Are you afraid there's after death?

[Skry]

I honestly think that's the real reason I haven't done ctb yet, I'm afraid of what happens when I die.

 

[TiredOfLife95]

Fortunately I never believed in afterlife, so I'm not afraid. One problem less for me to ctb :)

 

[Mich517]

I honestly think that's the real reason I haven't done ctb yet, I'm afraid of what happens when I die.

Conscioussness after death could be strange since we actually lose counscioussness during sleep, but I don't think that life after life would be worse. Why it supposed to be?

However I admit that I was afraid with effects after my lighter gas poisoning.

 

[k75]

I'm afraid of the unknown for sure. I don't deal well with change and new situations as it is, and death is the ultimate unknown new situation. Everyone has an idea of what it'll be like, but absolutely noone knows no matter how they try to rationalize it. That's fucking terrifying.

I just hope whatever the situation, it's not worse than this one. I hope that by doing whatever it is I do next, I don't inadvertently make things worse.

 

[Squiddy]

That's one reason that's keeping me here

 

[ManWithNoName]

That's one reason that's keeping me here

The famous "To be or not to be" monologue from Shakespeare addresses this exact issue - and not surprisingly - the conclusion was that the reason those carry on and not ctb is exactly because we fear the unknown.

 

[Skry]

I imagine there will be a moment when you already equally equally do it without thinking about what might happen

 

[Squiddy]

I imagine there will be a moment when you already equally equally do it without thinking about what might happen

Possibly, but I haven't gotten to that point yet

 

[bluesky1972-2019]

I just think that the world has been around long before I was born and I knew nothing of it. So I go back to that place.

 

[JimFord99]

The trouble is, with what science and quantum physics discovered, there is a possibility that a person lives after death. Either same whole past life again, (shit not, please!) or in a possible other direction. There is not just one universe, there are plenty, so are there plenty of possibilities. Who really Knowsley? There is only one way to find out: to do it. I'll do it one day, knowing I might end up worse off. There is a possibility. Also, there might be none. Impossible to say for the living, only the dead ones know. Some or should I say most fear the unknown, some or better a few are looking forward to. Both groups, however, will face the same, whatever it will be.

 

[Hotsackage]

Theres nothing to be afraid of. Even total annihilation isnt that scary

 

[welshie84]

I'm most afraid of a continuing loop so I just have to keep being reborn. Without the knowledge I have now. Or remain a ghost watching the world go by. Miserable.

 

[Elias]

Yeah I'm on a perpetual quest to seek answers about a potential afterlife. What happens after we die. I used to grow up in a strict religious family, with my father hammering into my brain that there was a hell and I WAS going there because I'm not a believer. I'm having a hard time reasing years and years of childhood indoctrination, but with the help of friends and awesome people I met around the world, I'm piecing together my own puzzle. What I see still scares me but not enough to stop me from ctb. I really wish I'll be at peace once this is over.

 

[Luchs]

I honestly think that's the real reason I haven't done ctb yet, I'm afraid of what happens when I die.

I believe in an afterlife, but if it is shit and you don't ctb you still have to suffer through life and then ultimately end up there, just as if you ctb right now.

 

[ManWithNoName]

The trouble is, with what science and quantum physics discovered, there is a possibility that a person lives after death. Either same whole past life again, (shit not, please!) or in a possible other direction. There is not just one universe, there are plenty, so are there plenty of possibilities. Who really Knowsley? There is only one way to find out: to do it. I'll do it one day, knowing I might end up worse off. There is a possibility. Also, there might be none. Impossible to say for the living, only the dead ones know. Some or should I say most fear the unknown, some or better a few are looking forward to. Both groups, however, will face the same, whatever it will be.

Indeed. Plus there is what I consider sufficient anecdotal evidence (yes, paranormal evidence) to suggest that there could very well be an after life. The trick is to get to the after life that one desires and that one is in control of where he or she wants to be.

 

[alexithymia]

I'm scared of both life and death. Life, especially in the morning, feels absolutely nightmarish. When I was still in a relationship, I could distract myself from my own thoughts and fears. Now, I feel totally alone and hopeless.

Existence makes no fucking sense either way. It's surreal.

 

[JustfcknKillme]

That's what's holding me back from just ending it now. The fear of the unknown always gets me especially with this decision. Maybe one day soon I'll be able to get over that.

