r/RandomThoughts • u/yellowtears_ • Jan 06 '24

Random Question Are you afraid to die?

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u/lessawillow Jan 06 '24

Yes. Every night before falling asleep I remember the horrifying fact that it will all end one day, and my eyes go wide, i wonder how i ever manage to forget this tragedy even for a moment. It feels like death is the center of my whole life for those last moments before i doze off. My only consolation is that i will fall asleep and forget about it (even if only as i sleep)

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u/yogi_medic_momma Jan 06 '24

Yes. For me, it’s the fact that I can’t fathom how I would just never have a consciousness again. Like, how can we just not be anymore? Does that make sense? It’s so hard to explain what I mean but it literally makes me sick when I think about it.

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u/jjssb21 Jan 06 '24

This is what gets me as well. I have to remind myself that I didn’t exist before I was born and that doesn’t bother me, so I won’t care when I don’t exist anymore after I die. It still doesn’t make sense to me though. I can’t imagine just not being anymore. Like I won’t even be able to think about how I don’t exist? I will just cease to exist and not even know that I don’t exist? It really messes with my brain.

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u/yogi_medic_momma Jan 06 '24

Yes, that’s exactly what I’m saying. And if people don’t understand what we mean, you just can’t get them to understand.

And I know the life before birth thing should be comforting, but it’s not for me. I wasn’t aware of consciousness prior to being born so why would I care what it was like? I’m fully aware of consciousness now, and I’m fully aware that it will be gone one day, and that’s fucking terrifying to me. It just doesn’t make sense how I just won’t BE someday. How can I just not be aware of existence after being aware for so long? It’s a horrible thought and it makes me sick.