littleworm
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Once I'm dead there will simply be nothing. Not that I am in any rush to get there.
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How do you deal with the fact that you will die?
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Steeped in a Sea of Games
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Now imagine this happening to you multiple times a day and it taking sometimes an hour to go away.
Welcome to my level of anxiety.
yeah its okay im just really hungry and not very nice
WeAreStarStuff
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My cells are billions of years olds. I'm immortal.
BizzyBum
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I try not to think about it, then I see threads like this. Thanks OP.
But yeah, you just can't let it consume you, it will drive you mad. Obviously this is tougher to do as you get older. My whole headcase with it is if there's no sort of afterlife then once we die we just cease to exist for all of eternity. I know it'll be the same like before we were born but it's tougher to fathom now since we exist and know what it means to exist.
But yeah, you just can't let it consume you, it will drive you mad. Obviously this is tougher to do as you get older. My whole headcase with it is if there's no sort of afterlife then once we die we just cease to exist for all of eternity. I know it'll be the same like before we were born but it's tougher to fathom now since we exist and know what it means to exist.
Realizing that everybody else who ever lived and is currently living has to deal with that and we're all still living our lives
So I guess if it doesn't immobilize everyone like it should, why should I let it immobilize me? Religion used to help, but then I was scared of living forever. There's just no way to win in this existence.
So I guess if it doesn't immobilize everyone like it should, why should I let it immobilize me? Religion used to help, but then I was scared of living forever. There's just no way to win in this existence.
I just don't care. Everything ends, it's only fair that end at some point and there is nothing I can do about it so I accept it. I don't really believe in people being born for a purpose or destiny. Thats freeing to me. It means I I can do what I want and try to make the best of it. Dieing at some point seems important to making the events in my life feel special rather than just a list of events.
Megalosaro
Banned
The deaths of everyone I care about? I terrified of it. I love my parents. I love them too much.
My own death? I couldn't care less. If I died tomorrow, I'd be okay with it.
My own death? I couldn't care less. If I died tomorrow, I'd be okay with it.
Northeastmonk
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No one knows exactly what happens after death. Our physical body is no more, but that doesn't mean our conscious is completely gone. There could be a rebirth of conscious somewhere else in the galaxy or in another dimension. We may wake up and live another life somewhere else.
I'm not fond of the thought of dying. Especially when I imagine a future of people utilizing society and technology far beyond what we ever experienced. People will love each other and grow years after I am gone. But that's such a selfish thought. Our future generations should be prepared and they should enjoy what they get out of life.
Death doesn't make it all fare. It makes it so we can move on from our time on earth. It makes it so we can move on.
I take each day as it's my last. I try to find parts of me that are satisfied with life.
I'm not fond of the thought of dying. Especially when I imagine a future of people utilizing society and technology far beyond what we ever experienced. People will love each other and grow years after I am gone. But that's such a selfish thought. Our future generations should be prepared and they should enjoy what they get out of life.
Death doesn't make it all fare. It makes it so we can move on from our time on earth. It makes it so we can move on.
I take each day as it's my last. I try to find parts of me that are satisfied with life.
BizzyBum
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Hm, I dunno, that's probably the best way to die since there's no pain. I wonder how long you would dream for? If you knew you were in a dream but couldn't wake up, what would happen to you in your dream? Since dreams feel way longer then reality, could you potentially dream for a long ass time before your brain shuts off in the real world? Shit like this fascinates me.
Twenty7KVN
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Try not to think about it.
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Dying isnt a problem. Understanding that very few people pass away peacefully in their sleep. Chances are likely that a violent and painful end is advancing for us all.
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
I don't deal with it, or the fact that anyone I care about will decay and die either. It eats me up inside.
”When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car." ― Will Rogers
”When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car." ― Will Rogers
jimmypython
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i just wish i will live a happy life with a loving family for the rest of my time -
well, i will keep trying
well, i will keep trying
Lucky Seven
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I go to sleep and forget about it. I hate those nights where i'm reminded of it.
I don't like pain at all, but I like the idea of my final thoughts being the realisation that I'm about to die. Like "whoa! This guy's robbing this liquor store...and now his gun's in my face! I'm probably going to die right now."
I know it might be hard to empathise with, but I like the idea of being aware that the last moments of my existence are the last moments of my existence. Obviously I won't miss out if liquor store guy shoots me in the back of the head before I even know he's there, but I like the idea of knowing how things wrapped up for me rather than just switching off in ignorance; if it doesn't mean experiencing too much unnecessary suffering.
TheHolyTurnip
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By keeping up with the Human Immortality Project
Muskieratboi
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By making a middilingly popular series of Pornographic comic books, thus leaving my mark on the world. 
TheBryanJZX90
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It is the kühle Nacht.
Had this conversation with my gf last night funnily enough. I had a really hard time leaving Islam as a late teen because I just couldn't feel comfortable with the idea that there's just nothing at all after death. Eventually, I honestly just rationalized it by mulling over the fact that I don't really think about what my existence is like while I'm asleep, and that every time I go to bed there's always the slightest of chances that I could never wake up and I'd literally know no better and not suffer at all. In that sense, it's comforting.
To me, the real meaning of life is just to find something that makes it valuable to you. Family is extremely important to me, and yet my relationship with my own is very strained. I want to be successful so I can be a good father and husband and provide for the family I make for myself. That's about it, really. Bringing value to the lives of the people I care about is all I really need and with that I don't feel any dread in passing away. One second we're here, the next we're not, and that's ok.
To me, the real meaning of life is just to find something that makes it valuable to you. Family is extremely important to me, and yet my relationship with my own is very strained. I want to be successful so I can be a good father and husband and provide for the family I make for myself. That's about it, really. Bringing value to the lives of the people I care about is all I really need and with that I don't feel any dread in passing away. One second we're here, the next we're not, and that's ok.
