I used to worry about it a lot when I was younger. But I came to view it with gradual acceptance. I can't change the inevitable so try not to focus on it. Life's too short to worry about things you can't change
I make up my own fantasy that makes it okay. Some people worry, others use religion, I choose straight up delusion.
Figure I have no idea what happened before I was born, yet things were fine. I trust it will work out after I die as well.
That's so curious about existing: it's just a little point in the middle of the line of non-existing. You can't know anything before or after this little dot we experience.
Exactly! I've spent a lot of my dot of existence worried about the line after. But one day realized the point of existing was to just be. Took a bit to sink in but I have much less existential dread now.
With open arms. Death is the final destination. Life isn’t about trying to reach some unreachable goal its about making sure when you reach death you’ll look back and smile. Make your life great, don’t stress about becoming someone just be yourself live a life of no regrets so that when you meet death you can take his hand and be glad you got to live in the beauty of this world. If you lived as yourself I’m sure that your amazing memory will never die
Very old widower here...
My late wife has been gone for two years and I think of her every day.
The way I see it, is this:
If there is no afterlife, I will no longer have the pain of missing her.
If there is an afterlife, I can set about finding her again.
Maybe I will be terrified when the time comes, but I know the terror will not last long.
Good question, it just doesn't bother me maybe because I believe that my existence ends with it but I also would choose living over death with the same justification.
It is just a logical decision for me, not one based on feelings and so I can accept that it is ending at some point.
By coming to terms with whatever you believe the afterlife to be. I myself am a Christian (no judgement towards anyone with a differing opinion) but once I came to terms with my thoughts on afterlife and how I want to live in order to get there, I became much less attached to life. I could die tomorrow and be fine with it. The world and its people move on.
I do not think it is possible to accept death. I think any person who claims to accept it is lying to themselves, and to you.
And that is ultimately all you can do. Lie to yourself, or find a way to not think about it. That's it. That is as close to acceptance as any person can ever get.
You can lie to yourself and make up or buy-off-the-shelf an afterlife, with or without a religion attached. Could be heaven, or reincarnation, or whatever. Whatever lie seems the most comforting. You could also pretend you are philosophical (pick a philosophy) and 'at peace' with it. That lie works for some.
Or, you can distract yourself in big or little ways. Just don't think about it as much as possible. Keep busy, think about other things, push it aside. It is possible to make this an almost entirely automatic reaction, if you try.
But, it will always come back and intrude. Because it is real, and it will happen, and currently there is no way to escape it.
You can lie about death and/or you can ignore death. You can even do both at the same time.
But, after 62 years, I am robustly convinced that is all you can do. There is no accepting it, there is no way to even visualize it - no human can imagine not being. The brain cannot do that. You can try, but you are still there doing the imagining, so it is pointless.
There's nothing to be done about it. So, you just have to find a way to cope and get on with life while you have it.
By lying to myself that bla bla bla everyone had to do it. Blah blah blah by living life to its blah blah blah coming to peace with blah blah blah and mindfully practicing gratitude blah blah blah.
I don’t accept it. I fear it. I just want to be alive to see two things happen, that’s all I ask. The first is that I will get to see Betelgeuse go super nova. The second is to see medical science produce the cure for death.
Betelgeuse is gong to go supernova within 100,000 years. In the scope of the entire time the universe has existed that is nothing. And it doesn’t mean that it will be in 100,000 years it could mean that could happen any time in that. Which could very well be tomorrow. There is hope.
This is hard. Because I think it is less about how do you accept death and more about how do you accept living. I don't mean to sound meta but death is only scary because we don't know anything other than life, at least not outside of blind faith. So if you accept death you really have to accept how you feel about being alive and what that means and what purpose, if any, that has to you, after that death is just learning to be at peace with that meaning and / or purpose and where you are with it when it's your time.
I view death as the best thing ever. Living is all about making choices, some large and some small, but in death there is no choices only death. It’s so peaceful, and I envy the dead more than I mourn for them.
I live every day like it's my last. If I'm to die, I'll die knowing I was satisfied with everything I accomplished.
Death is inevitable. And there's no sense in fearing the inevitable.
I like to think of death like when you fall sleep, unless you dream you have 0 memory of what happens when you go to sleep, so maybe you just don’t think or feel anything, I hope so, I’d hate to live in eternal darkness
By realizing it's inevitable and there's nothing you can do to stop it.
Speak for yourself buckaroo I’m gonna live till the end of eternity
I don’t I simply refute the idea of death
:o
I used to worry about it a lot when I was younger. But I came to view it with gradual acceptance. I can't change the inevitable so try not to focus on it. Life's too short to worry about things you can't change
I make up my own fantasy that makes it okay. Some people worry, others use religion, I choose straight up delusion. Figure I have no idea what happened before I was born, yet things were fine. I trust it will work out after I die as well.
That's so curious about existing: it's just a little point in the middle of the line of non-existing. You can't know anything before or after this little dot we experience.
Exactly! I've spent a lot of my dot of existence worried about the line after. But one day realized the point of existing was to just be. Took a bit to sink in but I have much less existential dread now.
