Does the thought of death ever seem comforting to you?

This isn't your run of the mill thread where I talk about how much I hate life and want to die, on the contrary as a matter of fact. I'm quite satisfied in my life, but i've been doing some thinking lately and through much though I finally came across a revelation that would change the way I feel about it.

Now some people are afraid of death, go ahead and take a few moments to imagine that there is no afterlife. As well as there are no souls. That means that after you die... there is nothing. Absolutely nothing. And even if you accept and understand that, it's almost as if your mind wants to still think you'll be living or you'll get another life. But what if you don't? Then it's literally NOTHING left. When this hits you, it's one of the scariest feelings you can ever have.

Now as horrid as that may sound to some people, to me that sounds... like vindication. It is with great exultation that I now realizethat I'm not being judged or punished when I leave this world, and that there is no ultimate goal I should be aspiring to reach. Once my life ends, that's it. So now I will finally feel vindicated

I'm no atheist, I just don't believe in afterlife call it whatever you want but I walk my own path and the truth, has set me free

I dont want to die, but i dont fear death. Life can be hard sometimes but i consider myself lucky to be a conscious being.

All of us are just a collection of atoms we could as easily have been a rock in space, I consider myself lucky to have the ability of thought.

I know I will return to just being atoms and it does not scare me, im glad of the time that I have.

No, the thought of completely nothingness scared the hell out of me. Even though, I guess, we wouldn't have anything to fear during that nothingness.

No, the thought of death terrifies me :?DavidianMH

You wont be aware of it, dont worry about it.

No, the thought of completely nothingness scared the hell out of me. Even though, I guess, we wouldn't have anything to fear during that nothingness.

Pirate700

No, the thought of completely nothingness scared the hell out of me. Even though, I guess, we wouldn't have anything to fear during that nothingness.

Pirate700

If I may ask why does it scare you?

we'll simply slip into a permanent sleep if you will, and slowly our existence will fade. And we possibly wont even retain the capacity to be aware of the emptiness

I don't know if I'd say it's 'comforting', but I am not afraid or worried at all about death, when it's time it's time and I happily accept that. If I died today I'd be happy with the little I've achieved.

I'm more afraid of the trials of life that I don't know are coming.

I don't fear it,Iv'e seen enough that I am numb to it.

No, the thought of completely nothingness scared the hell out of me. Even though, I guess, we wouldn't have anything to fear during that nothingness.

Being dead doesn't shake me at all. It's the dying part that's gonna suck.

Can't be any different than before we were born.

I find the thought of death comforting. Unfortunately my victims do not agree. Why must they struggle so?

i wasn't scared before i was born, so i don't think it will bother me after im dead.

Can't be any different than before we were born.

6_Dead_360s

Yep, i like the idea that no matter what you do you're still going to end up rotting in a hole. Inevitability isn't scary.markop2003

You may decompose but you wont even notice, how is it scary?

The thought of death and entering into total oblivion. an eternal slumber.

is oddly ocomforting believe it or not.

I do believe in afterlife though, and while i'm told things what Heaven and Hell are like. I am not totally certain.

That said, oblivion does not seem so bad in the end.

I know what you're getting at, interesting idea. I don't know how to feel about it.

Yeah I believe in the inevitable that nothing lasts forever. But it works both ways death doesnt last forever and life doesnt last forever.

No. It scares the **** out of me.

I will never understand how someone can claim to be content with the concept of death. It's letting go of everything you've ever known, felt, believed, desired, etc. It's walking off a cliff not knowing what's going to happen. How is that NOT scary exactly? While I believe there are people out there who have accepted the reality and are at peace with it, I think they are few and far between. Death is the big reason religion and philosophy exist. I'll be honest....death scares the **** out of me, somewhat because I tend to believe in reincarnation. I look at the world, and all I see is randomness and unfairness. I don't wish my next life to be contingent on the roll of the die when the outcome could be anything and everything. Rekunta

I've done a essay on the concepts of death and the idea of a afterlife and it gave me no answer other than the fact that its not really death we fear its the idea that we wont live any more and its why we created the idea of a afterlife... if you really think about death it will bring no comfort to you and you will in your mind subconsciously tell your self you aren't scared and turn death to a positive process, the simple fact that this process exists is enough reason to believe we are terrified. Its why people have fears... its not the fear of "heights" that terrify people, its not the fear of "water" that terrifies people and neither is it the fear of "spiders" that terrifies people... its fear of falling your death, drowning being killed by a sworn of spiders... DYEING!

Death cannot comfort you, you comfort your self with the idea of death because you "feel" like your life is worthless. Death is not a friend, death isn't a object, person, demon or a even a process for that matter death can only be explained as hole... it can not be anything because it is nothing. Something that is nothing can never be anything in a particular way like a whole its just space, empty and devoid of all meaning... the hole in the wall isn't a part of the wall and doesn't have its own name or meaning to it, Just like death is to life its a name given to what was alive.

[QUOTE="Rekunta"]I will never understand how someone can claim to be content with the concept of death. It's letting go of everything you've ever known, felt, believed, desired, etc. It's walking off a cliff not knowing what's going to happen. How is that NOT scary exactly? While I believe there are people out there who have accepted the reality and are at peace with it, I think they are few and far between. Death is the big reason religion and philosophy exist. I'll be honest....death scares the **** out of me, somewhat because I tend to believe in reincarnation. I look at the world, and all I see is randomness and unfairness. I don't wish my next life to be contingent on the roll of the die when the outcome could be anything and everything. foxhound_fox

Well I dont exactly fear death at this point and see myself commiting suicide, or euthanasia when Im too old to enjoy life, when that will be I dont know ofcourse. I see no reason to live for the sake of living.

[QUOTE="markop2003"]Yep, i like the idea that no matter what you do you're still going to end up rotting in a hole. Inevitability isn't scary.FrenchDynasty

You may decompose but you wont even notice, how is it scary?

for me its slow death and afterlife judgement

Not really comforting, but it isn't quite something that I fear or dread so much :P

Death seems like a perfectly good thing to me.

I don't wish to ever die, I want to see how the world will change, what new technologies will be made, if we will ever explore the galaxy.

But I guess it's impossible, all of us here will die at some point.

The thought of it scares me really, does heaven or hell exist? Or will we just lose conciousness and everything you had learned, thought and felt will be gone and you wouldn't even know it.

Not knowing which will happen scares me.

Nope not at all but the thought of not exploring space does!

Dying is to mainstream...

Well when I'm going through a bout of morbid depression, yes it is comforting. Other than that, no.

It has at one point, but not anymore.

Death is part of the journey we must all take, and I find comfort in it's finality and purpose.

I'm sorry man, but no one will every truly understand what nothing after life is. It's impossible to comprehend. You can get the idea of it, which is terrifying, though. You saying that it is ideal to have no conscious, no anything, is somewhat ignorant. MetallicaKings

That doesn't really comfort me as it just makes me realise it could happen at any moment, and that while each and every moment of everyday should be cherished that we take life for granted and squander it on monotonous, menial everyday tasks. Right now we should all be out experiencing the world, going for a walk and talking in sunlight and fresh air, and literally experiencing every sensation we possibly can. Of course if we did that then society would probably break down and we'd all die anyway which makes those moments where we can even more precious.

I fear death because I cannot see it coming and I may waste my last moments of life instead of experiencing how ****ing amazing it actually is.

no, but the thought of death does seem 100% incomphrehensible to me

No, the thought of death terrifies me :?DavidianMH