Thread 33916929

How the fuck do I get over my fear of death and the fact that that's it and there'll be nothing afterward forever

why nothing? you might be reborn as someone else, perhaps even ad infinitum if the universe restarts. since time is abstract, you might as well be every single being that exists and ever existed. having watched those cartel beheadings and pitbulls eating genitals, that thought is actually more frightening to me than eternal nothing

>>33916929 (OP)
>Facts
Prove it.

It's actually a relief

>>33916929 (OP)
If it only it were so simple.
You're here forever. The wheel karma never stops spinning.
I wish I could believe there was nothing. I've been "told" that in my next life I'll be some asian dude (in this incarnation I am hispanic.) I don't want to come back but on the other hand the glimpses I've seen of my future life seem rather appealing.

>>33916929 (OP)
>the fact that that's it and there'll be nothing afterward forever
That isn't knowable. Even Sam Harris admits that.

>>33916929 (OP)
you don't. you're genetically programmed to fear death and for good reason. anyone who claims they're not afraid of death is just deluding themselves so they won't have to admit to themselves that they're actually terrified of it. so basically, only cowards claim they don't fear death.

>>33916929 (OP)
You seem to have both a big ego and an overly optimistic prospective. Why are you so damn cocky anon?

>>33917101
You're going to feel so embarrassed after you die, remembering those words.

>>33917216
you should feel embarrassed for what you said right now.

>>33916929 (OP)
Don't feel bad, everyone dies.

>>33917260
No U

>>33916929 (OP)
I like that youtuber. He also triggers my essential fear.

If you are having severe problems with this then you could try some powerful psychological techinques. If this is just a "phase" or whatever, and it isn't interupting your life too much, it might be better to let it run its course.

Techniques and insights:
These are general guesses, and may or may not be true or helpful.

You are demanding that the universe and life be something that it is isn't. You are saying something like "I demand to be certain about the afterlife, I demand to live after death. The "fact" that it is nothingness is not fair"

So basically
"Certainty must exist"
"Fairness must exist"
"My facts and beliefs are true."
"This is terrible that there is nothing after death"
"It is helpful to repeatedly think about death"
"The universe must be different that the way it is"
All of these ideas are ripe for examination and can be ripped apart, just as you were ripped from non-existence into existence.

Another is, whenever you have the thoughts, imaging a big red stop sign, and say something like "it's not helping me to dwell on this'

Another is, to spend several hours in row, getting yourself all worked up about the afterlife, until you get so bored of it you just can't do it anymore.

You can alot 15 minutes a day to thinking about the afterlife, if it is outside of your alloted time, just tell yourself you'll do it later.

Any or all of these techniques could "cure" you. For me personally, I accepted the uncertainty, realized nothingness isn't painful and eventually stopped thinking about it. Though I am not so sure that there is nothingness, I don't know.

Merciful god= good
Nothing= not painful

The pragmatic strategy might be the best, just tell yourself over and over that it isn't pragmatice to think so much about something you can't change. You might be intellectually smart, but sometimes we need to repeat something over and over for it to get into deeper emotion insight. No need to feel stupid repeating something that sounds obvious.

>>33916929 (OP)
Don't think about it. Think about death when you are old. It's pointless to think about death actually.
But for me personally it's relief.

>>33916929 (OP)
death is nothing to be afraid about
it's the pain of suffering that comes before it that is terrifying. Soothe that fear with the fact that you will get painkillers prescribed to you.

you just don't think about it

>>33916929 (OP)
>the fact that that's it and there'll be nothing afterward forever
It's unknowable what, if anything, happens after death. All you can do is accept the uncertainty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlaoR5m4L80

>>33916929 (OP)
Death is not the end, if you read Robert Monroe's Out of Body trilogy you'll learn this and stop fearing both death and the afterlife.

>>33916929 (OP)
Are you afraid of being asleep or under anasthetic? being afraid of non-consciousness is ridiculous. It's like being scared at the thought of someone else getting punched in a different room from you. You're not even able to experience it by definition, why are you afraid?