What do you guys think death is like?

[summers]

I just feel it is life's ultimate nightmare. Much mental anguish!

May as well not even consider suicide then. Because if you're correct, you should put if off as long as possible, right?

So catch you in the recovery section?

 

[Darkover]

you go to sleep and never wake up i don't see what the problem is death is nothingness

 

[LittleCloud]

There are people who didn't have near death experiences, but who were actually dead for a short period of time. As far as I heard, it was a relatively peaceful, out of body, experience. I also read that our brain produces a special type of hormone (which can also be found in 'date rape' drugs) in our final moments, which makes it a painless experience. Personally, I think that the most painful part of dying is the process of it. Death itself happens in a matter of moments.
There is a reason why people say we are dying a little every day. It's the process, the living, that's painful. At least I like to think so.

 

[Pain In The Ass]

This is beautiful

strange thing about that, I got put out for an operation, but surely, if you had no perception of time whatsoever during the operation, as if you were dead, then it surely should seem like you got put-out then instantly came around again within a fraction of second, but it didn't seem that way, it seemed like time had passed, but I had no idea how much time

Be nice if it involves flying high over lush fields and water bodies. Always been a fantasy of mine. But no I'm guessing it'd probably be like monsters chasing me or some shit.

Aldous Huxley spent his last moments on a massive LSD trip

 

[S like Siren]

strange thing about that, I got put out for an operation, but surely, if you had no perception of time whatsoever during the operation, as if you were dead, then it surely should seem like you got put-out then instantly came around again within a fraction of second, but it didn't seem that way, it seemed like time had passed, but I had no idea how much time

You were and you are alive this is the point ... this is the difference, your mind had not stopped working how it works with death it was just anesthetized and then you came back to life ... but if death is in a certain sense as an anesthesia I find it beautiful

 

[FuneralCry]

I do not believe there is anything after this life, I believe there is simply nothing. We lose consciousness and we cease to exist. There is no more pain, no more suffering and it is the end of me.

 

[Antigonish]

I imagine it being a perspective. Like looking up at a starry sky. And seeing the nearly infinite number of shiny orbs. Thinking that there must be endless possibilities and that there is definitely something bigger out there.

Than I picture actually going to one of those stars. And realizing that it's just as lonely and cold. And a million miles away from the next glowing ball of light. And that that place in the heavens I used to always dream about running to, escaping to, never really existed.

I imagine that the saddest part is that, the beautiful sky that held everything. Was just a void of nothing. And the delusion is I dont find out till I get there.

 

[CiproKilledMe]

Can you remember how it felt 5000 years before you were born? It probably feels much like that.

I can't even remember one year before I was born

 

[Pain In The Ass]

You were and you are alive this is the point ... this is the difference, your mind had not stopped working how it works with death it was just anesthetized and then you came back to life ... but if death is in a certain sense as an anesthesia I find it beautiful

Oh yeah, it seems more pleasant if you imagine it as a nice long restful sleep, similarly pleasurable to an afternoon nap after a bad night's sleep

 

[AlternativeHealer2]

it could be something better, because the "elite" , "those in the know" are hiding it so much. let's hope so

 

[clown]

It becomes exactly how it was before you were born. No afterlife just nothingness and you and your "soul" will dissappear forever. Atleast i hope thats the case.

 

[Ta555]

Your brain, apparently, release lots of DMT so you go on a mad death trip as you slip away. But being dead? Can you remember how it felt 5000 years before you were born? It probably feels much like that.

I think that depends on the method you use..if it's violent or you're struggling then I imagine yes your brain is panicking and releasing all sorts of chemicals but if it's N or a fent OD you just sleep and don't wake up. Brain is being put to sleep and doesn't realise it's about to be dead.

There are people who didn't have near death experiences, but who were actually dead for a short period of time. As far as I heard, it was a relatively peaceful, out of body, experience. I also read that our brain produces a special type of hormone (which can also be found in 'date rape' drugs) in our final moments, which makes it a painless experience. Personally, I think that the most painful part of dying is the process of it. Death itself happens in a matter of moments.
There is a reason why people say we are dying a little every day. It's the process, the living, that's painful. At least I like to think so.

No this is such misinformation. No one has been brought back from the dead!! When you say people who were dead for a short while you are talking about clinical death which is defined as your heart having stopped..but your brain can still keep going for a bit while your heart is stopped. No one has ever been brought back from brain death so these experiences can be discounted. No one has ever been brought back from actual death!!

it could be something better, because the "elite" , "those in the know" are hiding it so much. let's hope so

What are you talking about? There is no one in the know. And anyone saying they are, are lying charlatans.

 

[new.solution1]

I think that depends on the method you use..if it's violent or you're struggling then I imagine yes your brain is panicking and releasing all sorts of chemicals but if it's N or a fent OD you just sleep and don't wake up. Brain is being put to sleep and doesn't realise it's about to be dead.

No this is such misinformation. No one has been brought back from the dead!! When you say people who were dead for a short while you are talking about clinical death which is defined as your heart having stopped..but your brain can still keep going for a bit while your heart is stopped. No one has ever been brought back from brain death so these experiences can be discounted. No one has ever been brought back from actual death!!

What are you talking about? There is no one in the know. And anyone saying they are, are lying charlatans.

I just read an article that said clinical death is brain death: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18227881/

 

[CiproKilledMe]

No one has ever been brought back from actual death!!

Wrong.

 

[new.solution1]

Sometimes I also think it's gotta be horrible, otherwise we wouldn't fear it so much.

 

[Someone123]

I mean death itself, not the method of dying, such as suffocating, drowning, poisoning, etc. I mean just death, what is in common with all of the methods.

