r/AskReddit 16h ago

Why are you NOT afraid of death?

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u/VirginNsd2002 16h ago edited 16h ago

I have no control, so just live my best life

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u/Terolife1 16h ago

Why should I be scared now of something that's only going to happen at the end of my life?

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u/February30th 16h ago

I’m not scared of death, I’m scared of the dying process being painful.

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u/walksinsmallcircles 15h ago

I choose your username as the date of my death.

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u/Turbulent_Candy1776 15h ago

Same! 😅 x

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u/Deleugpn 5h ago

Instructions unclear, now you no longer exists

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u/gibberishnope 13h ago

I agree, I wasn’t scared of death,until I watched my mother die

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u/Sumo_Cerebro 12h ago

I am sorry for your loss.

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u/MastrovNL 11h ago

Same here brother, it's driving me insane. Hope you'll find peace in all of it soon and can live your best life! Death is certain, life is not. We gotta enjoy whatever time is given us with ourselfs and the ones around us that we love/want to spend time with.

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u/tedlyb 9h ago

Been through that as well. Sorry to hear that.

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u/Infinity_project 12h ago edited 9h ago

For me, I’m not afraid of physical pain, but mental. I’m afraid of the moment, if one comes for me, where I realize I’m about to die. In that very moment I’m going to get super sad and anxious about all that I will never see again, all dear to me who I’ll never be with again and all that I can’t ever do again. I don’t want to have that moment. I hope I’ll pass in my sleep, many decades from now, if I have to (of course I have to, we all die, but I would prefer not to).

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u/Funkit 9h ago

Meanwhile I'll probably just mutter "finally some relief"

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u/Evening-Walk-6897 10h ago

Me too. I want to die in my old age in my sleep.

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u/Gaazhagensikwe 9h ago

I want to die like my grandma did. She laid down for a little nap on her screen porch and never woke up. That's the ticket.

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u/HigherDose 13h ago

The massive DMT discharge your brain does upon death will send you so far you'll be in space chilling with the hyperbolic sacred geometry that makes up everything we are.

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u/B33fcurtains 7h ago

I've picked up bits and pieces on this and it seems like your brain does this as a last ditch effort to save itself and try and force you into not dying by making you trip absolute balls but in a good way. It's why it makes sense to me that so many people with near death experiences say they talked to a loved one who passed years ago, or the whole your life flashes before your eyes thing. It's like your brain is sifting through memories to find one that might save you. I look forward to my eternal DMT trip on my way out <3

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u/HigherDose 7h ago

Yea and that's also why breaking through on a dose of N-N-DMT or 5-meo-DMT can feel like oh fuck am I dying or dead. I heard a guy walking around a festival just offering bogrips of deemster and wanting to show people the light.. welp this one dude took a blast and upon exhaling just started screaming for his mom and it was clearly too much for his brain on day 3 of the festi.

I'm saving DMT for when I'm kickin' the bucket.

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u/SousVideDiaper 11h ago

I love DMT, but if anything, that's at the very last moment upon dying and prior to it could still be absolutely agonizing

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u/Chrol18 13h ago

Yeah the moment of death we can't even process, it is just over, you cease to exist like a sleepless dream. Suffering on the way there on the other hand...

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u/GreatTragedy 9h ago

Fortunately you won't remember it. I had a really bad accident when I was a teen. Life flight, brain surgery, the works. I have no recollection of it (this isn't uncommon). My memory stops about 20 minutes before it happened, then picks up a week after. It gave me some relief about dying. I realized even if it's painful, I'll never have to live with that pain. I have peace in that thought.

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u/Timely-Comfort-8216 10h ago

(masses doses of) Morphine my brutha..

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u/Adventurous-Cook5717 9h ago

This is me, exactly. I believe I will go to Heaven after I die, and see my Mom and Stepdad and Grandma again, even though they wouldn’t be in their physical bodies, and I will be free of mine. However, I have always had a fear of not being able to breathe, so I want to be heavily sedated and not know that I can’t continue to breathe at the end of my life. I really hope I am oblivious at the end. My Mother had COPD and was on oxygen, and fought her death and wanted to breathe, and it was a horrible death. I don’t want to go through that.

