How do you cope with knowing you will die?

[SvennoJ]

VGPolyglot said:

SvennoJ said:

I guess you're not a parent yet :p How does the worry stop in the afterlife. Wouldn't you still be worried for your children, partner other loved ones, yet now you can do nothing to help them anymore? I never understood that about the idea of heaven. How can it be heaven if you're still worried about your loved ones...

The only real freedom is non existence...

I don't believe in an afterlife.

Well, then you can simply go nowhere and not have to worry :)

I was getting at why would any afterlife be worry free. Hurting your loved is one of the reasons not to do too risky things and take care of yourself. Escaping to the afterlife would be the worst.

Anyway why worry about not existing, worrying about existing is hard enough. Fear of dying is natural of course, keeps you alive. If it gets too much, steer your thoughts in a different direction. I love swimming, yet fear drowning. When I'm doing the freestyle stroke in the pool I have to keep my mind in check not to start imagining what it will feel like to drown. I have to distract myself and concentrate on feeling alive. It doesn't always work and it's a very scary feeling. What if that tree falls over and pins me down here, really your mind is your worst enemy sometimes. Of course it's easy to stop swimming for a bit to literally catch my breath.

Concentrate on the positive things to snap out of that downward spiral. It gets easier with age I guess. My suicidal thoughts stopped in my mid twenties. Now I get to worry about whether my kids will get suicidal thoughts in their teenage years :/