since i turned agnostic/atheist like 7-8 years ago, i've believed that there is no afterlife, that this is it. but since becoming suicidal this past year, i've clung to the hope of there possibly being something more. i do think i believe in spirits/ghosts (not necessarily the way sci-fi depicts them ofc), but i'm also not sure how it's connected to my personal beliefs. my hope is that reincarnation is somewhat real, that energy is neither created nor destroyed and that somehow our "soul" (not sure if this is the term i'm looking for) is "recycled". maybe this is just me trying to find peace with dying, but nonetheless, i'd like it to be real.
chudeatte
its over
- Aug 5, 2025
- 114
I feel exactly the same with the concept of the energy thing. I used to think maybe the energy was released from the body, but I have no idea how that would manifest or what form that would take. I guess I like to think that for example if someone is buried, their body will sprout a new flower, just as a metaphor or something. the nutrients feed the soil and such and it can make way for new life, maybe that is how that energy is recycled. at least, the energy from the body. I still think deeply about what happens to the internal energy though, I really have no clue what happens to that but id say we share beliefs there
No I don't believe in anything after death and neither do I want anything. Humanity has disappointed me so much that I would loathe reincarnation, I had enough of being a being on this torture planet.
On one hand I have to believe there's something more. It doesn't make sense that anything exists, let alone sentient life. But then why so much cruelty in the world? Why are we capable of suicidal thoughts? How could someone be capable of torture? Why is this even possible? Reincarnation is horrifying to be honest. There are lives worse than ours.
Eternal darkness? Well you wouldn't know. Eternal life? Pretty scary in a way.
Eternal darkness? Well you wouldn't know. Eternal life? Pretty scary in a way.
Claymore7274
I don't want to die, i just want to stop living
- Oct 4, 2025
- 57
i'm here really hoping reincarnation is real too, but probably not. If reincarnation is real, you could be an animal, us humans are not special, and i find that real scary. i don't wanna reincarnate as an insect
lawlietsph
can we be done here
- May 6, 2023
- 329
i believe there is nothing. i hope that it's complete nothingness, kinda like sleeping.
Tautochrome
Member
- Nov 22, 2025
- 38
Nope, I think there's nothing, cessation of consciousness and that's it. The energy is indeed released from the body to the environment, it always is, but nothing special or transcendent about it
madeincruddy
this body feels like a grave
- Dec 3, 2025
- 10
My attitude is basically just 'Well, I'll find out eventually.' n_n There's nothing that really persuades me one way or the other. The idea can definitely be comforting, though.
What I find to be most likely is reincarnation, not that I have proof of it. I might just be drawn to the idea bcs it could mean a 'better life' is waiting for you. But that's hard to say. I used to believe I must've been a horrible person in a past life, and my current life is my punishment, but nowadays I don't think my pain is anything special. Still, that sorta contributed to my beliefs.
What I find to be most likely is reincarnation, not that I have proof of it. I might just be drawn to the idea bcs it could mean a 'better life' is waiting for you. But that's hard to say. I used to believe I must've been a horrible person in a past life, and my current life is my punishment, but nowadays I don't think my pain is anything special. Still, that sorta contributed to my beliefs.
I don't think there's anything after death. I was hoping for it for a while; like wanting to be reincarnated into a better life and a different body. But I can't believe in it. It's physically impossible and metaphysics is just the playground of mystics. I think a lot of people like to speculate and fantasize. But I genuinely think that's it, unfortunately - or perhaps, for the better. The blank space can be scary, yet it was the same before you were born. So no need to be scared, technically. There simply won't be anything, not even nothing. Just []. And perhaps that's the best possible outcome. Your body disappears and with it all potential perception, agency and experience. For an indefinite amount of time you won't be there to experience anything; most likely "forever" even though we cannot conceive of such a thing.
All the metaphysical stuff is mostly wishful thinking.