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u/WasatchSLC 8h ago

“I’m not going to stop doing something because of what happens at the end. Mitch, do you want an apple? No, eventually, it will be a core”

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u/billwrtr 7h ago

Every night I go to sleep and 7 hours later I wake up and it’s as if during those hours I never was. So dying is just staying there forever.

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u/macroguitar 15h ago

Because it’s the one certainty we all share, and worrying about it won’t change its inevitability.

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u/Key-Plan5228 16h ago

Username confuses

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u/ktr83 16h ago

No reason to fear something you can't avoid. I just hope it isn't painful.

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u/hoppertn 16h ago

I want to go peacefully in my sleep just like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror like the rest of the passengers on his bus.

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u/atopix 6h ago

Classic. Surprising how many people still see this for the first time.

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u/hoppertn 6h ago

Everything old is new again.

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u/jaydubious88 14h ago

Actually the unavoidableness of it is exactly what terrifies me, unfortunately

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u/frankie0812 8h ago

Same here and the nothingness forever. It truly makes life feel very short and a little unfair.

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u/billoo18 7h ago

That is one of the reasons that people embrace religion.

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u/AmaimonCH 6h ago

You won't experience the nothingness. Were you afraid of not existing before you were born ?

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u/violet7eleven 16h ago

because literally EVERY living thing in existence dies, even stars. the only thing you should fear is how you die, not death itself. and even that’s completely natural too. if we didn’t fear being burned alive or getting eaten by a tiger, death would feel a hell of a lot more normal. fear of the unknown is why death is so scary to most, but think about how you never knew what existed before you were born. death is kind of like that.

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u/manimopo 16h ago

but think about how you never knew what existed before you were born. death is kind of like that

This doesn't help. When i think about that, i start getting a panic attack and my body runs icy hot. I don't want to be in that state of not being.. even though it's inevitable.

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u/potatoewastakennn 13h ago

i feel you. i only recently started coming to terms with death as a concept, so there's not much advice i can offer but ill say this:

death is a natural part of all life and is not inherently a bad thing, life and death go hand in hand. most fear from death comes from the unknowing of what comes after and the pain that may occur during. now i dont know what comes after but i know pain is also natural, for without pain we cant experience bliss or ecstasy the same way we cant experience happiness unless we feel despair. there needs to be balance, you can only truly appreciate life and all its beautiful experiences because you die. imagine we were immortal? i think id get quite bored. the best thing that works for me is to live in this moment and this moment alone, the present is eternal which is a gift. dont concern yourself too much with dying or whats gonna happen tomorrow or next week or next year. youre not there yet. youre here now an your actions in the present dictate the future. so if you ever feel overwhelmed by the future or even past events take a deeeeeep breath and remind yourself "i am here now", live it, breathe it, enjoy it. peace and love be with you♥️

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u/Expensive_Rub_4332 15h ago

This is how I feel about it. I will be the first to say I'm afraid of dying, afraid of not existing anymore. I fear leaving my kids too. People can say that there's something after this but even if there is, will we even remember this life? I am 36, so not old, but getting closer every day to the inevitable time one day that I'll cease to exist in this life is just too much to think about, and I also panic. So I can't add anything to the original question but I want you to know you aren't alone in your feelings.

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u/laserguidedhacksaw 16h ago

“You” won’t be in that state. It will just happen.

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u/bearbarebere 10h ago

That literally doesn't help lol

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u/i7estrox 2h ago

"Not existing is scary"

"But it's ok, because you won't exist!"

"... allow me to repeat myself"

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u/Kronuk 15h ago

The only thing I can offer you is that myself and almost everybody else feels the same way as you. As have the rest of people to live throughout time for the last who knows how many thousands of years. All of whom likely felt this way up until they died. All we can do is not waste what time we are allowed.

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u/AlternateUsername12 3h ago

This quote from the good place has made me more at peace with the idea of death than any other religious or philosophical thing I’ve ever heard:

Picture a wave. In the ocean. You can see it, measure it, its height, the way the sunlight refracts when it passes through. And it's there. And you can see it, you know what it is. It's a wave.

And then it crashes in the shore and it's gone. But the water is still there. The wave was just a different way for the water to be, for a little while. You know it's one conception of death for Buddhists: the wave returns to the ocean, where it came from and where it's supposed to be.

