Discussion Does the idea of there being nothing after death scare or comfort you?

[Lost Magic]

I'm really hoping there is nothing after death. I don't want a heaven or hell or for me to be reincarnated. I'm so tired and just want nothingness. The idea of me not existing anywhere comforts me, I start feeling uneasy if I consider anything after death because I really don't want to deal with anything else.

Yeah, I get what you are saying but sadly we don't have much control over that but eternal sleeping sounds like fun to me.

 

[catdaddy2601]

Pure comfort ... the fact that I don't have to exist anymore will be the best thing I don't ever want to be remembered, don't want a funeral , just want to be forgotten about ... And be at peace

 

[NasiGoreng]

I guess I'm more afraid to be alive.

 

[doesntevenmatter]

Life itself is scary, with small comforts here and there.

That being said, yes I find it scary. Like another user pointed out, it's more about me not being able to wrap my head around eternal nothingness, plus the fear of the unknown. I gotta be honest, I hope that there is something after this - something better. But I truly don't know, and as someone who isn't religious it makes it even harder for me to believe that there is. I wouldn't ever state that as a fact though because I really don't know.

 

[All Things Must Pass]

You probably should have made this a poll. To answer your question, comfort. I don't know why so many people are deathly afraid of not experiencing anything when they do it almost every time they sleep.

 

[Billgatesbanunga]

That's the main driving factor to pushes me to ctb

 

[Snake of Eden]

I dont think there is peace or felt rest after death. It is just discontinuation of consciousness. From our prespective it is just ceasing. We will never know what ceasing feels like. The closest thing is deep sleep for us or anesthesia

 

[PeacefulTonic]

The idea of nothing after death is scary, and is part of the reason that's stopping me from ctb. The other reason is that I still have a loving family, friends and a gf who care very deeply about me. I have to pretend that things are fine, and suffer in silence.

I remember many times where I would have long and deep sleeps, and I would wake up and not remember any dreams. But I felt well rested and felt pretty good afterwards. Perhaps it would have a similar feeling to that, but once we cease to exist, who really knows? I suppose not knowing is truly the scary part.

 

[_r1a]

Comforts me

 

[Alwaysbadtime]

No, it doesn't because I don't think I will really know if I did it and succeeded.

 

[DunnoWhyButYeah]

I'm really hoping there is nothing after death. I don't want a heaven or hell or for me to be reincarnated. I'm so tired and just want nothingness. The idea of me not existing anywhere comforts me, I start feeling uneasy if I consider anything after death because I really don't want to deal with anything else.

Same.

 

[Green Destiny]

I do find comfort in ceasing to exist. I'm a person that was better off in the void than being conceived into this life.

 

[FailureGirl]

Iv find great comfort in the idea that there is nothing after death. I don't want to just give up one prison for another.

 

[ClairyFairy]

Brings me joy that thought. Anything else feels like a lot of pressure to me

 

[quediuqueque]

About the possibility of an afterlife: There are just so many doctrines, theories and religions nowadays and through all of history to pick from that if I have not acted according to the precepts of the "correct" and "real" one, I actually had no way of knowing and thus I'm not guilty nor should I be dammed, oh god, it shows that I have been brought up catholic...

About being /feeling "nothing": we will get there eventually, regardless of whether we ctb or wait for death to happen, it makes no difference, that is the only truth in life.

I find it funny that us as species have pushed, advanced so much and compiled so much knowledge, only to realise, at least some of us, how pointless life is.

 

[Klo]

I've always believed that conciousness after death was not only real but important as I never wanted to end up in the human condition again and my ideas of what's next seemed better than this existence. The suffering of the past few years has challenged every belief I've had and I'm not sure if nothingness is as bad as I thought before. I always thought people who adhere to a strict t belief in biological life and nothingness after were immature in their their thinking and using it as security blanket against spiritual and personal growth in this life. I'm just not sure anymore. The one thing I know for sure is if what is next is worse than where we are now than this is truly a cruel universe. At least nothing will be better than suffering.