Discussion Ghosts and the concept of “unfinished business”.

[Anxieyote]

The concept of being trapped in limbo has been a fictional trope for awhile, and it's always disturbed me.

Sometimes Hollywood can get idealistic with it, and the characters who are trapped in limbo are excited to get a "second chance" and fulfill some purpose that they weren't able to fulfill while they were alive.

But what if you weren't able to figure out that purpose, and you were left wandering for thousands of years on the very planet you so desperately wanted to escape from?

I know there's no actually science to suggest that a limbo between worlds even exists, but just the thought of it makes me reconsider CTB'ing sometimes. Of all the "what if?" scenarios surrounding death, this is the one I fear the most.

 

[FuneralCry]

To me, it is all just a fictional concept. I do not believe there is anything after this. I fear this life instead as there is unlimited potential for suffering. Death comforts me a lot. Of course it does sound horrible being trapped on this earth, but I do not fear it as I do not believe in it.

 

[BeansOfRequirement]

I know there's no actually science to suggest that a limbo between worlds even exists, but just the thought of it makes me reconsider CTB'ing sometimes. Of all the "what if?" scenarios surrounding death, this is the one I fear the most.

I'm also affected by thoughts of the afterlife, even though I have no reason to believe there would be one (or whichever specific one I'm thinking of at that moment). I treat it like a normal phobia, irrational fear.

 

[Snake of Eden]

Come to think of it this way. How many people who leave life actually are resolved with no attachments or finished businesses? Not as many as otherwise. Death happens and no one is meant to be completed or flushed out by the time they die. It is just a fantasy principle

 

[Chaestergram]

I do believe in that, as I believe in spirit and occultism in general, to me it's pretty simple in my belief people that I thrown in the sea don't go through purgatory and directly get judge so I'll either throw myself in the sea or ask to be thrown afterwards but I couldn't care less my personal belief is cool enough for me to not think of the after and just thinking of ending the life on earth whatever comes next will just be a problem to solve for my future self

 

[Crazy4u]

I believe in afterlife but I think Hollywood concepts don't make sense. There is no light and no one is stuck. There is no second chance. What you wrote might be the impact of your SI

 

[Gsvko]

Okay, idk of this belongs here.

I'm not religious and I logically don't believe in afterlife. But...and sorry if this is stupid...I am prone to paranoia and used to hallucinate in the dark. No matter how many times I turn the light on and know nothing's there, the overwhelming fear always paralyzes me. That feeling...that fucking feeling is what I'm scared of. In those moments everything I know rationally makes zero sense. And I wonder: what if there is some incredible suffering like what I'm having in my mind in afterlife, what if I'm kidding myself as a stupid animal thinking I know everything and it will all just end. In those moments, killing myself seems way too easy, almost like a trap. Like cheating I'll be punished for.

I'm up and it's dark now so I feel inspired, excuse me.

 

[gottago222]

honestly i would think its SUPER COOL to be a ghost. you can travel all over the world with 0$. you dont need a house and you dont need to sustain yourself with food. just enjoy the beauty of planet earth. ghosts cant talk, im not sure if they can hear but i know that they can see

 

[motel rooms]

ghosts cant talk

You lie, human!

 

[KTbear]

The concept of being trapped in limbo has been a fictional trope for awhile, and it's always disturbed me.

Sometimes Hollywood can get idealistic with it, and the characters who are trapped in limbo are excited to get a "second chance" and fulfill some purpose that they weren't able to fulfill while they were alive.

But what if you weren't able to figure out that purpose, and you were left wandering for thousands of years on the very planet you so desperately wanted to escape from?

I know there's no actually science to suggest that a limbo between worlds even exists, but just the thought of it makes me reconsider CTB'ing sometimes. Of all the "what if?" scenarios surrounding death, this is the one I fear the i

The concept of being trapped in limbo has been a fictional trope for awhile, and it's always disturbed me.

Sometimes Hollywood can get idealistic with it, and the characters who are trapped in limbo are excited to get a "second chance" and fulfill some purpose that they weren't able to fulfill while they were alive.

But what if you weren't able to figure out that purpose, and you were left wandering for thousands of years on the very planet you so desperately wanted to escape from?

I know there's no actually science to suggest that a limbo between worlds even exists, but just the thought of it makes me reconsider CTB'ing sometimes. Of all the "what if?" scenarios surrounding death, this is the one I fear the most.

I think I could be ok with being a ghost as long as I had free range to go wherever I wanted. I could go see all the sights I've ever wanted to see for free, never need to pay bills or work a job. Never get hungry, never get cold. But if it was being a ghost trapped in one place like on AHS, then no way - I'd rather nothing.

honestly i would think its SUPER COOL to be a ghost. you can travel all over the world with 0$. you dont need a house and you dont need to sustain yourself with food. just enjoy the beauty of planet earth. ghosts cant talk, im not sure if they can hear but i know that they can see

Yes, this exactly. No purpose needed for me - I'd just be around to chill, sightsee, and sometimes play silly pranks on the living.