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u/Chaoskii 16h ago

Because when I'm dead I won't even know it.

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u/coconutyum 15h ago

This. And to add on I hope it happens during sleep / surgery etc so there's even more chance not to know about it lol.

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u/_sunbleachedfly 15h ago

Yeah, I either wanna go doped the fuck up or in my sleep. Hopefully both.

I don’t wanna know I’m dying bc the dying process scares me, but I’m not actually scared of death. Nobody actually experiences being dead so why would I be scared of something I won’t ever experience?

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u/Queasy_Ad_8621 8h ago edited 6h ago

surgery

I remember feeling like Michael Jackson, Bill Paxton and Joan Rivers were some of the luckiest celebrity deaths because they got to die under anesthesia. So I can feel 100% certain that they didn't feel any kind of distress or pain at all.

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u/AlternateUsername12 5h ago

I hope not surgery because I don’t want that to be on the medical staff. The chaos in the surgical suite, the surgeon desperately trying to figure out what’s wrong and what to do about it, the anesthesiologist trying everything possible to stabilize me…that’s a lot of trauma to put on someone just doing their job. Especially if it isn’t a trauma surgery (like I was in a car wreck and they’re trying to save my life).

I would much rather go peacefully in my sleep. Aneurism for the win.

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u/Riccma02 12h ago

This argument always made perfect sense to me, and I don’t understand why others can’t see it.

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u/vellyr 8h ago

Because they can’t imagine themselves not existing. That’s why concepts like souls and afterlives were invented.

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u/zorwdie 14h ago

Doesn't your brain still have seven minutes of activity left after death and the last sense of yours to go is hearing. So there's a chance that you could still hear people around you crying because you just died.

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u/axxond 12h ago

Yeah this is horrific

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u/MidwestAmMan 5h ago

My daughter is hospice nurse. She tells ppl to keep talking to loved ones 5 min after they die, thank them, talk about fave memories.

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u/pereuse 9h ago

Imagine hearing the beeeep of your heart monitor going flat

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u/DrBlaziken 16h ago

Because I don't really have anything to live for rn so it feels like it won't really matter if I'm here or not

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u/Octaviasmiles 6h ago

I’m sad to read this, but I feel like that too.

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u/JustGulabjamun 6h ago

Here, take this online hug. 🫂

(That's all I can do right now...)

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u/DrBlaziken 6h ago

And that's more than enough. Thank you.

🫂

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u/Reese9951 4h ago

Here’s a surrogate mom hug for anyone who needs it 🤗

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u/Candid-Librarian7015 13h ago

I'm not terrified of death since I believe it's a normal part of life. Worrying about it does not change the fact that it will occur eventually.

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u/Reasonable-Bad6350 13h ago

To me, dying feels like the next stage on a journey we don't fully comprehend. It's frightening to think about but also free to let go of fear.

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u/ptanaka 8h ago

Dying scares me more than being dead. (Think prolonged death from longterm illness. That's fucking torture for me and family!)

May your death be at a ripe old age, unexpected, swift, pain-free and with no regrets, friend!

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u/Peelie5 7h ago

Apparently the very final part, the actual dying is supposed to maybe be peaceful for the person.

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u/theitchcockblock 7h ago

I don’t mind suffering if it means there is still smth after . Dying sounds super anti climatic and just stop existing and all the lovely experience and knowledge we collected in our life goes down the drain

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u/AmaliaLane 16h ago

I’m not afraid of death because it’s just a part of life. I think it’s more about how you live than how you die. If you focus on making the most out of your time here, death doesn’t seem as scary. It’s inevitable, so I’d rather spend my energy enjoying the moments I have.

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u/Vinny_Lam 10h ago edited 4h ago

This is the reason why I never had much interest in trying to achieve much in life. What’s the point if I’m gonna die one day and lose it all? I can’t take any of it with me. Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates all have the same end result as me. I just want to have a simple life where I can enjoy the simple things instead. 

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u/Few-Customer9374 16h ago

Life itself is more brutal than death

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u/curioustraveller1234 3h ago

This is my reason. On the one hand, you’re dead. On the other, literally all of my problems, worries and cares vanish completely.

