Death is not scary: my view

[ksp]

i hope my view can bring some comfort to a few people

we all die every day

i had this revelation a few years back, after my anesthesia for a minor surgery
to me anesthesia = coma = dreamless sleep, so i thought about it logically and put 2 and 2

sleep is simply 'death in standby mode'

every day, after i wake up, 7 or 8 hours are simply missing from my life: i am not aware of those hours; my consciousness didn't exist at all, and my brain didn't perceive anything; my sensor preceptors didn't get any inputs and the neurons had minimal activity
if i spend 50 years in a coma, i'd wake up and continue my life normally starting from my latest memories, except i would be completely unaware of those 50 years

so my point (to myself) is that my consciousness ceased to exist
the brain was active only for my memory, in order to resume normal cognitive processes

death is not scary
only the transition can be incredibly peaceful, or incredibly painful

 

[Cryptonite]

Agree 100 percent.

 

[Nightwillalwayswin]

We (or at least I) know and understand this intellectually but SI is just not interested in this logic no matter how many times we go over it.

 

[Cryptonite]

We (or at least I) know and understand this intellectually but SI is just not interested in this logic no matter how many times we go over it.

An unfortunate truth...

 

[ksp]

thanks; i wasn't debating the transition to death, but death itself (sorry if this subject was brought up too much)

 

[darkwaters]

Sleep is an active brain process. To me, it is not similar to death. Death is nothing at all.

 

[lionetta12]

i hope my view can bring some comfort to a few people

we all die every day

i had this revelation a few years back, after my anesthesia for a minor surgery
to me anesthesia = coma = dreamless sleep, so i thought about it logically and put 2 and 2

sleep is simply 'death in standby mode'

every day, after i wake up, 7 or 8 hours are simply missing from my life: i am not aware of those hours; my consciousness didn't exist at all, and my brain didn't perceive anything; my sensor preceptors didn't get any inputs and the neurons had minimal activity
if i spend 50 years in a coma, i'd wake up and continue my life normally starting from my latest memories, except i would be completely unaware of those 50 years

so my point (to myself) is that my consciousness ceased to exist
the brain was active only for my memory, in order to resume normal cognitive processes

death is not scary
only the transition can be incredibly peaceful, or incredibly painful

I'm not scared of death, the thought brings me comfort. The only thing I am scared of is failing, getting brain or organ damage and being stuck in this existance for longer than I want to.

 

[Nightwillalwayswin]

I wasn't debating either. Merely saying that knowing this doesn't override the mental/emotional response when it comes to going through with inflicting death on the self. I could be wrong but I don't think most people here fear the state of being dead… I think it's exactly what's desired.

 

[Cerulea]

I don't think most people here fear the state of being dead… I think it's exactly what's desired.

Agree. I think a lot of folks welcome the idea of death. Dying is another beast to wrestle with.

 

[Blue_mist]

I've always wondered why people find the idea of stop existing and complete void quite scary, i think it's more relaxing than believing in the after life and hell, heaven etc.., i was raised as a Muslim and when I read the Quran and see how God is going to punish people even for sins that considered normal in modern life and its laws, Bible is no exception too, I prefer to be gone unconscious forever than waking up in the judgment day in a different world, where oceans became lava and the Sun moves very close to earth(1 mile to be precise), and the sky will explode and crack.

 

[RacShade]

I value my conciousness to much which is why I have never succeeded in any attempt. I want there to be a primordial world of ideas where my conciousness can rejoin with everyone else but the idea of oblivion is horrifying.

 

[darkwaters]

I think that death is scary as hell. But I think that the concept of an afterlife is also scary as hell.

 

[ksp]

I wasn't debating either. Merely saying that knowing this doesn't override the mental/emotional response when it comes to going through with inflicting death on the self. I could be wrong but I don't think most people here fear the state of being dead… I think it's exactly what's desired.

i understand. i'm glad most people don't fear death / unconsciousness; i hope (like everyone else) i'll able to move from being completely unaware to being dead

But I think that the concept of an afterlife is also scary as hell.

agree! i really don't want my consciousness to continue after death: an unending nightmare…

 

[leeloosnow]

that's very black mirror of you (ssn2ep4) and i agree 100%. my forum sig here is from albert camus, an absurdist who wrote mostly about how life has no meaning except what we assign it. so, all the crap about everything will be ok, and you're a good person so good things will come, and what is or isn't meant to be, it's bullshit. if my life has become crap then it's logical for me to detach from that.
i've heard that the moments before a person dies, they're content, some see family or memories. that it's basically a glitch in the machine and the lights are going out, those intricate neuropathways we call ourselves disintegrating, wrapped in a soft warm blanket of dmt. i mean, probably not for people getting murdered or in a horrific plane crash or something unexpected. but, for those who've made peace with the end, it's a comfort, and for me, eagerly awaited.

