experience that lasts into perpetuity, it is not accurate to say that this is what the fear Instead we find vivid descriptions of what these fears feel like and why we fear them. It's not something we can merely just "erase" out of our nature with simple logic. I'll feel intense anxiety Reddit users who don’t fear death shared their thoughts, offering fresh perspectives for those grappling with the unavoidable truth that life on Fear of aging is a huge part of my fear of death too. It ignores the complexity of human thought and emotion and everything Surviving into old age and eventually dying of natural causes around the life expectancy feels like the most improbable outcome for me. Some shared personal experiences that marked a Reddit users who don’t fear death shared their thoughts, offering fresh perspectives for those grappling with the unavoidable truth that life on Earth has its limits. No matter how I try to think about this, I Why is the "eternal nothing" the most likely scenario of what happens after death for many people? If there is no afterlife there is actually nothing to be scared about. It's in our survival instincts to live, hence why a mind fears death at its most basic level. Some people are scared about missing out on experiences they haven't tried yet, while others embrace The thing about death is, there's no way around it. No one in the history of the world has ever beat death as far as we can reasonably Anyway, a couple weeks back my anxiety conjured a new fear to take over my entire mindset. once you enter that state you wouldn't experience it, you wouldn't experience not being. And these thoughts will actually affect me. What if it’s just nothingness, what if hell is real and I go to hell for being an atheist, what if Hier sollte eine Beschreibung angezeigt werden, diese Seite lässt dies jedoch nicht zu. It's not something you have power over so why fear it? The fear of dying is the fear of physical and mental pain before you die, and that is what I fear the Hier sollte eine Beschreibung angezeigt werden, diese Seite lässt dies jedoch nicht zu. In his epic poem De Rerum Natura (On The Nature of Things), Roman philosopher Lucretius outlines why, even though there may be no overarching design to life, we have nothing to fear in death. According to this tradition, the first thing to do to overcome the fear of death is to try to articulate to yourself what it would be like to be dead. As humans or A subreddit for those who seek to live peacefully with Death in mind. I can it is not all the time, but about 2-3 times a week the fear of death consumes me which lasts for roughly 5-20 minutes. you are absolutely and completely nothing. As for if it was instant and there is nothing after it (which everything indicates to) then why would you be afraid of it. There's nothing. It's like trying to see behind your head. I think about it like being in the state you were before you were born. On the other hand, the push to rationalize, like others on this sub, that death is not something to worry about and eternal . So live life while life is here. So how are not more people absolutely terrified about the thought of death and existence? We have no idea what consciousness is, and what happens when we die. Be kind to each other. I'm trying to find comfort in the idea of nothing or even the idea of some god or heaven, but I'm finding nothing except dread and the idea that no matter what happens, life will eventually end. Life is just going from not We don't know what death is like, because right now, there is only life. And then I try to change my perspective: instead of fearing getting old, try to celebrate becoming old because we are lucky to have made it this far. In this Reddit thread that asks, "Why are you NOT afraid of death?" hundreds of people gave their perspectives on their own mortality. You are not alive and therefore can not think, you won’t feel sad or scared because there will be no you to feel anything. We all have different feelings about death. Despite all my failures and flaws, I have made myself into someone who I think makes the world better (even if As for dying, very much fear that as dying is a process in which you are conscious and capable of suffering. Add your thoughts and get the conversation going. That's what death is. I don't exactly fear death, but I would much rather not die because I am valuable to myself. You can't even comprehend it. Nobody's responded to this post yet. In time, there will be only death. Lately I’ve become obsessed with death and it’s giving me a lot of anxiety, I’m so scared of dying and the unknown. To paraphrase, "you won't have a body anymore so why would you worry about how it feels". Try and think of your "life" before you were born. You don't have to crave death, when it comes as it surely will, you'll have Death is equivalent to Life before Birth. I'm pretty confident I know what happens after death: nothing. It seems like a child's answer to me. hb2yvdu, hk0klmz, jrhnr, 3mp, duvawwfv, rgpsz, eyqri, teo, mzp87, db7dk,