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u/eaglesong3 15h ago

I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it. - Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)

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u/slykido999 2h ago

But, the difference is that now you have lived a life and you will someday not be there and everything goes on without you. It’s scary

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u/schattie-george 16h ago

I live with constant chronic pain, At least in death, it would be over.

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u/epicpillowcase 16h ago

I find the knowledge that my problems won't last forever a relief.

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u/Stihlgirl 11h ago

Oh. This.

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u/Ohyeahifarted 16h ago

Cause my moms there and i miss her

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u/Money-Cattle-428 11h ago

Condolences

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u/toxic_renaissance69 15h ago

sigh (can't help myself)

I too, miss this guys mom.

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u/SoftWalkerBigStik 10h ago

I three.

When mum died a part of me did too. I think for a good majority of us when your mom dies a certain level of depression commences that never truly leaves.

She was the last of her generation of our fam too.

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u/February30th 16h ago

We all do.

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u/Churchvanpapi 12h ago

The only thing I’m looking forward to. Whatever happens after this life, I just hope I get the chance to see my mom again.

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u/lectrician79 13h ago

My son died 14 months ago. The pain of grief is unrelenting.

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u/drsciencegeek1 4h ago

I’m so sorry for your loss

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u/Berserker-Hamster 16h ago edited 8h ago

I'm generally a pretty lonely guy. Late 30s, never been in a relationship. I have given up all hope of dating or having a family.

I'm much more afraid living like this for the next 50 years than I am of dying. Once my parents are gone, I will have noone left.

EDIT: Thanks for the nice words, guys. I just wanted to say that I have no intention of harming myself or worse. I find enjoyment in my work and for now I have my family and some friends I see occasionally.

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u/laserguidedhacksaw 15h ago

I love you. You matter and I just want to say that. I know it doesn’t mean much from a stranger, but hopefully it’s something and perhaps we could me something more than strangers.

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u/Vegetable_Heart8916 9h ago

I feel the exact same way. I’m lonely as well I have friends and family…but I live far from them

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u/mistahjoe 9h ago

Sorry to hear this man. I thought the same would happen to me (I didn't think marriage was for me) and then I met my wife.

Hope that you know there is a lid for every pot. It's difficult out there to find it, but life is always about challenges, success, and failure. It's what makes us who we are.

You already know what scares you, so it's up to you to make a change. Good luck.

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u/Andiamo87 7h ago

Loneliness is in your head.  There are people out there with no family, no friends, they are completely alone, but they are not lonely. 

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u/toofshucker 6h ago

Hey. You only get one life. And there is no right/wrong way to live. Do your best to enjoy yours, whatever it looks like. There is happiness everywhere and miserable people everywhere.

50% of couple get divorced. Just having a spouse or kids doesn’t = happiness.

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u/Jessie_Jester 2h ago

how do you get over wanting more alone time? i'm the same but i want to stay forever, ever since i fully realized death is disappearing and i can't be a ghost wandering a creepy house forever like in a horror movie i can't help but feel scared

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u/Fit_Consideration_98 10h ago

Just wanted to say you’re not the only one who feels like this. We have to have hope that we’ll be ok. Things often have a way of working themselves out.

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u/fnord_happy 8h ago

How long are we supposed to wait. Just suffering

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u/Same_Lychee5934 16h ago

Hospice nurse for years. Witnessed multiple deaths! Nothing to be afraid of. It’s the eternal sleep!

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u/FortuneTellingBoobs 16h ago

Nothing is certain in life except death and taxes.

Why fear a sure thing? But if I must, I choose to be afraid of taxes.

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u/Sea-Vegetable8488 11h ago

I'm 75 in fair health, just had a physical, doc said all my tests were good. But, a couple of years ago, I was diagnosed with late stage pancreatic cancer and was told I might have a month left. I didn't even get upset, I just started making a list of things that I had to take care of, but a peace came over me and I was fine my outcome.

Luckily, I started asking questions, went to an oncologist, he ran the tests, no cancer, the swollen pancreas was due to a combination of drugs I was taking.

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u/livingwithrage 16h ago

my bunny is waiting for me

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u/TomLondra 15h ago

My dog Tim is there, wagging his tail

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u/mistakehappens 13h ago

My Nana is there feeding them both.

