Are you afraid of death? Why?

[Ioneliness]

I was looking at threads of people discussing what happens after we die and didn't relate at all. I saw one comment saying you could start life over like a video game, lol. What else could wait for us after life but non-existence/nothingness?. Do other animals think there is some afterlife that exists if they practice morals that were simply just made up? There has been millions of years when everyone reading this didn't exist. We literally have people who have survived near death experiences say that they felt nothing, like they are at peace. The answer is obvious to me. I guess my life is so dull and empty that I don't really have anything to lose, so thats why im not scared-but I honestly feel like there is no other rational way to think about death.

 

[tonicer]

I'm not scared of reincarnation or nothingness i am just afraid of the pain. That's why my preferred methods are so quick i won't notice anything. Methods like getting crushed by a shipping container for example.

 

[Captive_Mind515]

I'm not scared of reincarnation or nothingness i am just afraid of the pain. That's why my preferred methods are so quick i won't notice anything. Methods like getting crushed by a shipping container for example.

Is there a megathread on the shipping container method?

 

[3rdworldsadness]

I don't afraid of death or the pain it will take, I afraid what if I didn't die and survive? Becoming a vegetable? I live with abusive people I fear them mostly, and they will most probably throw me away in the dirty street if I become a vegetable that's what I fear the most. Surviving. Death sounds like a hug to me, and a mercy upon life.

 

[ravendrops]

death can't be worse than life

 

[franos666]

I don't believe in the afterlife and I think that the most probably scenario after we die is just nothigness when you don't feel anything because your brain stops fuctioning and it's responsible for thought process.

Concept of hell and heaven doesn't make sense for me because I don't think there is a free will among humans. We are simply determined by factors beyond our control like genes, environment, culture so God would have to sentence people to eternity in pain based on actions that weren't in their control.
Reincarnation would be slighty more reliable but still very unlikely because lack of any proof for that

 

[burninghill]

I'm not scared of pain or the process of dying, but I am scared of what happens after. I don't want there to be nothing after because I'm a person who doesn't hate the world or living, I just don't think that the person I am right now is suited for it.

I sort of hope it's like a video game. I disappear for a moment and then come back as someone new.

 

[E4syW3y0u7]

I'm scared of death because i'm wired to be afraid of it, even if i say i'm not. The old lizzie brain pulls me back to the most basic instinct : survival. I wish i could bypass it but it ain't that simple is it ?

 

[tooafraidtodiez]

Death is not scary to me. The process to achieve death or what might happen after it is what scares me. I hate the idea of both eternal torture and reincarnation. I hope if reincarnation exist then we can't be reincarnated as animal, as it'd suck to get reincarnated as a farm animal and get slaughtered.

 

[tonicer]

Is there a megathread on the shipping container method?

Nah but i saw a couple of videos from china and india on 4chan a while ago of people getting smushed by those things. There's once minced meat left a second later.

 

[hopefullysoon]

Death is not scary to me. The process to achieve death or what might happen after it is what scares me. I hate the idea of both eternal torture and reincarnation. I hope if reincarnation exist then we can't be reincarnated as animal, as it'd suck to get reincarnated as a farm animal and get slaughtered.

What is your favourite show?

 

[pthnrdnojvsc]

I'm not afraid of Death.

Death is Non-existence forever . we've experienced non-existence before we were born.

When you don't exist you can't suffer pain that is so bad it's a billion times worse than you can imagine. you can't fall into a hell a trillion times worse than the worst you can imagine if you don't exist . but while alive you certainly can suffer to such horrible extents and beyond.

this is just one reason i don't fear Death but i do fear being alive . but imo they seem to have most people believing the exact oppossite. and this is just one thing out of millions .

1 micro-second after my brain dies i will cease to exist and never exist again. all my problems will be solved instantly and foreever. never will i suffer, feel unbearable pain, have problems , bad memories, 1000 other horrible things in this evil life and evil world.

I don't see why i or anyone should fear Death , no suffering , no pain , no problems no bad memories. instead they have everyone thinking they love something that can torture a human or animal extremely

i fear constant unbearable pain .

some people seem to confuse "dying" with Death. yeah dying with cancer for months can be painful "dying" so can some suicide methods but those tend to be quicker and imo less painful than a lot of natural "dyings" . we all are going to die. i don't want to suffer for a long time to reach Eternal Non-existence.

