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Gustav Hartmann

Gustav Hartmann

Enlightened
Aug 28, 2021
1,107
I am afraid that my existence is not extinguished completely, that there is anything that can remember and regret. A cursory investigation on the latest findings in brain research were unsatisfactorily. Though it seems very likely that there is no consciousness, mind or soul without brain functions I could find no clear statement. Maybe scientists don´t want to hurt anybody's religious feelings.

Has anybody similar thoughts or more information on the other side?
 
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mustard_glass

mustard_glass

Member
Aug 10, 2021
25
No, because there is no "other side". We die and decompose just like everything else.
 
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finish.me

finish.me

I need you to feel this
Jul 14, 2021
142
im also terrified. thats my exact fear too, that i wouldn't be completely gone even when my brain finally shuts off. idk how much this has to do with it but i was raised catholic and my entire childhood is riddled with religious guilt that still follows me no matter how much i shake it off, and no matter how certain i can be sometimes about the end i still get scared. but yeah the idea that some part of me would remain even after going cold is nothing short of horrifying
 
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ClownMe

ClownMe

Don't Cry for Me, I'm Already Dead
Apr 7, 2021
20,561
Me personally, I'm not too afraid of the "other side", I'm more afraid of my death and how painful it will be.
 
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OnlyTheWind

OnlyTheWind

Serena / Meatball head
Aug 29, 2020
962
I've never understood the fear some people have of continuing to exist in some form. I'm sorry you feel that way. Whatever it is, it must be better than what we have now.
 
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Alcatraz_anthrax

Alcatraz_anthrax

waiting in line to ctb
Jun 27, 2021
59
I don't believe that there is an other side.
I am more scared of the fact that I won't get the satisfaction of realising that I am dead. That my brain would stop functioning before I would be able to think 'wow, I made it, it's over, I made it.'
 
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Adamsnolife

Adamsnolife

Specialist
May 5, 2020
395
No not really. Accepted that I have to go to the other side sooner rather than later but not afraid. More afraid of what is to come if living than dying
 
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Makko

Makko

Iä!
Jan 17, 2021
2,430
I'm totally hyped for the other side.
 
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FuneralCry

FuneralCry

Just wanting some peace
Sep 24, 2020
43,699
I'm not afraid, as I just think there is nothing. We return to the same nothingness where we were at before we were born. I think when we lose consciousness when we die, that is the end for us. Life is the scary thing for me.
 
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A_miStake_of_NATURE

A_miStake_of_NATURE

I wish no one had to CTB..........
Aug 14, 2020
703
I guess, a little. What if there's hell and it's worse than this life………
 
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Lmd

Lmd

Elementalist
Jul 12, 2020
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deflationary

deflationary

Fussy exister. Living in the epilogue
Mar 11, 2020
529
While I think there is no way to conclusively disprove the possibility of an afterlife, there's also no positive reason to believe in one. It's about as valid of an idea as solipsism or last Thursdayism or whatever.

Even if there was an afterlife, we have no idea what actions of ours in this life would be punished or rewarded in the next one. So since we can't really reason about it in any way, we might as well forget about it completely. Maybe thinking about it in that way can help quell the fear.

Life is the scary thing for me.
Reminds me of an Emil Cioran quote: "Life inspires more dread than death – it is life which is the great unknown."
 
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Hotsackage

Enlightened
Mar 11, 2019
1,148
I'm not afraid of dying. I'm afraid of what my family will go through and the karma associated with it. So I'm screwed to ctb
 
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BitterlyAlive_

BitterlyAlive_

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Dec 8, 2020
2,394
Not at all, because of my own beliefs and what I've read here/on other sites. But I can understand why you would be afraid. :hug:
 
Sslsh

Sslsh

Experienced
Jan 29, 2020
293
No. There is no "other side" IMO. And even if straight up rebirth exists, we'll probably not remember
 
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StevieNixs

StevieNixs

Specialist
Jul 22, 2021
316
After reading about the writings of Swedenborg from this very site - and my own personal experiences after a bereavement - Nope. I'm looking forward to CTB.
P.S I'm not religious
 
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sadbadpsychogirl

sadbadpsychogirl

sonofabitch
May 29, 2020
725
Me personally, I'm not too afraid of the "other side", I'm more afraid of my death and how painful it will be.

i'm the exact opposite. i'm not afraid at all of the pain but i do have a slight concern for what may come after. probably nothing but there's always a chance
 
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Lost Magic

Lost Magic

Illuminated
May 5, 2020
3,205
DMT trip experiences from other people make me think that there is a possibility of continuation. Either way we are all going to find out.
 
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user_name_here

N/A
May 16, 2021
315
I'm conflicted on what I believe the other side to be.