 

[gingerplum]

Yeah I'm on a perpetual quest to seek answers about a potential afterlife. What happens after we die. I used to grow up in a strict religious family, with my father hammering into my brain that there was a hell and I WAS going there because I'm not a believer. I'm having a hard time reasing years and years of childhood indoctrination, but with the help of friends and awesome people I met around the world, I'm piecing together my own puzzle. What I see still scares me but not enough to stop me from ctb. I really wish I'll be at peace once this is over.

It is very hard to overcome ideas that you were indoctrinated into as a child. Children believe what they are told, for very good evolutionary reasons: fire hot, cliff dangerous, etc... the ones who believed tended to survive. It's not easy to replace those ideas. Good on ya for your quest for knowledge.

Elias, I think you might really enjoy (and benefit from) Richard Dawkins' Outgrowing God, and Sam Harris' Letter to a Christian Nation.

 

[okaoki]

i don't believe in god ,afterlife , heaven and hell , but i do believe in ghost , hopefully i don't becomes one.

 

[Wayfaerer]

i don't believe in god ,afterlife , heaven and hell , but i do believe in ghost , hopefully i don't becomes one.

How do you believe in ghosts without believing in the others?

The trouble is, with what science and quantum physics discovered, there is a possibility that a person lives after death. Either same whole past life again, (shit not, please!) or in a possible other direction. There is not just one universe, there are plenty, so are there plenty of possibilities. Who really Knowsley? There is only one way to find out: to do it. I'll do it one day, knowing I might end up worse off. There is a possibility. Also, there might be none. Impossible to say for the living, only the dead ones know. Some or should I say most fear the unknown, some or better a few are looking forward to. Both groups, however, will face the same, whatever it will be.

Free will doesn't exist so it would be pointless to relive our lives when we'll just end up doing the same shit all over again for eternity. It is a very chilling thought, though. I couldn't imagine living my life over even once let alone infinitely!

 

[Dawn0071111]

There wasn't anything before, so why should there be after?

 

[TiredOfLife95]

There wasn't anything before, so why should there be after?

This is exactly what I think.

 

[Nitromask]

Not at all. Death is nothingness.

 

[Sweet emotion]

I'm definitely afraid of the unknown.i have no religious beliefs or an like that. But whatever is after this has to beat being in the highest ranking pain in medical history everyday. I have Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.

 

[RightToExit]

I honestly think that's the real reason I haven't done ctb yet, I'm afraid of what happens when I die.

No, I'm convinced all personal consciousness ends with the end of brain function. There is really no other interpretation that has any scientific credibility at all.

 

[Darkhaven]

Ehh, if i delve too much into it, maybe a bit.
Otherwise, it's definately not on my worst fears regarding suicide.

 

[alexithymia]

There wasn't anything before, so why should there be after?

This is something that always comforts me. I find the idea of eternal nothingness to be the most appealing when it comes to what will occur after death. One can only hope.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Elias, I think you might really enjoy (and benefit from) Richard Dawkins' Outgrowing God, and Sam Harris' Letter to a Christian Nation.

The issue I have with guys like Dawkins and many other atheists is that they seem rather hell-bent on trying to convince everybody else that there is no God.

It's one thing to disagree on the issue of afterlife vs. no afterlife, but when the atheists go out of their way to convince everyone of their point of view, one has to wonder what the hell their real problem is.

The running joke about atheists is that atheists do indeed have a religion - It's known as the church of "There is no God, ok? Enough! Stop believing!"

 

[toomuchgrief]

There is no afterlife. I would read this (link below), I actually believe this is true.

There's no afterlife, says man who 'died' twice

"It was all just black", according to a Swedish atheist who experienced clinical death twice in one year.

www.christiantoday.com

 

[RightToExit]

The issue I have with guys like Dawkins and many other atheists is that they seem rather hell-bent on trying to convince everybody else that there is no God.

It's one thing to disagree on the issue of afterlife vs. no afterlife, but when the atheists go out of their way to convince everyone of their point of view, one has to wonder what the hell their real problem is.

The running joke about atheists is that atheists do indeed have a religion - It's known as the church of "There is no God, ok? Enough! Stop believing!"

I think it's a double standard to expect atheists to not try to convince others of their view, when it's normal for religions to evangelize and proselytize. Dawkins happens to be right. There is no actual god. Why should the people who are wrong be allowed to put more effort into convincing others than the people who are right?

This would matter less if religion didn't have political consequences. But it does. Who is going around proclaiming that suicide is a sin that must be prevented by the state? Who is lobbying for the harshest bans on suicide rights? In the West, that's always organized religion, (although some doctors' lobby groups have also played ugly parts, and in communist states, atheists have banned this right also).