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
Chance Hale
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Alcoholism
Amory
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Dammit I just lost the game
The Salt Life
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I don't think about something I have zero control over.
jk, I think about it everyday and how probably they will find ways to slow down aging the day after my soul leaves the earth
M0nochromatic
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The primal, instinctive fear of it comes and goes. I deal with it. What really bothers me is that we might be close to achieving incredibly long life spans due to advances in medicine, but I'll die the week before I can get the treatment. That I'll be a part of the last generation to die due to illness, disease, and aging because I was born to soon and didn't last long enough.
Amory
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It's something I think about a lot, especially as I get older and time just seems to go faster and faster.
I dunno. Everyone I know is gonna die eventually, and would I really want to be around when everyone I love is gone? Nah.
Plus I think as you get older and older and your quality of life drops dramatically, it's probably a lot easier to come to terms with. You're not meant to be ready to die as a young person
I dunno. Everyone I know is gonna die eventually, and would I really want to be around when everyone I love is gone? Nah.
Plus I think as you get older and older and your quality of life drops dramatically, it's probably a lot easier to come to terms with. You're not meant to be ready to die as a young person
pokeystaples
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It used to be an inevitability. Something I didn't fear. I got married. I don't want this ride to be over. I just want more time. It makes me sad more than anxious. I try not to think about it, but sometimes it brings me to tears.
Cliché or not, I still think that's the best way to approach existence. Especially since you specified "fulfilling".
By making a middilingly popular series of Pornographic comic books, thus leaving my mark on the world.
That's a bigger mark than most people leave! I wish I could say I was leaving some good porn behind for the benefit of future generations. Where can I find your work?
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
And all this time i thought that was from Deep Thoughts with Jack Handey.
There's not a single day that goes by without me thinking about it. But I believe it's not in the way most people do it. I thought about making a thread about this several times and at one point I typed a wall of text that included other topics of discussion about life and society, but I won't include those in this post to keep it short.
I have a good life, with a loving family and good friends. I have a lot of things that I enjoy, I have plans for the future and I'm working on things I want to achieve. I am not depressed and I'm not suicidal. However, a part of me craves nonexistence, no matter how fulfilled I might be. The idea that I'll never have to act, decide, struggle or feel anything ever again sounds like the ultimate comfort to me. I imagine a dreamless sleep is close to what it might be like. Just not existing. Like before I was born.
Even though a part of me wants to stop existing, I don't even contemplate killing myself. Dying in the usual sense would leave my loved ones feeling bad, and they would have to clean the mess I leave behind (my body, my belongings, and so on). This is actually big deal for me. I know it wouldn't matter for me after I'm gone, but everything I'm saying here is according to my own human limitations, which include my feelings. I don't want to hurt anyone (I don't even want to hurt myself!).
A couple fantasy solutions to this dilemma would be:
- A clone or some type of copy of myself that could live in my place without knowing it's a copy. I, the original, would be eliminated in secret in the cleanest way possible.
- Some type of de-existing button that would fully erase me and any recollection people have of my existence in the world so no now would suffer from my absence.
Once again: I'm a happy person, I love myself, I'm social, healthy, I have plans, etc. But I don't find the subject of death sad, dying is the ultimate release and the ultimate comfort. I almost wish I wasn't aware of my own mortality because I always have it on my mind as something to look forward to, and that conflicts with what we're supposed to feel about living. I know this might be kind of contradictory, but it is what it is.
Side note - I'm not very interested in discussing the afterlife outside of the realm of fiction, but for all intents and purposes I believe there's nothing after you die (you just go back to the state you were before you were born: nonexistence). However, if I believed in Heaven and Hell, I'd probably want to be dead even more, because every day being alive would just risk reducing my chances of entering Heaven due to temptations, etc.
I have a good life, with a loving family and good friends. I have a lot of things that I enjoy, I have plans for the future and I'm working on things I want to achieve. I am not depressed and I'm not suicidal. However, a part of me craves nonexistence, no matter how fulfilled I might be. The idea that I'll never have to act, decide, struggle or feel anything ever again sounds like the ultimate comfort to me. I imagine a dreamless sleep is close to what it might be like. Just not existing. Like before I was born.
Even though a part of me wants to stop existing, I don't even contemplate killing myself. Dying in the usual sense would leave my loved ones feeling bad, and they would have to clean the mess I leave behind (my body, my belongings, and so on). This is actually big deal for me. I know it wouldn't matter for me after I'm gone, but everything I'm saying here is according to my own human limitations, which include my feelings. I don't want to hurt anyone (I don't even want to hurt myself!).
A couple fantasy solutions to this dilemma would be:
- A clone or some type of copy of myself that could live in my place without knowing it's a copy. I, the original, would be eliminated in secret in the cleanest way possible.
- Some type of de-existing button that would fully erase me and any recollection people have of my existence in the world so no now would suffer from my absence.
Once again: I'm a happy person, I love myself, I'm social, healthy, I have plans, etc. But I don't find the subject of death sad, dying is the ultimate release and the ultimate comfort. I almost wish I wasn't aware of my own mortality because I always have it on my mind as something to look forward to, and that conflicts with what we're supposed to feel about living. I know this might be kind of contradictory, but it is what it is.
Side note - I'm not very interested in discussing the afterlife outside of the realm of fiction, but for all intents and purposes I believe there's nothing after you die (you just go back to the state you were before you were born: nonexistence). However, if I believed in Heaven and Hell, I'd probably want to be dead even more, because every day being alive would just risk reducing my chances of entering Heaven due to temptations, etc.
HiredN00bs
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I'm more worried about getting to a point where life is so good that I don't want it to end. I've been trending away from that for a long time.
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