I plan on ctb through inert gas asphyxiation, which is painless and peaceful, and you die unconscious. Nevertheless, I DO NOT think the "death" part is peaceful, just everything leading up to it. I think the death part is the worst possible thing imaginable, so bad you can't even imagine it.

I want it to be peaceful, like nothing, or even magical/mystical like those near-death experiences you hear about, but I think it's not like that. Near death is NEAR death, not actual death. I think I will be conscious of my death, because I mean it's DEATH, I don't think it's something you can avoid even if I die unconscious.

What do you guys think?

My opinion is that the consensus of a variety of near death experiences is what will most likely happen. I think you will see a bright light, move towards this, and get a life review. From there you will likely go to heaven for a while and you might stay there or you might be reincarnated in order to learn more lessons about life. Some people who experience a lot of trauma end up in a limbo for a while and may be ghosts for a while. Whether there is a hell is less certain, but it doesn't seem impossible. I know a lot of people don't believe that ndes are a glimpse into the next life, but I do believe this is true- too many atheists and agnostics have come back swearing that this is a real experience, nothing like a dream, way too real for that, and they often come back with information they couldnt have gotten unless they were floating outside their bodies. I know people commonly respond to posts about ndes by saying they think there is nothing next and hope there is nothing next, but ndes are pretty convincing to me. Of course there are reasonable arguments against an afterlife, such as- do all living ltings live forever, even micriscopic organisms that only live a very short time- admittedly that seems like a reasonable argument, but the compelling testimont of some many people with ndes has me pretty convinced- many of these are posted on youtube.

 

[Left behind]

I hope it is peace.

 

[kurisutinabestgirl]

As others have mentioned, I think it's very probable that it's something like anesthesia, or if you have ever been extremely drunk and blacked out, that's like that.

During anesthesia, your brain is pretty much out. When your brain is no longer in working condition, it should be the same no?

Unless of course for some reason there is some kind of afterlife that gets triggered right after the event of death.

 

[Frog]

Absolute absence of everything that encompassed you. I hope death is being nothing.

 

[pipelinepumpkin]

I was floating, in a deep sea, which was palpable and at the same time not, being slowly absorbed by a great black and deep abyss, gigantic in size, circular in shape, and in its surroundings they saw small objects, there were thousands of indistinguishable objects that little by little they approached that abyss, and I also approached it, I had no body, I had no organs, no, and yet I could hear, and listen perfectly to that magnanimous situation, I felt an enormous cold, a cold that didn't bother me either. I disgusted, I always knew that the void was so cold, I was losing my memories one by one, the more and more I got closer to the void, I felt calm and I didn't care what happened, I lost track of time, I knew that soon I will cease to exist

thats really beautiful

 

[Foresight]

I have a decent level of magical thinking about it but I tend to lean more on the side that it's just like anesthesia. You're out, it's over and there's nothing.

There was long reddit thread of people describing their NDAs and that was the most common answer.

 

[Spiritual survivor]

Supposedly when we die all conciousness ends. All memories everything is over. The only thing that happens is your spirit goes with God. Our body goes into the dirt, and your soul disappears when breath life ends.

 

[justtiredofit]

I'd like to believe there's something nice afterwards to justify all the garbage and pain in my life, but at this point I doubt there's anything after I die. My greatest fear is the last moments of brain activity will just be a rehash of all the hurt and pain.

 

[Ta555]

Sometimes I also think it's gotta be horrible, otherwise we wouldn't fear it so much.

We don't fear it because death itself is horrible. We fear it because we only know what it's like to exist. It's a fear of not existing.
Also because we don't know what it's like to not exist we imagine being dead as being conscious but trapped somewhere or like being conscious but not being allowed to participate in the world anymore. And that's scary. Being conscious but trapped is a horrible fear that's why death is scary. Because we can't actually imagine what it's like to not exist and to not be conscious. When you go out under general anaesthetic you don't actually remember being unconscious. You remember falling asleep and you remember waking up but you recall nothing of the black out so we can't even imagine what unconsciousness is like because we're not conscious to experience it!
Death is scary because human minds are limited in this way, just like how we can't really grasp at infinity. It's just not really possible to imagine such a concept in detailed concrete terms.

 

[wrybuzzard]

I have a decent level of magical thinking about it but I tend to lean more on the side that it's just like anesthesia. You're out, it's over and there's nothing.

There was long reddit thread of people describing their NDAs and that was the most common answer.

Yes please, that's what I want. Just nothingness, no heaven, no reincarnation, nothing.

 

[jimmy7754]

You die and turn into a DSL modem.. and people use you for aol instant messenger for decades upon decades.. it's a repetitious loop until your subdued to the matrix.

 

[erdbeeren]

Personally, I don't view death as a "thing", but rather a total absence of everything.

Once one dies, everything they've come to know over the course of their existence ceases. It's absolutely nothing for the rest of eternity. The concepts of nothingness and infinity are not only abstract for humans, but quite scary.

 

[Ta555]

Personally, I don't view death as a "thing", but rather a total absence of everything.

Once one dies, everything they've come to know over the course of their existence ceases. It's absolutely nothing for the rest of eternity. The concepts of nothingness and infinity are not only abstract for humans, but quite scary.

Yes exactly! Just like I said in my above comment! We can't imagine being without consciousness because we've never consciously experienced it! Like a catch 22.

 

[Stafila]

I guess I find comfort in the idea that there is truly nothing after death; an absense of everything and everyone. No conscious, no afterlife.

 

[Euthanizeme]

Probably like being asleep and not dreaming forever. Or maybe we are in a simulation and we will return to base reality. I don't know what base reality would be like, but elon musk says we are most likely in a simulation.