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For Some Reason I can't stop thinking about my own mortality
#7980344 - 02/04/08 09:53 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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It's really annoying, I'm having trouble getting to sleep because of it and well it just ruins my day/night.
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appleorange
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Re: For Some Reason I can't stop thinking about my own mortality [Re: Anonymous #1]
#7980484 - 02/04/08 10:14 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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what scares you about dying?
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learningtofly
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Re: For Some Reason I can't stop thinking about my own mortality [Re: appleorange]
#7980554 - 02/04/08 10:24 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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1. That it could happen any time, which is why I'm having trouble sleeping (if I die in my sleep) 2. The fact that I would cease to exist. 3. If I didn't accomplish the things I'd liked to have accomplished.
Those are the main reasons.
edit: so much for being anonymous
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Edited by learningtofly (02/04/08 10:25 PM)
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Re: For Some Reason I can't stop thinking about my own mortality [Re: Anonymous #1]
#7980629 - 02/04/08 10:35 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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don't ever forget about it, but man, i just recently got out of a very heavy eight month period of non-stop obsessing about mortality and the experience of death, not to mention this had been building for years prior
all i can say is figure this shit out, quickly, or stop fucking worrying about it. don't forget the light worth living for and let it be your essence
-------------------- channel your inner Larry David
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Re: For Some Reason I can't stop thinking about my own mortality [Re: learningtofly]
#7980637 - 02/04/08 10:36 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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lol, i've almost made that mistake on here once.
i think your fear is mostly based out of misunderstanding.
let's say that a bunch of termites start eating at a chair, nibbling a little bit at a time. at what point does that chair no longer exist? when does it stop becoming a chair? is it no longer a chair when 1 leg has been eaten? when all 4 legs have been eaten?
just like with you, your death is an illusion and you never actually die. in a way, you are dying every second. the you that existed 5 minutes ago is dead.
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learningtofly
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Re: For Some Reason I can't stop thinking about my own mortality [Re: demiu5]
#7980657 - 02/04/08 10:39 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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demius said: all i can say is figure this shit out, quickly, or stop fucking worrying about it.
i'm trying to do that but as soon as I'm relieved to have it out of my head, it'll creep back up on me.
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Re: For Some Reason I can't stop thinking about my own mortality [Re: learningtofly]
#7981288 - 02/05/08 01:31 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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But it CANT happen at any time, there has to be some reasonable assumption as to why you might die in your sleep (some illness), if you dont have it then its paranoia.
If you cant stop being paranoid Id lay off any drugs you might be doing or have been doing recently and if it doesnt go away seek a doctor.
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Re: For Some Reason I can't stop thinking about my own mortality [Re: bumble]
#7981295 - 02/05/08 01:34 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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i used to think about it all the time it would make me do crazy things 1 day i think it will lead to my demise...
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Re: For Some Reason I can't stop thinking about my own mortality [Re: learningtofly]
#7981622 - 02/05/08 07:31 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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learningtofly said: 1. That it could happen any time, which is why I'm having trouble sleeping (if I die in my sleep) 2. The fact that I would cease to exist. 3. If I didn't accomplish the things I'd liked to have accomplished.
Well,
1. We are all subject to this. I view it as an incentive to NOT waste my life thinking about death. Remember there are many people who are in much more danger of death than you.
2. You may believe that, but you can't be sure. In any case you can leave your mark on the world. To ensure immortality, build a legacy. Write something. Create something. Meet more people. Impact their lives. Say what you want to say.
3. Nobody accomplishes everything they want to do. Just do some of them. Make a list of things you want to do before you die, then do one of them. Surely obsessing about death is not how you want to spend your life. If you're willing to squander your life that way, there is no reason to fear death.
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edit: so much for being anonymous
-------------------- Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man. For him all doors are flung wide: him all tongues greet, all honors crown, all eyes follow with desire. Our love goes out to him and embraces him, because he did not need it. ~ R.W. Emerson, "Self-Reliance"
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Re: For Some Reason I can't stop thinking about my own mortality [Re: WhiskeyClone]
#7982128 - 02/05/08 10:45 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Well you could always take the head on approach like Aubrey de Grey, its what Im heading to do with my life instead of resigning to death like everyone else.
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Re: For Some Reason I can't stop thinking about my own mortality [Re: learningtofly]
#7982777 - 02/05/08 01:43 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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learningtofly said:
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demius said: all i can say is figure this shit out, quickly, or stop fucking worrying about it.
i'm trying to do that but as soon as I'm relieved to have it out of my head, it'll creep back up on me.
if it comes back, it obviously wasn't resolved
-------------------- channel your inner Larry David
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