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u/ghost_turnip 12h ago edited 12h ago

The rainbow bridge ❤️❤️

*By the edge of a woods, at the foot of a hill, Is a lush, green meadow where time stands still. Where the friends of man and woman do run, When their time on earth is over and done.

For here, between this world and the next, Is a place where each beloved creature finds rest. On this golden land, they wait and they play, Till the Rainbow Bridge they cross over one day.

No more do they suffer, in pain or in sadness, For here they are whole, their lives filled with gladness. Their limbs are restored, their health renewed, Their bodies have healed, with strength imbued.

They romp through the grass, without even a care, Until one day they start, and sniff at the air. All ears prick forward, eyes dart front and back, Then all of a sudden, one breaks from the pack.

For just at that instant, their eyes have met; Together again, both person and pet. So they run to each other, these friends from long past, The time of their parting is over at last.

The sadness they felt while they were apart, Has turned into joy once more in each heart. They embrace with a love that will last forever, And then, side-by-side, they cross over together.*

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u/Dobbys_Other_Sock 12h ago

Several years ago there was an incident that nearly killed me and my heart stopped for at least some amount of time, over a minute at least. I’ve seen the other side, or at least the transition to it and I’ve made my peace with that and even sorta look forward to going back there, hopefully after a nice long life.

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u/HalloweenBlkCat 2h ago

Have you written about your experience? I’d love to hear more about it.

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u/AirSurfer21 15h ago

If there is an afterlife, the adventure continues.

If not, I won’t be around to care that I’m dead.

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u/AntithesisJesus 15h ago

Existence is painful

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u/Virtual_Dentist_7659 16h ago

I don't think I'm necessarily afraid of death but I get a little bummed out thinking about things I would miss here in this life.

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u/Mobuladreams 10h ago

I’ve been critically ill and near death three times and one of the times they really struggled to get me back. I could hear, but not see or feel them fighting for me and it would have been so easy to just let go. The dark, quiet pain free space I was in felt so much more inviting than the pain filled one they bought me back to. I think being that near death gives you a different perspective. I am disabled now and day to day living is hard. Dying felt so easy! I am very lucky that I had a really full life before and have a wonderful family and husband. I can be content with the limited life I have now and not fear what comes next.

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u/aj_ramone 16h ago

I know I'm afraid of what I would miss. Personally though the idea of the permanent cosmic nap isn't exactly unappealing in the grand scheme.

I just hope it's a much later time and it's also the right time.

Like Dad carrying you to bed from the car when you fell asleep as a kid.

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u/heartygirl_10 16h ago

This. I was nothing for a long long time. Wasn't bad (wasn't anything)

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u/toxic_renaissance69 15h ago

Not worth ruining the precious time I have stressing about the inevitable.

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u/UnrivaledAmbition 16h ago

Not afraid of being dead, but terrified of dying. Most deaths seem painful.

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u/macross1984 15h ago

I hope to die in my sleep in bed when my time come.

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u/BubbleWrap11 7h ago

Because I know it's just the death of the body, the journey continues afterward. I hope it's not painful, though.

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u/lezemt 16h ago

In my experience, you can’t feel people’s presence in the room once they’ve passed. I choose to believe that means we go somewhere. Even if it’s long term storage in a hard drive

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u/EnigmaNero 15h ago

Death intrigues me, it makes me curious. The living has absolutely no idea what happens after we die. No one knows exactly what happens. It's all just purely speculation and guessing.

Plus, death is the only thing that everyone on this planet has in common. Do not be afraid of death. For she is a friend who welcomes you at the end of your hunt.

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u/loboazul97 13h ago edited 1h ago

Because i want to see my dad again. Also, i have witnessed some really hard to explain paranormal stuff (and i am fairly skeptical myself) which even tho was really unsetling at first, it gives a great hint that we dont end, we continue.

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u/psychocabbage 12h ago

Because I have faith. A higher power is running the show. I'm just here playing my part.

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u/pointAndKlik 12h ago

Cause I'll get to see my mom and dad again.

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u/East_Yogurtcloset897 6h ago

I fear the process, not actual death. Death is a release from pain and suffering, perhaps a meeting of loved ones.

