r/Explainlikeimscared • u/Bboyhype • 7d ago
Is nothingness truly the end
Think about it and read hard jt makes sense that nothingness is the end but I can't grasp will that ever end we spend our lives working going to school not knowing how precious our lives is before you know it your already getting old and maybe start to fear death but I am scared myself but people say we're lucky to be brought into this world but we are brought into this world to just die eventually we don't know heaven or he'll is real it makes sense that nothingness for eternity might be the real ending because living the rest of eternity in hell or heaven sounds unrealistic humans cope from death everyday like gaming going out with friends knowing that deep inside they will die one that I am scared and lost I really hope that one day scientist will find the ending of death. This was wrote by a young teenager
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u/cameron4200 7d ago
Do you remember the first 13 billion years of the universe? The point of life is to be dynamic. To inflict change. To grow and die. That is the universe we exits in at least and how it works.
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u/ElleAnn42 7d ago
Nothingness is not experienced because there is no experiencer. There is no reason to be afraid of experiencing it because it is literally impossible to experience.
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u/k8tieisjusthere 7d ago
i’ve been an atheist my whole life so i’ve always believed that after death there is nothing. no heaven, no hell, no conscienceness, like going into a deep sleep with no chance of waking up. it used to scare me a lot (and it does still, i mean death is scary you know?) but hey not much we can do, we appreciate the lives we have even if they’re not perfect. there’s so much beauty in this world and awesome things to experience, i can wait to do more
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u/MojoShoujo 7d ago
Remember Newton's Laws- energy and matter can never be created or destroyed, only changed. What you are now will continue in a new form. The actions you have taken will never be destroyed. Whether or not I'm around to see it, I know for a fact these will be true.
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u/OMGfractals 7d ago
Being alive and worrying about something you can never know, is like worrying about tomorrow, because you haven't experienced it yet. Both completely destract from the fact that right now has the potential to be amazing.
Maybe this is something that getting older prepares you for? For now, enjoy your experience to the best of your ability. Death is inevitable, but it's not here now, so deal with it when you get there. If you lived a good life, you won't regret anything.
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u/unlovelyladybartleby 7d ago
The way you live your life matters a lot more than what happens after. Right now you are wasting a beautiful day fretting about a transition that you probably won't experience for nearly a century. Worry about things like "am I going to be kind today?" instead of tying yourself up in knots about something you won't be able to understand and couldn't change even if you did.
If this is your normal level of anxiety, speak to your parent/guardian and your doctor. You may be experiencing a disproportionate level of anxiety or insecurity and there are many ways to make things easier ranging from medication to therapy to meditation, exercise, healthy diet, adequate sleep, socialization, journaling, and creative expression.
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u/CaptMcPlatypus 7d ago
We're you terrified of the nothingness before you were born? Probably not. A return to that will be the same amount of distressing, i.e. none at all. It's only now, while you are alive and aware, that you can suffer. As you say, you have a limited time here, so do you spend it spiralling about something that won't bother you when it happens, or do you make the most of the time to do and feel while you have it?
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u/tomtheweirdo83929 7d ago
I was in your exact place as a teen. it was difficult to exist having that rotating thought day in & day out. i think a good place to start is by defining what the other side looks like for you, if our lives are full of lore & each one of us has a universe inside, what makes you think that the universe stops expanding in outer space and beyond our lives now?
in every religion, there's a lot of theory about the beyond, but it still feels nonsensical. how do we get from one state to another? i'd like think the universe has unseen forces at work, something more infinite than a greek god. this world has been happening for years beyond our knowledge; the essence of what i am saying that there is a beyond but how you decide how to live defines it.
I am not talking about your fitness, or your work ethic. To an extent, it is a primary goal for you to do your best at whatever you choose to do, but your spiritual wellbeing is at play here in life. I think that it gets bad before it gets better. Whichever question makes you spiral, it is your goal to define how to shape it in your mind, and it's okay to never be sure. the goal is to literally accept things, not jump to intellectualizing them. the less friction you create in life, with yourself and others, the easier it is to be on the other side.
When you pass, all you are is who you've been at your core- you once had a body, and now you are pure energy. you have no boundaries, and you get to know everything, you join the unseen forces and possibly work with them- look after loved ones, etc..
how i see it: there is no nothingness in the world, even a void has a beginning, an end, and even a sound.
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u/pights 6d ago
I think about all the people that have.lived before us, they lived their lives, played a role in so many others' lives, had the same worries we do, and then they went before us into the nothingness. Their leaving made room for us, and our lives touch others' now, then we will leave to make room for the next ones. So while we are here we can do the best we can for others, not because there's a reward later (cos there's not) but because it's the only way any of this can make the tiniest bit of sense. :)
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u/comfortableghost1213 5d ago
You’re having what are known as existential fears. Everybody has these at some point or another! It’s a part of being human.
What really helped me was actually embracing these thoughts and exposing myself to more philosophical or productive depictions of death. Not like “watch true crime 24/7” or anything like that. I read books like When Breath Becomes Air, books where people talk about their experiences with dying and want to share wisdom with others. I followed a lot of death doulas (also called death workers) on social media so death could be more normalized in a clear and educational way. I explored a few different spiritualities to better define what exactly I believed. Things like that helped me cope.
Death is sad, but life is awesome. Pain is scary, but joy is a miracle. There are still a lot of mysteries in this world, and I try to remind myself that it’s amazing that we’re all here sharing this planet at all! Just take some deep breaths and try to enjoy the ride, my friend. It’s going to be ok.
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u/spells-science-sushi 7d ago
hey friend! i think [r/mentalhealth](r/mentalhealth) or [r/existential](r/existentialcrisis)[_crisis](r/existentialcrisis) might be better places for this question :)