Of course you cannot "know" in a sense of a definite proof that there's nothing. Nobody can. But it's simply the most likely thing to happen. There's people arguing the other way around as well because you do not know, yet I find this to be ultimately unconvincing. The time here on earth is the first and the last thing we experience. There was nothing before, and there will be nothing after. There is no reason for that to be. Existence itself will prevail, though, in some form or another. And at some point, even without humans.
All the metaphysical stuff is mostly wishful thinking.
Of course you cannot "know" in a sense of a definite proof that there's nothing. Nobody can. But it's simply the most likely thing to happen. There's people arguing the other way around as well because you do not know, yet I find this to be ultimately unconvincing. The time here on earth is the first and the last thing we experience. There was nothing before, and there will be nothing after. There is no reason for that to be. Existence itself will prevail, though, in some form or another. And at some point, even without humans.
cciro
girl (in development)
- May 16, 2025
- 51
Realistic Hope: Nothingness. It's all over goodbye.
Delusional Hope: It would be nice if everyone got a happy ending, whatever that looks like for them. Could be nothingness, reincarnation, heaven, whatever they want.
Please no no please: Hell.
Delusional Hope: It would be nice if everyone got a happy ending, whatever that looks like for them. Could be nothingness, reincarnation, heaven, whatever they want.
Please no no please: Hell.
badatparties
Arcanist
- Mar 16, 2025
- 434
Nobody knows, or will ever know the answer to this question. It's like a dog trying to figure out a clock. We simply don't have tools.
Yes. I lean towards recycling of energy (or human mind) rather than full reincarnation, but don't follow any religious tradition and consider myself an atheist, although a non-materialist one.
kuroshimi
If you're not remembered, then you never existed.
- Dec 1, 2025
- 40
Nope. I still think there is nothing after death and reincarnation of any kind simply doesn't exist. But we cannot be completely sure of this. The energy thing still applies, but not in that sense.
FuneralCry
Just wanting some peace
- Sep 24, 2020
- 46,081
I just believe death to be non-existence where this dreadful, cruel and torturous existence is finally all gone and forgotten which is all I wish and hope for, I just want to never suffer again and in this existence I just always saw as a mistake only non-existence could ever be positive for me, all I see as desirable is being permanently unconscious.
I'll just always prefer to not exist than suffer in this painful existence that just causes so much suffering all for the sake of it with no limit as to how much one can be tortured, existence to me really is an abomination, I'll always see existence as the problem.
I'll just always prefer to not exist than suffer in this painful existence that just causes so much suffering all for the sake of it with no limit as to how much one can be tortured, existence to me really is an abomination, I'll always see existence as the problem.
pthnrdnojvsc
Extreme Pain is much worse than people know
- Aug 12, 2019
- 4,052
There is nothing after Death
Just one reason out of many is that this is an entropic universe
To believe there is a soul or afterlife one would have to believe there is an energy source no one has detected that can power a human for a trillion to the billionth power years and beyond.
I'd have to believe a human can outlive everything, the sun stars the universe. But i don't believe that. Why since a human is just a small animal, cells, chemical reactions?
What is the point of having a human suffer not just for 90 years but for trillions of years to start?
Every thing requires a constant power or energy source to keep functioning.
Thats why a human or other animal has to constantly eat to power the brain, body and cells
You'd have to believe a human is different from everything else in the universe. I'm just an animal a monkey, mouse , fish, a bug , cells.
Just one reason out of many is that this is an entropic universe
To believe there is a soul or afterlife one would have to believe there is an energy source no one has detected that can power a human for a trillion to the billionth power years and beyond.
I'd have to believe a human can outlive everything, the sun stars the universe. But i don't believe that. Why since a human is just a small animal, cells, chemical reactions?
What is the point of having a human suffer not just for 90 years but for trillions of years to start?
Every thing requires a constant power or energy source to keep functioning.
Thats why a human or other animal has to constantly eat to power the brain, body and cells
You'd have to believe a human is different from everything else in the universe. I'm just an animal a monkey, mouse , fish, a bug , cells.
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