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u/keep_109 12h ago

Because I know that God is always with me.

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u/AllexiaCharm 15h ago

I usually just step away from everything for a bit and get lost in something like a podcast or a good book. If I’m really stressed, I’ll take a walk outside, even if it’s just around the block. Moving around helps clear my head. Sometimes, just sitting in silence works too—no distractions, just breathing and letting everything go for a moment.

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u/vyprrgirl 16h ago

Because I’ve seen the cruelty of humans and the indifference of nature. Hell is other people

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u/Potential_Proposal21 16h ago

Because eventually everyone goes. You shouldn’t fear something you can’t avoid. It’s just like before being born. I mean think about it, do you remember a life before being born? No. Same after death. That’s the way I see it.

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u/CommercialBoot7670 16h ago

It's only a tragic painful long suffering death I fear. But death itself no. But i have to it's only bc I feel I lived a pretty good life i.e. done some things I wanted to do.

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u/invalidsenpai 16h ago

When I die I will see my Lord and Saviour Jesus

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u/Ok-Judgment-9644 15h ago

I don't mind dying. I heard it's peaceful. Some say they felt super warm and relaxed when they were dying. I'm scared of what's after Death. And how I die. I don't want to die a slow painful death. Dying from Natural causes is probably the best way to go.

Also. I have a twin. We share everything together. We plan on living together. The scary part is, if I died, how would she handle it? Or if she first. I don't want to be alone.

Dying isn't scary. It's what happens after.

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u/Nobanob 10h ago

Because unless it's long drawn out and extremely painful it's not my problem.

If there is an afterlife all will be okay and it's not my problem. If there isn't an afterlife I simply no longer exist and it's not my problem.

I'm not going to worry about something that's not my problem.

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u/foefyre 8h ago

I'm tired boss

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u/Narwhal_Accident 16h ago

What’s the worst that can happen? I die? Oh wait….

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u/Alarmed_Cost_7845 16h ago

It's coming anyway, so why be scared. Just enjoy while it lasts

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u/kaixen 16h ago

Because if it happens it’s no longer my problem.

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u/question_girl617 13h ago

I have some great souls that I’m looking forward to seeing again in the next stage

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u/hufferbufferpuffer 12h ago

I was gone for a few minutes and saw the "other side" if you will. I know death is scary but it is also incredibly peaceful. Everything that made me suffer fell away. I saw myself for who I really was. I was also given options. The whole thing was really cool. You are here to learn and grow. Do not fear the next episode.

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u/Huge_Primary392 11h ago

Because my son died. I’m an atheist but when I think about my death I imagine them putting his little urn into my coffin with me. Even though I know I won’t feel it because I’ll be gone, the idea of it gives me so much peace because I’ll go out with my little boy in my arms.

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u/Regular_Resort_1385 11h ago

Being dead doesn't scare me. Dying painfully might scare me.

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u/PedroPandeCoco 4h ago

Because I'll see my dogs and cats again.

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u/ThreeLivesInOne 16h ago

Because it can't be worse than being asked the same questions again and again on Reddit.

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u/ResidentSheeper 16h ago

Worst case scenario... there is a god.

Best case scenario... there is nothing.

What is there to be afraid of?

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u/colorgreenblueass 16h ago

Not afraid of death, but afraid of what comes after. Are souls real? is heaven/hell real? it's the uncertainties that get me. I know I'll rot and all that, but where do I actually go from there?

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u/Art3sian 16h ago

Because I’ve lived an incredibly fulfilling life.

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u/anbelroj 16h ago

Its not death itself that scares me but the way it will happen. I just hope i have swift one and not end up into some mangled mess

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u/RestaurantFabulous67 15h ago

Because it’s something that cannot be avoided or escaped from. Every day is unknown, but the only certainty is death. I welcome it, I appreciate it. Without death, I don’t think we would appreciate the time we spend with our loved ones the way that we currently do. I do have a fear of death by fire or suffocation/drowning but it doesn’t govern my life and since I can’t decide how or when I die it’s a back burner thought that just comes and goes.

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u/throw-a-way-jay 15h ago

"Life is a series of transitions. Death is just the next transition."

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u/briarandbren 15h ago

I’m not a believer but if there’s any chance I can see my dad again, I’m okay to go

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u/mmmgogh 14h ago

Because death isn’t my enemy—fear is.

