Submitted 1 week ago by g70014707@piefed.social to [deleted]
I don’t fear death. O. Welcome it. What I fear is surviving it. Have you seen what the u.s. health care do to people who are not wealthy after they survive almost dying? Also I don’t fear death because this world is. Pain and misery and ending it would be a blessing.
There are already excellent answers. We can attack it from another angle and analyze what causes the fear of death.
Death means leaving everything behind. The life you have built. Friends, family, home, your identity, and your body—even the clothes you have on.
Death is usually accompanied by a lot of physical pain. We fear pain and live our lives running away from it.
We can use philosophy and deep thought to alleviate both.
Everything you are being “separated” from were only in your imagination. There were no “you” or “your people” or things to begin with. There is just reality. You have categorized sensory information as “this is me. This is my body, this is family etc.” If you continue this line of thought, you will realise nothing special happens during death. You are still a part of reality in a different form like a cloud that becomes rain.
Next is the fear of pain. Pain is a protective mechanism in your brain. It is a signal telling you to stay away from something or to draw attention somewhere. It’s nothing more. If you realise this at a deep level and keep your mind at peace even in extreme pain, your brain will not perceive it as a threat. Instead it will release endorphins to reduce the pain.
I know what I have said is not easy. It requires a lifetime of mental training and meditation. But it is possible.
And there are many stages to this. First is to not fear death during normal life. Next is to not fear it in the presence of a great threat. And the last is during the actual process of dying. Each stage is harder than the previous.
Why worry, it's going to happen one way or another, and once it does it won't be your problem anymore.
It will make you worse at living.
Fear is an evolved response to keep you safe so you can do fun things like have sex and eat bread and play with your children. If it’s not keeping you safe, then it’s being useless and you shouldn’t feel it.
I am worried about it. But there’s nothing I can do, really. It’s scary. That’s ok. People telling you to not be concerned with death or that they are glad they will return to the earth or some bullshit can continue to eat their false hope. I’m not interested.
It’s a valid fear and worry.
Everyone should fear death. It’s what keeps us doing smart things like looking both ways before crossing the street or drinking random containers of suspicious liquid. It’s healthy to fear death to a degree.
The question is that is this impacting your life in a significantly negative way? Is it causing daily intense distress? Is it causing you to become a shut in and not leave your home? Then it’s worth addressing.
If it’s not significantly negatively impacting your quality of life, then there’s nothing that needs to be changed about your viewpoint.
I started fearing death more than ever a few months ago. I chose to do maybe what the opposite of what my fear told me and I learned to ride a motorcycle. So I’m still out here living life.
Too busy celebrating life to worry about it
Don’t worry, death is actually perfectly safe!
Death is the best teacher there is. “Keep your friends close, but your ennemies closer” The more you’ll listen to it’s teachings the more alive you’ll be
Because worrying about it doesn’t help in anyway, might as well not do it.
To the extent that you have a choice in the matter, the reason not to fear it is because feeling that fear all the time is going to be a miserable existence that will likely drive you to an earlier grave. That said another way your question could be interpreted is, “why wouldn’t death be considered scary?”, which is that’s your meaning, it is scary, it’s probably quite literally the scariest thing given how strong survival instincts are and the role that fear plays in those instincts. The reason people are not generally always in paralysing fear is because that fear that in some situations keeps them alive, ceases to be useful for most of the rest of one’s life and is actively detrimental to the very survival it’s supposed to safeguard. However, the fact that most of us are not unduly preoccupied with a great of death is probably less to do with an active decision or rational choice and just a healthy instinct to steer our thoughts away from that cliff once thoughts drift too far that way and we experience unpleasant emotions. As far as we know, we’re the only species on the planet that deals with the knowledge of our own mortality so the extent to which this affects your daily probably has some greater degree of conscious mental decisions so I guess that’s what makes it possible for a person to get fixated on the issue and develop unhealthy patterns of thought around it, that might be what’s going on for you, but the other side of that coin is that that means it’s at least somewhat within your power to reach a comfortable medium point between acceptance of mortality and a healthy amount of attention and thought towards it.
The first 14 billion or so years of not existing was pretty great, I’m sure the next 14 trillion will be too.
I forgot where I heard this line:
“Worrying is like a rocking chair. It’ll give you something to do, but it won’t get you anywhere.”
Another way to look at things is asking:
Can I do something about it?
If the answer is No, then there’s no reason to worry. You can’t do anything about it anyway.
If the answer is Yes, then stop worrying and go do something about it.
Worrying about it won’t prevent it from happening, it’s just going to make you feel bummed out about something you can’t change.
Focus on enjoying your life, so that in your final moments your last thoughts are “Bummer, ah well, I had a good run”.
Existence is a fluke in the eternal ocean of time. None of us were here for at least one eternity. Now we are. Then we will be not again for at least one another eternity. Not being is more natural than being.
Cuz it won’t matter to you once you do.
I don’t think anyone should try to convince you, fear it if that’s your jam.
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 1 week ago
What parts worry you?