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• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  It’s literally the last thing you should be worried about.

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• ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  What’s to worry about though? Remember before you were born? It’s going to be exactly like that.

  I mean, I don’t want to die, but I also don’t understand what there is to be anxious about.

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• southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I have a rather intimate relationship with death. I did a lot of end of life care, so facing mortality happened early in my life, before I was even old enough to vote.

  I don’t fear death because it isn’t scary. Dying can be scary, as in all the bullshit that takes you from healthy and alive to not. If it’s sudden and fast, you won’t know it’s there. If it’s slow, well, death becomes a visitor you long to see.

  No matter what you do, you will die. That can bring peace. Accept the fact of it. Know that, some day, everything comes to its natural end. It’s certain, reliable, the one true constant we can count on. No matter what else the universe throws at our tailless monkey asses, death awaits with its open arms to embrace us all. I call that comfort.

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• SuiXi3D@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Because once it happens, that’s it. You won’t care anymore because you won’t be anymore.

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• Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  You are worrying about something that is literally guaranteed to happen. Don’t worry, you will die one day but, in the meantime you could concentrate on things you can effect and change.

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• HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  death is not being alive. that was your state before your birth. you experienced it already for a timespan far larger than your life.

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  • KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I did? I don’t remember any of it…

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    • HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      xactly

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• RockBottom@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Trust me, you don’t want to spent the one life you have worrying.

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• bufalo1973@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  My problem is not death itself. It’s the part that comes right before it.

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• BillDaCatt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  The question is better phrased this way:

  Is worrying about death useful?

  Being aware of your own mortality is a gift. Try to take some time to enjoy it while it lasts.

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• JapaneseJudas@fedinsfw.app ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Different take: be afraid of death. When I’m driving I’m afraid of crashing into the other cars. I don’t obsess over it, but a healthy fear is a good thing. Fear is not intrinsically bad, and some things are scary and that’s okay as long as that fear doesn’t rule you

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• xenomor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  No. I think you should worry about death. Death sucks. I’m so tired of cultures that work to minimize this fact and inure us to the consequences of our actions.

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• Angryhumanoid@fedinsfw.app ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  You didn’t think about death before you were born and you sure as shit won’t be thinking about it after you die. I’m not saying to ignore it, you need to be aware of and plan accordingly, but unnecessarily stressing or obsessing over it won’t do you any good.

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  • panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I don’t remember almost all of being a baby. Therefore I wouldn’t remember pre birth even if there was something to remember.

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• Blackfeathr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Because when you are at that point at the end of your life, you’re not going to be thinking “I wish I worried more about this when I was younger.”

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• Baggie@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  It’s normal to fear death, but constant worry is perhaps excessive. If we’re talking about literally every day, that’s too much.

  In a mechanical sense, worry is a motivator for action. You should worry about death somewhat, because that means you avoid dying. Worrying beyond the point of practicality means your life is going to be less enjoyable.

  If you can’t leave it alone, like the thought is hounding you, it might be time to visit a mental health professional. Even if you’re still functional, there’s no reason to not improve your living experience where you can. Don’t do that to yourself.

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• agentTeiko@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  If it helps most of the time fear of death comes from being anxious about not being in control.

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• chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  People have a lot of good points here, but I want to add that it’s ok and normal to be afraid of death, even if it isn’t rational. We’re animals, that’s just how we are built to feel about it. You can come to terms with it and obsess less, but it’s likely always going to be there anyway, which isn’t always a bad thing.

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• KoboldCoterie@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  A lot of it comes down to what you believe happens after you die. Personally, I believe we just stop existing, that nothing comes afterwards. I believe that when I die, it’ll be like going to sleep, I just won’t dream, and won’t wake up.

  Going to sleep is, generally speaking, a very peaceful and pleasant experience. When I die, nothing going on in the world will matter anymore. All of my problems and worries will just instantly go away. Nothing I think matters actually will.

  Personally, I find the prospect of there being nothing after death to be immensely comforting. I don’t fear it at all.

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• theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  You can’t prevent it happening and ounce it happens you aren’t able to care.

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• nocturne@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Because you have silicone heaven to look forward to.

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  • richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    That’s not yiu, is a copy who believes it’s you.

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• originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  wasnt afraid pre-life

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• HeHoXa@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  There’s a scene in the original Trigun where one of the Gung Ho Guns, Rai-Dei the Blade, is obsessed with his chance to face Vash because he wants to see what wisdom exists right at the point of death, and he’s sure Vash (with his crazy dangerous life) has seen it and can show him.

  Vash responds saying he’s stood on that ledge many times, and he’s only ever seen fear.

  The Blade says that just means he’s a coward and engages in the fight to see for himself. Eventually he winds up on the ground with Vash’s cannon pointed at him preparing to fire, and he thinks that he can finally see it, but all he sees is fear.

  I always thought this was surprisingly realistic for an anime spouting lofty ideals.

  Our DNA has had 4 billion years to learn the very pragmatic fear of death. I don’t believe anyone faces death without fear. Not if they really have time to think about it.

  But it’s just as pragmatic to set that aside to focus on what needs doing while you’re alive. It’s the most predictable consequence of being born. You’ve had a lifetime to make your peace.

  Don’t expect death to stop being scary, and don’t try to face it without fear. Just find reasons to keep moving despite that. (Just my 2 bits.)

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• flandish@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  i tell people a couple things:

  i got people waiting for me “up there”. so no biggie.

  i dont remember what it was like before i was born, it’ll probably be similar after i die.

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• Archimedes@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  If you can be afraid, you aren’t dead. If you’re dead, you can’t be afraid. Don’t waste your time.

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• Jiggle_Physics@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  No point in worrying about the inevitable. Literally nothing you can do. So you can accept it, and be alright with it, or you can add more stress to you life being scared about it.

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  • tmyakal@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    “Hmm… yes, inevitable…” I mutter to myself as I zip-tie roman candles to my bicycle and eye my homemade building-to-building ramp. “Literally nothing I can do” I say as I lift my thumb in the air, signaling my compatriot to release the wrecking ball.

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    • Jiggle_Physics@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Well you can make it come sooner, but there is nothing you can do to stop it ever happening

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• dewritoninja@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  At least for me I feel death is the ultimate release, I’m more afraid of living if I’m being honest. But that might just be my suicidal ideation speaking

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• bookmeat@fedinsfw.app ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Most things I worry about never happen. Worrying works.

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• Nemo@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Because it’s going to happen no matter what. Save your energy for somehing else.

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• AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Reasons to not worry about death specifically because you worry about death:

  1. Every moment you spend worrying about death is a moment you aren’t spending truly alive. If you’re worried about running out of time, then why would you want to keep wasting time worrying?
  2. Stress—like that from constant worry—quite literally kills you both physically and psychologically. The more stressed you are the more wear and tear both your body and brain experience. So not only is worry wasting your life, it is also shortening it; in other words, worrying about death is actually bringing you closer to it.

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• i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  You can’t control it. That’s the answer.

  You should worry about the decisions you make every day that might hasten your death (or make it really horrible), but that’s where your influence ends.

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• panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Why does it matter?

  You can’t stop it, and in almost any moment you’re not imminently dying. Is very easy to not think about.

  So, why are you thinking about it? Why does it matter to you?

  Only you can answer that and only through engaging with that can you move forward on not being afraid of it.

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