Death's oblivion scares me

[SomewhereAlongThe]

This is really it, once we die, we're gone for all eternity. Never to return. Think about the deepness of it all. Gone forever. It makes me recoil and want to live, but I'm making this decision. Life has nothing valuable to offer me. It scares me that this decision is ultimately bigger than any other decision I could make, like moving to another country, or getting into a relationship. There really is no return from this.

 

[Ashu]

Yes, it's terrifying, irrational though the terror is. But that's our human nature.

 

[lebrodude]

Everyone shares this fate eventually.

I find that a comfort more than anything.

We aren't getting out of this alive.

 

[pthnrdnojvsc]

i guess if someone thinks that life / consciousness / existence and this world is something good then never existing again might be terror inducing to them

but to me life / consciousness / existence and this world are very bad evil things so never existing again is the escaping from those forever which is very good to me. eternal non-existence is the best thing to me like before i was born no problems no pain no suffering no bad memories ever

but it happens to all . every creature will die and cease to exist forever , obliterated for all time. but they won't know they are dead or have any experience because they won't exist ever again

 

[moonlight gate]

I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it."
― Mark Twain

 

[Shadows From Hell]

Sad, but true.

 

[L'absent]

We're not going anywhere. There are no death train tickets and there is no journey. It stops existing there in our heads where it all began. Everything we buy in shops sooner or later has to be thrown away and so does our body. Everything has an expiry date and fortunately so does our existence.

 

[ShatteredSerenity]

I'm ambivalent about oblivion. One one hand I welcome the eternal relief from suffering. On the other hand I fear depriving myself and my loved ones of all the moments of happiness during the remainder of my life. Both perspetives are valid and neither wins, so I'm left feeling conflicted.

 

[moonlight gate]

One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

 

[dust-in-the-wind]

The only way through your fear is acceptance, as tough as it may be.
We experience impermanence as each moment passes, never to be repeated. Life is a succession of moments, a chain of births and deaths, which is magnified in the cycle of life and death.

 

[NoName_NoLife]

In life, from time to time, you make difficult decisions—school, field of study, family, trust in people, and so on. Leaving forever is one of them, but it is final and irreversible. Yet you fear leaving as if it might not come... But it will come for everyone, regardless of any circumstances. There is nothing to fear; you just need to accept this fact.

 

[pthnrdnojvsc]

i guess if someone thinks that life / consciousness / existence and this world is something good then never existing again might be terror inducing to them

but to me life / consciousness / existence and this world are very bad evil things so never existing again is the escaping from those forever which is very good to me. eternal non-existence is the best thing to me like before i was born no problems no pain no suffering no bad memories ever

but it happens to all . every creature will die and cease to exist forever , obliterated for all time. but they won't know they are dead or have any experience because they won't exist ever again

Non-existence forever is permanent safety from suffering extremely , unending constant unbearable pain ,extreme torture , all suffering, oppression, work, all problems, bad memories , diseases, all bad things. So why would I fear or not want permanent non-existence . I want eternal non-existence very much asap

Eternal non-existence is the only guarantee of never suffering unbearable pain ever, of never suffering extremely ever. So it's the only perfection

After Death a human ceases to exist and will never exist again eternal oblivion. To me the best thing because you can never suffer again. We all will die anyway and cease to exist forever

 

[Forever Sleep]

Yeah, I understand that. I suppose I tell myself that it's still coming one way or another though. One day, I'll have to face it. It's more the matter of- does this life still have enough nice parts about it to make me want to linger here or, is it just going to be mostly struggle and suffering followed by oblivion?

 

[ijustwishtodie]

Permanent non existence is precisely why I want death. I consider it to be perfection. I didn't think that perfection existed but now I realise that it does

 

[death_bed221]

U wont even realize that u are dead. That is the best part. Pure peace

 

[outrider567]

This is really it, once we die, we're gone for all eternity. Never to return. Think about the deepness of it all. Gone forever. It makes me recoil and want to live, but I'm making this decision. Life has nothing valuable to offer me. It scares me that this decision is ultimately bigger than any other decision I could make, like moving to another country, or getting into a relationship. There really is no return from this.

I know that, that's why I want to join my dead girlfriend of 35 years

 

[Hotsackage]

No one knows what happens but even the God's must rest (aka the universe)