I find myself daydreaming about a great afterlife. I think this is dangerous as it’s planting seeds in my subconscious that death is good.
This is an ongoing problem with me. It comes and goes, but this time I seem to have been doing this daydreaming for a prolonged period of time.
Does anyone have any hints or tips on how to stop this?!
I watch nde accounts on YouTube. Idk I don’t see a problem with it unless it’s negatively affecting your day.
I think about the afterlife a lot. What if its amazing and im not suffering there, like I am here… but at the same time, theres a chance there is no afterlife so I don’t want to commit suicide or die in general.
Its tough.
you got to put it in context i think, for instance we are suppose to treat our body like a temple so harming ourselves is not the solution. I’m not saying people are bad bc they harm themselves but Just that they struggle & that is acknowledged, its not what is wanted though. no-one wants to suffer but it happens and we try our best regardless of that.
I dont think its necessarily bad to think an afterlife is good. As long as you arent sure I dont think you will be harming yourself in order to get there. And , honestly, it could provide you some comfort.
There are tons of people that believe in a peaceful and good afterlife and most of them arent offing themselves to get there.
This life is short. Whether you believe in an afterlife or not, the time we have here is very limited and there is no need to shorten it. I think most people can see that. Except maybe those in extreme pain.
Death isnt necessarily bad honestly. Its like the most inevitable thing in life. Being comfortable with it isnt very harmful in my opinion, its a literal part of eveyones life
It sounds like you are not terrified with death, which I wager is a good thing. Most people fight that battle their whole lives.
It sounds like you are having invasive thoughts with worrying that it may lead to the “death = preferable” correlation. One thing that may help is to distinguish the difference between “death” and “dying”. Dying is not a peaceful process. There will be considerable pain and some degree of suffering linked to that. And , of course, there is no death without dying.
Hmm, what about those who die in their sleep? I think sometimes dying can occur without pain.
@everhopeful it’s tough for us sz. We feel that life is passing us by and we envy normies (at least some of them). For me it is crucial to maintain a sense of purpose and to stay busy, not letting my mind wander. I rarely think of death…
That is possible, but I was referring to suicidal ideation.
I catch myself thinking about death – when the days are good, I don’t want to die at all, and I find one particular version of the afterlife in my thoughts; but when the days are bad, it feels kind of nice that death will come someday. 
I think it’s actually quite good to think about death from time to time – they say that the awareness of its inevitability improves the quality of life.
I don’t think of death specifically but I do think of the end in the sense that I want to say I’m happy with myself when I do pass - half my life is gone now. I just hope the rest feels more meaningful and that I can see more meaning in the past.
Sorry this doesn’t help with your question
birth and death…facts of life…I am ready to go. Earth is a mean place.
Thanks everyone.
I think writing it down here has helped.
Whenever I find myself about to daydream about it now, I catch myself and stop myself from doing it. I feel better doing this.
Death to me is like the prize at the bottom of the Crackerjack Box. If you were a good person in this life, you’ll get the ring. If you were a dick in this life, you’ll get the tiny plastic elephant.
I ruminate a lot.
But,one time I went to sell some Christian books,I was in bus,and saw cemetery…
At that moment I felt emidiate relief…
It seemed comforting…
I don’t believe in an afterlife but if I did I would worry that it would be worse than this one. There’s no guarantees it would be better. It’s just as easy to believe in hell and the devil as it is to believe in god and heaven.
I hope I’ll be dead and gone when I die. No heaven for me.
We are here for such a short amount of time
Try and live while you can as what’s comes after is not guaranteed
Reincarnation, where merit gets you a better standing in the next life could explain the problem with evil philosophically coexisting with a benevolent higher power.
Sounds like a good thing to me. At worst I’d put in on par with day dreaming and you’d have to be a pretty curmudgeonly person to fault someone for that.