 

[lillmonix3]

No, I'm not afraid of death; I'm afraid of surviving. And of what will happen after that. I'm also afraid of how my decision will affect my parents. Although things are getting so much worse right now that very little bothers me anymore

 

[volo]

Not at all, but I fear a risk of failing to ctb and permanent bodily damage/ involuntary hospitalization as a consequence, and a pain that methods available to me, can/will inflict.

 

[egegeg444]

No, because in my opinion you shouldn't fear the inevitable.

 

[Sedfrg]

To understand concepts such as reincarnation, hell, or heaven, we are forced to introduce the concept of the "soul," which ensures the continuity of subjective experience; however, in reality, this raises serious doubts. For example, under the influence of trauma or illness, a person undergoes irreversible changes in personality, and the question arises: where has that part of their "soul" gone? This leads to three possibilities: the soul does not exist; the soul exists, but is not the source of those traits we consider to be "ourselves" (this is closer to Eastern religion); or the soul exists independently of the body (currently, there are neither waves nor particles capable of realizing anything like this, let alone a constant exchange. Hypothetically, such elements do not even have a place to exist based on known baryonic matter) - in any case, the continuation of subjective experience is impossible. The concept of "nothingness" is also interesting in and of itself precisely because of the absence of any characteristics; we know the scenarios by which our universe will end, but our tools for structuring chaos have limits beyond which we cannot see, so ruling out any possibility 100% would be a false assumption. This is not about theories of quantum immortality, the Boltzmann brain, or the multiverse; even these theories remain merely theories and deny the continuation of subjective experience, but rather about the unknown dynamics of infinity. Given this uncertainty from both a scientific and a religious perspective, the "nothing" option is the best possible one.

 

[Forveleth]

I do not fear death at all. I see it as a relief from suffering and also the natural end to life. I may have been somewhat lucky in being exposed to death very early on in life and quite frequently with frequent deaths of relatives.

 

[AltercatingVoices]

Personally wouldn't be scared of the pain or process as that's only temporary, but very much so of death itself. Knowing all my memories, experiences, etc. will all be forgotten is terrifying even if it is inevitable. Rational though? Probably not

 

[lonergirl_26]

I think the fear of death and what comes after is part of the human experience.

I personally aren't afraid of either. I'm way more scared of the actual doing part rather than the dying and after part.

 

[Ioneliness]

I don't believe in the afterlife and I think that the most probably scenario after we die is just nothigness when you don't feel anything because your brain stops fuctioning and it's responsible for thought process.

Concept of hell and heaven doesn't make sense for me because I don't think there is a free will among humans. We are simply determined by factors beyond our control like genes, environment, culture so God would have to sentence people to eternity in pain based on actions that weren't in their control.
Reincarnation would be slighty more reliable but still very unlikely because lack of any proof for that

This is exactly how i feel, especially since the reasons for my ctb are all out of my control. I believe in being a good person but morality is a made up concept that has little effect on the trajectory of most peoples lives. Why would nature come up with an afterlife that rewards us based on abstract concepts that WE invented? When you add the fact that free will is an illusion and we don't really have any control the thought of an afterlife becomes even more absurd.

 

[fyer]

I'm not scared of pain or the process of dying, but I am scared of what happens after. I don't want there to be nothing after because I'm a person who doesn't hate the world or living, I just don't think that the person I am right now is suited for it.

I sort of hope it's like a video game. I disappear for a moment and then come back as someone new.

I am almost sure that this is the truth. if we came from nothingness once, theres not a single reason to believe that its our only life. the only scenario which could lead to being alive once and that there is nothing for eternity would be that someone designed it this way. i dont believe it. i am almost sure that it will be like waking up from sleep as another being but completely random unfortunately

 

[hurts2b]

I'm afraid of the process of dying. I'm a coward when it comes to pain. I'm not afraid of anything that happens afterwards.

 

[Ioneliness]

I'm not afraid of Death.

Death is Non-existence forever . we've experienced non-existence before we were born.

