Hey GC, thought i shade to you a personal problem ive been having, and hopefully get a little help! Well lately ive been thinking about life, mainly about why were here, and what happens when we die. Im not to religious, and for some reason im just finding myself going into deep thought on how it will feel to be dead (i know it wont feel like anything, but you know what i mean). and other stuff like how who we are is just a jumble of memorys. Its getting me a little depressed thinking about all this. I dont like thinkging about it, but i just cant stop! im fairly young, so i know i shoulndt be thinkging about life and death, but i cant stop i dont know why! ive been thinking like this for 3-4 weeks and im hopeing its just a phase so i can continue to just not care about what happens (like it was before those 3-4 weeks) Has anyone els gone through what im thinkin? how do you cope? any response is appreciated, just telling this to someone is makeing me feel better.
I know how you feel man... death haunts me. I'm religious but I have my doubts and ever since I was a kid death has been my biggest fear. I would lay awake for hours on end convinced that if I stayed awake I wouldn't die. Sometimes when I'm by myself and get stoned death always pops up in my mind, whether I want it to or not (all the time not). But I've come to realize that it's the fear of not knowing that drives me insane. I honestly don't know how to tell you to stop it... I guess when your mind is ready to accept that it's inevitable you'll be ok. I'm still not there myself though.
i think about it now and then. i find it interesting more that depressing. i think it's just the way you handle things, and not the things themselfs
Word. At least 9 or 10 years here for me. And im only 18. Work with it, come up with your own theories, and remember, ignorance is not bliss, and neither nececcarily is acceptance, but understanding is far from coming so acceptance might have to do for now. All of us have to strive for somewhere between acceptance, and understanding, for just pure acceptance feels a little too much like quitting, and true understanding will never come, it is beyond human thought. Never be satisified with an answer given, always question, expand, and most of all exist. Don't let it become an obsession, but remember that without looking for an answer...life (the question) seems to become somewhat meaningless.
Hell, I'm a senior but I'm still not to the stage where I worry about death. Get out and live and you won't have time to worry about it. Seriously though, you may be falling into some sort of depression. If thoughts of death begin to interfere with your life seek help. It is better to get help early on in a real depression.
I went through that the first and second time I left christianity. The second time I left it for good and yea I think it should probably go away. All of this deep thinking will lead you to what you feel happen when you die. Once you hone in on what you believe is after death then you will stop worrying about it. . . . This is what happened to me. Two years later I became a Wiccan but that's because of my perception of the afterlife and religion. Yours is whatever you make of it.
when you die ur gonna go to "hell", its not technically called hell since hell is actually heaven, so prepare to suffer when you die atheists live a very incomplete empty life alot of the times, thats why your getting depressed, because u think theres just no meaning to life and nothing when you die, and that science knows all my gods actually communicate directly with me and answer "prayers" (i havent asked for much as of yet, i'm not one to ask for help that often), rather than ignore everyone like the christian god, because the christian god really hates humanity, y else do you think he causes all that suffering and damnation in the bible, hell in the bible (even though the bible is a ripoff of stories from ancient religions) god even allows the devil to totally fuck over john i think it was, he lets the devil make john lose all his property in a day, johns family dies, he's removed from his home country to never return, and then he falls horribly ill but does not die, all because god bet the devil that john wouldnt renounce him sounds like a hell of a god, he makes bet with your life for fun n allows you to become totally fucking miserable ha, yea
Hey man, talk about your god however you like. But don't start ragging on Christianity with an elitist view on them. You're all allowed to believe in invisible forces communicating with you equally.
Adults talking to invisible people = religion Invisible people talking to adults = schizophrenia I'm not sure if your taking the piss or not here.
Once you accept it as fact and there is nothing you can do to change it you will be at peace. I used to get an worried about it but really worrying is counterproductive and pointless. Just live your life to the fullest. Once you accept it and realize whats important in life and that in the end everyone is going to die, you will be much happier. im relatively young too. Age does not matter.
I used to think about death quite a bit. Then I faced death head on, and escaped. Ever since, for some reason, I'm really not afraid of death. I think that when it comes, it comes, and that's that. No need to worry about something that is inevitable.