Discussion What do you think happens when we die?

[StrugglingSienna]

I had always believed that nothing would happen after you die, but after spending a lot of the last few months reading about NDEs and past-life memories, I'm not so sure. Maybe it's all just cope, because I sure would like a do-over, as a cis woman this time.

Also, a little bit of a morbid observation: a lot of the people on here who very vehemently argue that absolutely nothing happens after death, they often seem to have very high post counts compared to everyone who believes in or at least considers other possibilities. Food for thought.

 

[CantDoIt]

I think that something does happen after we die for a number of reasons. First, accounts of NDEs - some may say that hallucinations play a part in this, but there don't appear to me to be any reasons that the brain would prepare for death in such a way. Secondly, reports of past life memories from young children. The only reasonable other way I could explain these off would be superpsi, which is just as far-fetched as reincarnation.

There was a megathread here at some point with various afterlife beliefs which goes into great detail about various theories and the mechanisms for those theories.