I believe in aliens and other dimensions, I somehow think the afterlife and the former mentioned interlink somehow,

But at the same time, I wouldn't be surprised if death is literally just that, and we cease to exist once our physical vessel is dead. (*shrugs)
 
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Snake of Eden

Snake of Eden

“Ye shall be as gods..🍎 🐍”
Jun 22, 2021
2,473
I've never understood the fear some people have of continuing to exist in some form. I'm sorry you feel that way. Whatever it is, it must be better than what we have now.
How do you know it is better?
I'm not afraid, as I just think there is nothing. We return to the same nothingness where we were at before we were born. I think when we lose consciousness when we die, that is the end for us. Life is the scary thing for me.
I am so scared of life even more than death in many ways but still faced with horrible SI
I guess, a little. What if there's hell and it's worse than this life………
I cant fathom not to consider that as a possibility
we have no idea what actions of ours in this life would be punished or rewarded in the next one.
i think we have pretty good idea what actions of ours can be seen as good or bad. How about not hurting others or ourselves? That sounds like an easy place to start
 
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leatman

New Member
Aug 27, 2021
1
I feel this, my anxiety is that bad I'm even too anxious to ctb because I'm worried what if this pain I'm feeling now doesn't end it just carries on
 
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OnlyTheWind

OnlyTheWind

Serena / Meatball head
Aug 29, 2020
962
How do you know it is better?
I don't want to sound too certain, but assuming that something follows a physical existence full of suffering and is part of a natural process, I'd rather take my chances with death than to stay here. A discarnate condition frees one from their physical bondage and likely gives an entirely different perspective on past traumas. I suppose I have trouble understanding how someone prefers nothing, even to a good potential afterlife.
 
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Panna

Panna

Enlightened
Aug 31, 2020
1,005
I've never understood the fear some people have of continuing to exist in some form. I'm sorry you feel that way. Whatever it is, it must be better than what we have now.
I agree, whatever's waiting has to better than here. I cannot wait for whatever waiting on the other end.
 
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Lightflicker

Lightflicker

Looking for that final sunset ⛅
Nov 13, 2020
13
No not at all. Seems peaceful.

Many times, the thought of fear itself is greater than what it is we fear.
Idowu Koyenikan
 
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Serio

Serio

Member
Feb 24, 2020
84
Yeah I'm afraid of it being nothing or it being somehow worse then this reality….. best case scenarios in my opinion would b I just reincarnate without any of my mental health problems…. Bc I'm afraid of being in a state or nothingness and something if that makes sense? I also don't want it to be something where I feel no emotion besides happiness Bc I want to be able to feel human still when I die and I know this probably isn't the case in the afterlife but I really don't know and then again when I finally do go into the afterlife not like I would care anymore if I felt nothing or not Bc well I would feel nothing if that hypothetically was the outcome
 
Gustav Hartmann

Gustav Hartmann

Enlightened
Aug 28, 2021
1,107
I don't want to sound too certain, but assuming that something follows a physical existence full of suffering and is part of a natural process, I'd rather take my chances with death than to stay here. A discarnate condition frees one from their physical bondage and likely gives an entirely different perspective on past traumas. I suppose I have trouble understanding how someone prefers nothing, even to a good potential afterlife.
Not existing anymore "Nothing" is scaring on the first sight, but I assume it is the result of our survival instinct. This instinct is probably one of the reasons for inventing all kinds afterlife scenarios. Of course, I would prefer a good potential afterlife but reality doesn´t care about my preferences. I believe in science and that science reveals more and more of reality. The progress in science reduces the probability that there is any kind of existence after death to almost zero. I accepted it and became friend with this model of reality. I would just like to have evidence that there is no afterlife as clear as the evidence that there is no life before birth (reincarnation without remembrance is like not exiting). Maybe I cannot get rid of the world memory that suicides will suffer in hell.
 
deflationary

deflationary

Fussy exister. Living in the epilogue
Mar 11, 2020
529
i think we have pretty good idea what actions of ours can be seen as good or bad. How about not hurting others or ourselves? That sounds like an easy place to start
We have a good idea of what actions can be seen as good or bad *by us*. For all we know there might be a malevolent god that punishes good deeds.
 
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Sra_TZ

Sra_TZ

Walking Disaster
Mar 6, 2021
65
I've always been scared of the so-called "other side". The concepts of suicide or death don't scare me much. Nothingness is scary and wondering if something even worse lays there is downright terrifying. Either way, I suppose everyone has to face it at some point.. *sigh*
 
BeautifulMosaics

BeautifulMosaics

Specialist
Aug 15, 2021
310
Yes, I'm worried that we don't get a choice and reinincarnate/come back, maybe to even worse external/internal situations. A tyranny of existence almost. That is hell to me - no choice and groundhog day. When I think about people born in horrific situations I can't imagine who would choose that, and come to the conclusion that they didn't and therefore we're also helpless despite trying to escape this dimension.
 
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