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i have a fear of death & what comes after
I think about this all the time almost every day and to be honest with you I’m not sure if it’s become an obsession or not, but it depresses me ://
I think about this all the time almost every day and to be honest with you I’m not sure if it’s become an obsession or not, but it depresses me ://
well if you believe in G-D which you should bec. it is so obvious that there is a creator to the universe, than G-D tells you very straight forward (in the bible) what is going to happen.... he says that there is an afterlife, and that there is reward and punishment based on the deeds we did in this world.... did we act on our good inclination or evil inclination.... and yes there is a concept of reincarnation.... and that is bec. G-D sometimes give the opportunity to fix what you have done in your life or even if you where a very righteous person he maybe will send you back down in order to complete a couple of things that you havent completed and that is for the greater good of the person.... please note this is all only sourced from the first testament not the second, the first one is the word of G-D which is proven to be true.... whereas the second was written by jesus students which is all speculation.... bec. jesus was just a human and not the "son of G-D".... i am not trying to offend anyone.... i simply rather bring proof and advice from G-D rather than from a human being.
@the phycologist Jesus was a human like you and I, but he was the Son of God. The first Testament actually speaks often of Him, eg. in Isaiah 53 and Psalms 22, 23 and 24. Jesus did not undo the law from the first covenant, he fulfilled it. Wishing you all the best!
@the phycologist i do believe and i pray but i get scared that what if im lying to myself
@lara_u316 - im sorry you clearly aren't educated in this area, (which is ok you dont have to be but just dont guess) bec. you just called in Isaiah and psalms as part of the first testament when they're not, they are part of prophets, not the first testament and it never mentions once jesus in ay of the places you mentioned not in isaiah 53 not in Psalms 22, 23 or 24. all of that was written almost 1,000 years before jesus was around, and if you look at those texts, it doesnt say a word about jesus being the messiah or the son of G-D.... im talking about the original Hebrew text.... just bec. some group of people 1,000 years later decide to translate it into their own language the way they wanted to means nothing.... those verses, talk about certain great people, it never mention even once that jesus is that man.... just to be clear im not trying to make religious debates here, im just trying to help people, and i believe praying to G-D helps, so when i advise people, i advise them to turn to the creator of the universe and not to people (like jesus) who cant help.... bec. these new made up theories arent G-D or sons of G-D or anything like that.... there is only one G-D and that is the creator of the universe
@𝐩𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐤𝐢𝐧🤍🦇🎃 I also battle fear and anxiety. But read 2 Timothy 1:7. And I‘m sure you‘ll find something here: https://activechristianity.org
I think about this a lot too, sometimes falling into a fit of panic over it as well. What I have found help me is trying to believe that there IS something after death. For me, I pushed myself to believe in reincarnation- that after you die, you are reborn. Although it may be tough to believe in something you don’t think exists, it definitely eased my anxieties over it
Of course we can’t stop the inevitable but with my ocd it’s all I can think about. I’m afraid I’ll be alone for ever and I’ll fear forever. Fear does not stop death it stops life. But how do I stop fear??? I can’t think of anything scarier than the fact that our conscious will vanish for eternity. I am only 20 years old but I mean the last 5 years flew by like nothing.
so i have ocd but this is the main theme ive been dealing with for the last few months, im obsessed with my mortality and i feel trapped by the reality of death. i dont really believe in an afterlife which makes it scarier, not that i dont wanna my brain literally just wont let me. but i have daily panic attacks thinking about death all day, its honestly the toughest thing ive ever dealt with. does anybody have any tips on how they manage this if they have ever dealt with it? not looking for reassurance, just some non compulsive ways to kind of lessen the grip of the fear.
the concept of death & existence is ruining my life rn 😭 im losing so much sleep. i try to close my eyes & all my brain wants to do is try to wrap itself around the idea of what not existing feels like & i get this sinking feeling that grows & grows until my eyes snap open & i have to go back on my phone to distract myself until im literally too exhausted to keep my head up & my body forces me to sleep. it makes having the motivation to do anything hard because all i can think is "it wont matter when i die". it sucks because i know that having MORE in my life might actually improve this, im 21 unemployed still living at home with ASD & i know once i have a job that will definitely give me more to focus on & other stresses to have lol, but i feel like im stuck in the endless cycle of "not having a life makes me worried im wasting my life & itll all be over so fast" & then "being so stressed about my life & time passing is exhausting & makes it too hard to find the motivation to do anything other than sit here" & repeat. spirituality is hard because i like thinking that way, like afterlife & shit, but i worry that im just "in denial" & using it as an unhealthy coping mechanism that leads to magical thinking thoughts. then its like i have some sort of meta ocd spiral obsessing over if what im doing is bad & unhealthy for my ocd or not. i LIKE being spiritual but im worrying im hurting myself & doing a compulsion thinking that way. it also doesnt help that religious spaces have hurt & traumatized so many people & im terrified of being apart of a "delusional" community that spreads a false narrative & attacks anyone that doesnt agree with them. i know i am not like that but i worry im still apart of the problem even thinking this way. at the end of the day no one knows the truth, no one knows what happens after death. im just struggling to sit with the uncertainty. it is so late rn idk of any of my words make sense lol
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