When you don't exist you can't suffer pain that is so bad it's a billion times worse than you can imagine. you can't fall into a hell a trillion times worse than the worst you can imagine if you don't exist . but while alive you certainly can suffer to such horrible extents and beyond.

this is just one reason i don't fear Death but i do fear being alive . but imo they seem to have most people believing the exact oppossite. and this is just one thing out of millions .

1 micro-second after my brain dies i will cease to exist and never exist again. all my problems will be solved instantly and foreever. never will i suffer, feel unbearable pain, have problems , bad memories, 1000 other horrible things in this evil life and evil world.

I don't see why i or anyone should fear Death , no suffering , no pain , no problems no bad memories. instead they have everyone thinking they love something that can torture a human or animal extremely

i fear constant unbearable pain .

some people seem to confuse "dying" with Death. yeah dying with cancer for months can be painful "dying" so can some suicide methods but those tend to be quicker and imo less painful than a lot of natural "dyings" . we all are going to die. i don't want to suffer for a long time to reach Eternal Non-existence.

Exactly. Its so simple, there is no reason to be afraid. Aslong as the feeling of dying isn't too bad, what comes after it is nothing to be scared of.

Death is not scary to me. The process to achieve death or what might happen after it is what scares me. I hate the idea of both eternal torture and reincarnation. I hope if reincarnation exist then we can't be reincarnated as animal, as it'd suck to get reincarnated as a farm animal and get slaughtered.

I was talking about what comes after death. How could you be eternally tortured if all your nerves are dead and you cant feel anything ? How can consciousness be passed down if what gives us consciousness (our brain) stops working?

I am almost sure that this is the truth. if we came from nothingness once, theres not a single reason to believe that its our only life. the only scenario which could lead to being alive once and that there is nothing for eternity would be that someone designed it this way. i dont believe it. i am almost sure that it will be like waking up from sleep as another being but completely random unfortunately

Bro we did not come from nothingness, we came from our parents passing down our genes. Someone literally decided to create us. How can that happen after we die.

 

[tooafraidtodiez]

What is your favourite show?

One piece

 

[FuneralCry]

No, I only fear suffering for decades longer in this terrible, torturous existence where is no limit as to how much agony one can feel, for me ceasing to exist is just all that's positive, all I hope for is to permanently cease existing.

I'd only be relieved to finally be unconscious for all eternity with this dreadful, futile existence I just always saw as a mistake finally all gone and forgotten, existence to me will just always be an abomination and it's so terrible how this existence was imposed that just causes all this futile, dreadful and unnecessary suffering all for the sake of it, all I've ever hoped for is to be gone, to be at permanently at peace from this torturous existence that is just waiting to die anyway is all that could ever be desirable to me.

 

[Passenger4224]

I was looking at threads of people discussing what happens after we die and didn't relate at all. I saw one comment saying you could start life over like a video game, lol. What else could wait for us after life but non-existence/nothingness?. Do other animals think there is some afterlife that exists if they practice morals that were simply just made up? There has been millions of years when everyone reading this didn't exist. We literally have people who have survived near death experiences say that they felt nothing, like they are at peace. The answer is obvious to me. I guess my life is so dull and empty that I don't really have anything to lose, so thats why im not scared-but I honestly feel like there is no other rational way to think about death.

100% agreed with this.

imo it should be common sense that death is just an eternal nothingness.

With that scared I am not scared in the slightest!

 

[Kokonoe]

i'm not scared of what happens after. i hope for nothingness. but whatever it is, it would likely be preferable to my life now.
what scares me is the physical sensation of dying. not necessarily the pain, although that is part of it depending on how i'm dying. but the short moments of knowing i'm dying. that scares me the most.
i've grown pretty tolerant to it thanks to exposure at this point. the last time i hanged fully suspended it felt peaceful and the pain didn't bother me at all. other types of pain scare me more, though. i'm afraid of jumping and not dying immediately, for example. and of drowning.

 

[darksouls]

I think death is the beginning of something new,
therefore I am afraid of a never ending loop of suffer and misery,
I am so exhausted

 

[bl33ding_heart]

I'm afraid of a potential eternity existing after death. The idea of having to exist eternally and not being able to cease it terrifies me.