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u/SammyGeorge 14h ago

Well once I die, I'll not exist so what is there to be afraid of? I do fear pain though

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u/Ok_Understanding8570 14h ago edited 14h ago

"Death is the only problem that can't be solved".

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u/TheSoloGamer 14h ago

There are fates far, far worse. Death is an inconvenience, but there are many parts of life that are torture. Staying alive for me is only preferable to death because I do not find nonexistence or afterlife as interesting as living the life I can. It’s kind of the same motive as when you put people in a blank room and they’d rather press the button to give themselves an electric shock than sit there calmly. I prefer some temporary suffering now rather than eternal boredom.

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u/flamingopickle 14h ago

Why would I be afraid of something inevitable that will make all my problems go away?

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u/Carlotta91 14h ago

Because death means freedom

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u/Different_Leg_2976 13h ago

Same reason I’m not afraid of what it was like before I was born.

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u/whateverbows 13h ago

I miss too many pets and people. I don’t know what comes next I’m just hoping I see them again

If there is nothingness then at least I’ll be nothing with them.

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u/SetReal1429 13h ago

I believe in some sort of afterlife. I believe I will get to hold my lost pregnancy baby in my arms. I believe my living children will meet me there someday. I don't believe im a bad person who would end up in Hell. Worst case scenario; I'm wrong about an afterlife and I'll cease to exist and won't think or feel anything anyway.

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u/NorthenEmby 13h ago

Why I should be? Upgrading my consciousness has helped me to realise that what exists can't become non excistend. Death is a natural process we call go, though. We can choose what we do next after that death. Will we stay as spirit, or will we have another life.

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u/Think-Lab-351 13h ago

It would make me feel exactly how I felt before I was born, so no point being afraid of it.

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u/HigherDose 13h ago

Life is nothing but transitions, death being just another end to a new beginning. Round and round we go.

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u/marybonrdt 13h ago edited 12h ago

The First Law of Thermodynamics:

Energy is neither gained nor lost it just changes shape.

Or you might say:

"Omnia mutantur, nihil interit." - "Everything changes. Nothing is lost."

My goal is to live my life learning to soften and accept change rather than harden against, avoid or resist change. Hopefully then when it's time for the big change, it won't be such a shock.

The question for me is: what dies and what changes shape and do I care about the part that dies and if so, why? Perhaps that's the stuff I need to let go of while I'm alive so that when death comes, there is nothing to lose and nothing to die, just a metamorphosis.

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u/hyrulian_princess 13h ago

Being suicidal for more than half your life does that to a person

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u/Thatotherguy246 13h ago

I've cheated it so many times I'm either a cat or immortal.

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u/Left_Pear4817 12h ago

Because I might see my mum again. And if I don’t, then at least I wouldn’t have to continue living without her.

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u/XROOR 12h ago

I remember as a 4 year old kid learning that my young mum would soon leave me. I kept crying and holding her and telling her “not to die.” My older siblings came to the room to see the ruckus… Looking back as an adult, I realized my mum was contemplating overdosing on some type of pills and I caught her in the act. Older siblings were numb as this was the my first time experiencing my mum’s attempts.

You wake up, get dressed and ready to go to school, play on the swings and slides, laugh on the bus only to come home never knowing what to expect.

Death isn’t someone in a cloak with a scythe, it’s undiagnosed mental illness in a family with too much pride

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u/Witty-Mud-4730 12h ago

Because it is inevitable , It's hard to be scared of something which is guaranteed. Other people's death is more concerning to me the people I care about obviously.

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u/fattyontherun 11h ago

If there is a heaven my dogs waiting for me. I can't wait to see her again. For now I have to take care of the cat she adopted.

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u/ImpressionRegular896 11h ago

It's just another part of life.

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u/KingDaddyGoblin 11h ago

I hope I’ll see my dog again

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u/pyrofromtf2real 10h ago

I'm not suicidal but I'm medically better off dead.

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u/nicolascagefight 8h ago

Sometimes I fear consciousness more than death, if that makes sense to anyone.

