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Aliaiactaest
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- Jun 7, 2019
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The conventional wisdom seems to be that people are afraid of failing. But how many of you are really more afraid of succeeding?
I think this is true of me too. I'm afraid of both. I'm not sure why I'm afraid of dying, but I guess it's the ultimate FOMO.Both
I think about this a lot too. Of course on answer to this line of concern is that we'll die someday, and it can't be avoided. But I think about how I can't imagine not being. All my life I've been conscious. You can't really even think of it like going to sleep because of dreaming, and when you go to sleep you do so thinking you're going to wake up. I've used the whole argument about what we were...or weren't...before being born when arguing with a Christian about how you can't just go nowhere after you dies. I argued, "what do you remember about before you were born?" So it makes sense to me. But it's still hard to imagine. I guess the one point is that it's only something you have to wrestle with while alive. Dead it won't matter. I hope.I'm afraid of Nothing. I can't wrap my head around not existing at all. Not seeing,hearing or anything anymore. No consciousness. Just...nothing.
I suppose it's like trying to remember before you were born, but still it scares me. How do you overcome that fear of Nothing?
Yes, in fact, the universe is billions of years old. Our lives are but a blip. And yet, it seems so meaningful to us. But in the bigger picture it is nothing. Truly nothing. So what to make of that? I don't know.The universe is millions of years old. Our lives are a mere fleeting moment in time compared.
The universe was here long before we were here and will be long after. Regardless if you choose to ctb or die "naturally". So nobody should really fear what's to come.Yes, in fact, the universe is billions of years old. Our lives are but a blip. And yet, it seems so meaningful to us. But in the bigger picture it is nothing. Truly nothing. So what to make of that? I don't know.
Perhaps it is like having a child. There are billions of children but the only one that means anything is yours.
I'm afraid of Nothing. I can't wrap my head around not existing at all. Not seeing,hearing or anything anymore. No consciousness. Just...nothing.
I suppose it's like trying to remember before you were born, but still it scares me. How do you overcome that fear of Nothing?
The conventional wisdom seems to be that people are afraid of failing. But how many of you are really more afraid of succeeding?
1- Failure and injury.
2- Potential afterlife.
3- Possible missed turnaround.
I think this is true of me too. I'm afraid of both. I'm not sure why I'm afraid of dying, but I guess it's the ultimate FOMO.
The fear of the unknown. That includes both living and dying if I actually kill my fucking self. Life has taken an unprecedented downhill since November 2018 and its only spiraling the fuck out of my hands. Day number 296 to be precise. My life has become a fucking laboratory experiment for the universe. I pacing myself to sleep by saying that I'm gonna pass away in my sleep tonight and I wake up in the morning and say to myself I'll die in an accident while driving to work today. But guess what, it's gonna be Day 297 tomorrow and fucking nothing would change. Were we only put on this earth to suffer the fuck out of our lives? Isn't there an end to it? Sorry about the rant.The conventional wisdom seems to be that people are afraid of failing. But how many of you are really more afraid of succeeding?