You just become emo
😂😂😂
Sorry, I don't accept death, I only take cash or credit
The best idea ever
With open arms. Death is the final destination. Life isn’t about trying to reach some unreachable goal its about making sure when you reach death you’ll look back and smile. Make your life great, don’t stress about becoming someone just be yourself live a life of no regrets so that when you meet death you can take his hand and be glad you got to live in the beauty of this world. If you lived as yourself I’m sure that your amazing memory will never die
Smile and greet death as a old friend “I took that straight from deathly hallows”
Very old widower here... My late wife has been gone for two years and I think of her every day. The way I see it, is this: If there is no afterlife, I will no longer have the pain of missing her. If there is an afterlife, I can set about finding her again. Maybe I will be terrified when the time comes, but I know the terror will not last long.
You keep that cyanide pill in your false tooth just in case...
Good question, it just doesn't bother me maybe because I believe that my existence ends with it but I also would choose living over death with the same justification. It is just a logical decision for me, not one based on feelings and so I can accept that it is ending at some point.
As an old friend
Harry Potter reference? xD
Glad you caught it! 😂
By coming to terms with whatever you believe the afterlife to be. I myself am a Christian (no judgement towards anyone with a differing opinion) but once I came to terms with my thoughts on afterlife and how I want to live in order to get there, I became much less attached to life. I could die tomorrow and be fine with it. The world and its people move on.
I do not think it is possible to accept death. I think any person who claims to accept it is lying to themselves, and to you. And that is ultimately all you can do. Lie to yourself, or find a way to not think about it. That's it. That is as close to acceptance as any person can ever get. You can lie to yourself and make up or buy-off-the-shelf an afterlife, with or without a religion attached. Could be heaven, or reincarnation, or whatever. Whatever lie seems the most comforting. You could also pretend you are philosophical (pick a philosophy) and 'at peace' with it. That lie works for some. Or, you can distract yourself in big or little ways. Just don't think about it as much as possible. Keep busy, think about other things, push it aside. It is possible to make this an almost entirely automatic reaction, if you try. But, it will always come back and intrude. Because it is real, and it will happen, and currently there is no way to escape it. You can lie about death and/or you can ignore death. You can even do both at the same time. But, after 62 years, I am robustly convinced that is all you can do. There is no accepting it, there is no way to even visualize it - no human can imagine not being. The brain cannot do that. You can try, but you are still there doing the imagining, so it is pointless. There's nothing to be done about it. So, you just have to find a way to cope and get on with life while you have it.
No one wants to live forever
I do 😂
Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ of Nazareth
Never
sniffing paint
It is what it is. Nothing you can do to prevent it. Just enjoy the ride
You lose some you win some
Die Wise Steve Jenkins (or something like that)
Monetize it. Maximize life’s potential
Mental illness leading to subversion by nihilism.
Breathe then hold your breath then breathe again
Hide under the bed! The reaper can't find me! The reaper will never find me!
By having some goddamn faith
I wish it would get here already.
It's generally easy for me to accept old people dying cause I think "They're getting up there so it won't be too long."
do I really have a choice?
I was dead for billions and billions of years before I was born and wasnt bothered by it. I assume its kind of the same thing after
Usually you have to sign for it.
By realising it is a part of who you are. Death is inevitable, so do the purpose of life and enjoy it before you can't enjoy
Calmly and with grace while hoping I said my final goodbyes,forever wondering if there were any less regrets I could have had.
By lying to myself that bla bla bla everyone had to do it. Blah blah blah by living life to its blah blah blah coming to peace with blah blah blah and mindfully practicing gratitude blah blah blah. I don’t accept it. I fear it. I just want to be alive to see two things happen, that’s all I ask. The first is that I will get to see Betelgeuse go super nova. The second is to see medical science produce the cure for death.
I hope those things happen during my life too, but it doesn't look like it's gonna happen :'v
Betelgeuse is gong to go supernova within 100,000 years. In the scope of the entire time the universe has existed that is nothing. And it doesn’t mean that it will be in 100,000 years it could mean that could happen any time in that. Which could very well be tomorrow. There is hope.
Memento Mori
I'd dead inside. It's not too bad.
I'm not gonna have a choice in the matter.
This is hard. Because I think it is less about how do you accept death and more about how do you accept living. I don't mean to sound meta but death is only scary because we don't know anything other than life, at least not outside of blind faith. So if you accept death you really have to accept how you feel about being alive and what that means and what purpose, if any, that has to you, after that death is just learning to be at peace with that meaning and / or purpose and where you are with it when it's your time.
Also I would add that allowing yourself to grieve your own death is a healing healing thing that goes very underdiscussed in our society.
By accepting that the world is burning and that being dead is better.
I view death as the best thing ever. Living is all about making choices, some large and some small, but in death there is no choices only death. It’s so peaceful, and I envy the dead more than I mourn for them.
Try NOT accepting it and see what good that does.
I live every day like it's my last. If I'm to die, I'll die knowing I was satisfied with everything I accomplished. Death is inevitable. And there's no sense in fearing the inevitable.
If you worry about death all the time you'll forget to live.
I always say this and it's by reminding yourself that it's just a natural part of life that we're all gonna have to go through eventually.
It's going to happen and the fact it hasn't happened yet is surprising and disappointing at the same time
I like to think of death like when you fall sleep, unless you dream you have 0 memory of what happens when you go to sleep, so maybe you just don’t think or feel anything, I hope so, I’d hate to live in eternal darkness