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u/evenmoreevil 7h ago

I’m content. I have no regrets. I carry no guilt. Life has been good to me

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u/SmallOnes_Stylist33 6h ago

I'm tired. I don't want to go yet, while my babies are still growing up but, I'm so tired. I take comfort in the fact that someday, I will get to rest.

Edit: words

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u/Accomplished_Bus_626 6h ago

I'm not scared because I have always wanted to meet Jesus Christ.

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u/LockenCharlie 5h ago

Psychedelics.

If you ever experienced a LSD, Shrooms or DMT trip you are ready to accept everything as everything is part of the big plan of the universe. So even death is nothing you should be afraid of. It will be the just a next step on your journey.

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u/SetSilly5744 5h ago

Because I know Jesus. I know where I’m going :)

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u/dsmlbtntthnly1 16h ago

Because I want to die

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u/WorkingPlayful7432 16h ago

Jesus Christ

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u/FoghornLegday 16h ago

I’m afraid of the experience of dying tbh, but not death itself. I’m stoked to meet Jesus. I just don’t want to suffer a whole bunch first unless absolutely necessary

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u/manwithoutajetpack 16h ago

I skydive as a hobby.

I understand the risks and am ready to be called to the gates if it’s my time.

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u/fennias 16h ago

i overdosed and died for about 15 minutes... there is life after death. i am no longer afraid.

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u/Normalscottishperson 16h ago

I mean, sounds like you came close but didn’t die.

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u/NiceguySac 16h ago

What did you experience during those 15 minutes? I'm very interested to know. Thanks!

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u/HotFlower69 16h ago

I can't control it, so I don't worry.

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u/SirSgtCire 16h ago

Being exposed to it at younger than three years old by your own parents gives you quite the resilience to death.

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u/Graehaus 15h ago

Because I am a realist, I know what is coming and am okay with whatever time I am given. I am not lying to myself. We have our times. However brief or long we have.

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u/AccurateSession1354 15h ago

I don’t fear death since I cannot wait to meet Hades and walk the garden of Persephone but I fear the method of dying. I don’t want to burn to death or have something extremely painful happen

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u/swb95 15h ago

It’s the only thing that’s guaranteed to everyone so plenty of others have done it

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u/Competitive-Alarm517 15h ago

Because life is painful enough (for me at least)

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u/Timeformayo 15h ago

I don’t think my ego is particularly important in the scope of eternity.

The best I can do is try to leave some friendly waves to swim in for humanity and whatever follows.

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u/conclobe 14h ago

You die everyday

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u/LION8900 14h ago

I studied it and prepared for it so well as a Muslim

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u/Upgrades 13h ago

Because I am pretty sure I nearly died one night and in that moment I thought I was totally fine if I died and felt an overwhelming sense of calm and love...no idea what happened but was in bed sleeping and woke up and suddenly felt like I didn't need to breathe anymore and then had all these feelings. It went away and I remember suddenly breathing really hard to regain oxygen...it was super weird but also comforting in the way I explained

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u/4lfred 13h ago

I’m too focused on how painful it might be, otherwise I would welcome it with open arms.

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u/Sad_Dragonfly5820 13h ago

I died once, was brought back to life so after that it just feels normal and not important for some reason

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u/Novel-Coconut4217 12h ago

Because, at the end of all things, we return to the Earth that birthed us and replenish her. I will have another life, and another journey. Perhaps different from the one I've had, perhaps the same,but always I will return to the Earth.

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u/FamousZachStone 12h ago

I believe it’s just the beginning.

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u/MumsSecondMistake 12h ago

Working in healthcare I’ve seen many die. I’ve seen some die for a few moments and come back. Anything they have said about its all been positive and peaceful. Most elderly die smiling and it’s weirdly calming to see

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u/Neither-Drummer7005 12h ago

It’s part of the same journey as life.

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u/AsherahSassy 12h ago

Because I believe in life after death and the afterlife. Death is just the soul removing its body earthly clothes.

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u/Sweaty_Gas_EB 12h ago

Death is a part of life

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u/teachingbeinghuman 12h ago

Because I have had a fulfilling life full of love and kindness

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u/Potential-Writer-904 12h ago

I had a NDE and it was peaceful. Besides energy within us is neither created nor destroyed...it's physics. We just change form. Like steam rising into the atmosphere.