 

[Fktw0rld]

Death is peaceful. Just the thought alone is a comfort. It's the transition and the only means we have to aquire it that's somewhat "scary."

 

[FuneralCry]

I've never feared death, to me there is nothing more comforting than the thought of permanent non existence. I view it as being superior to regular sleep as the non existent are incapable of dreaming about anything. Death is not something to fear as we simply cease to exist, fear is an emotion that can only be experienced by the living and not the dead. I believe death to be like how before we were born where time passed and yet we were not aware of anything, we are simply returning to the ideal state of nothingness. The fact that we will all die emphasises our true insignificance as humans. We only exist just to die and be forgotten about, it's simply inevitable.
But thank you for sharing.

 

[LaughToNotCry]

i hope my view can bring some comfort to a few people

we all die every day

i had this revelation a few years back, after my anesthesia for a minor surgery
to me anesthesia = coma = dreamless sleep, so i thought about it logically and put 2 and 2

sleep is simply 'death in standby mode'

every day, after i wake up, 7 or 8 hours are simply missing from my life: i am not aware of those hours; my consciousness didn't exist at all, and my brain didn't perceive anything; my sensor preceptors didn't get any inputs and the neurons had minimal activity
if i spend 50 years in a coma, i'd wake up and continue my life normally starting from my latest memories, except i would be completely unaware of those 50 years

so my point (to myself) is that my consciousness ceased to exist
the brain was active only for my memory, in order to resume normal cognitive processes

death is not scary
only the transition can be incredibly peaceful, or incredibly painful

"What is death? A scary mask. Take it off – see, it doesn't bite. Eventually, body and soul will have to separate, just as they existed separately before we were born. So why be upset if it happens now? If it isn't now, it's later."

— Epictetus

 

[gimzero]

Its better to live away from this hole and what we learn nothing is like a school with no free will.

 

[spectraltease]

sleep is simply 'death in standby mode'

Agree 100%. Death is like sleep without a dream. We will just sleep forever.

 

[makethepainstop]

Agree 100%. Death is like sleep without a dream. We will just sleep forever.

Whatever death is, I really would love to try it, just once!

 

[Efilismislife]

Ive tried to think like this but death is different because

u cant seperate death from dying
can u?

just like you cant seperate give birth(death) and pregnant(dying)

one is the process you have to get through until you get/reach the result/the goal, ending


dying is the scary part

otherwise no one will even bother to find a painless death

just jump and quit if its that easy
like in video game

i hope my view can bring some comfort to a few people

we all die every day

i had this revelation a few years back, after my anesthesia for a minor surgery
to me anesthesia = coma = dreamless sleep, so i thought about it logically and put 2 and 2

sleep is simply 'death in standby mode'

every day, after i wake up, 7 or 8 hours are simply missing from my life: i am not aware of those hours; my consciousness didn't exist at all, and my brain didn't perceive anything; my sensor preceptors didn't get any inputs and the neurons had minimal activity
if i spend 50 years in a coma, i'd wake up and continue my life normally starting from my latest memories, except i would be completely unaware of those 50 years

so my point (to myself) is that my consciousness ceased to exist
the brain was active only for my memory, in order to resume normal cognitive processes

death is not scary
only the transition can be incredibly peaceful, or incredibly painful

Agree. I think a lot of folks welcome the idea of death. Dying is another beast to wrestle with.

 

[spectraltease]

Whatever death is, I really would love to try it, just once!

Same

 

[outrider567]

i hope my view can bring some comfort to a few people

we all die every day

i had this revelation a few years back, after my anesthesia for a minor surgery
to me anesthesia = coma = dreamless sleep, so i thought about it logically and put 2 and 2

sleep is simply 'death in standby mode'

every day, after i wake up, 7 or 8 hours are simply missing from my life: i am not aware of those hours; my consciousness didn't exist at all, and my brain didn't perceive anything; my sensor preceptors didn't get any inputs and the neurons had minimal activity
if i spend 50 years in a coma, i'd wake up and continue my life normally starting from my latest memories, except i would be completely unaware of those 50 years

so my point (to myself) is that my consciousness ceased to exist
the brain was active only for my memory, in order to resume normal cognitive processes

death is not scary
only the transition can be incredibly peaceful, or incredibly painful

Yes, I was put under for 3 hours for gallbladder operation--Took just 3 seconds to go under, after they said start counting--After awaking, it felt like just 1 second went by