I’ve been thinking about death lately. last night I put the covers over my head in complete darkness and imagined I was laying in a coffin. personally I think, thinking of death helps me stay content and appreciate my life. also gives me something to wish and pray for…that is, life after death.
it seems some people would rather not think of it, and just live their lives.
I hope to live to an old age. I’ve stopped smoking and drinking and have begun eating healthier and exercising in that hope. also I find death makes me more pacified and less competitive socially. Im not concerned that my profession will be employee at a garden center or dishwasher for example. in the meantime I have my family but I don’t know how much time I will have left with them. I’ve only recently begun to attend funerals, I avoided them in my youth.
I have my religion to help with morbid thoughts. It makes me feel secure that dying doesn’t lead to oblivion, and that there is a good afterlife for us (depending on beliefs.)
I tend to think about death more when i’m depressed. I am a Christian so i believe in an afterlife and all that, so it doesn’t bother or scare me. I have started thinking about losing my parents though. They’re only in their sixties but as i watch them grow older i have realized the won’t always be here. And that makes me sad.
That’s cool. I am sure my parents have many good years left. I’ve just started having these thoughts and it makes me really want to spend time with them more now while i can.
I think about death all the time. I think I’ve died thousands or millions of times already and I always am a schizophrenic (time loop). I’m finding happiness now after I was put on Vraylar.
It’s not perfect but I think I’m getting better.
I’m afraid I’ll be killed or tortured…
I think all religions are wrong, but I believe in reincarnation/parallel universes. I also believe I’m in a simulation.
I think the greys and aliens play God. In a past life, I had some Hindu deity come into my body and take control of me.
I was raised Christian and hope to be cured someday so I can believe again. I used to be an atheist and wish i could just accept things but having images in my head and memories and flashbacks doesnt help.
The VA gives me free burial (but not free wake), so I’ve chosen a cemetery. I also filled out a medical directive (do not resuscitate, no life support, etc.).
I have a will because I don’t want my girlfriend and mother to have nothing if I precede them in death.
I’ve been getting a lot of mail from funeral homes the last few years. Just the other day I received mail from two funeral homes. Do they know something I don’t?
Barring suicide schizophrenia isn’t going to kill you. I will worry about it when I get cancer or heart disease or something like that.
I hope I live about as long as my wife does or she will struggle trying to pay the bills. All of my benefits will be reduced when I die.
My wife wants to bury me in Arlington National Cemetery but nobody is going to go there to visit me so I don’t see the point. Maybe I will outlive her but I doubt it. Women generally live longer than men do.
I have a $275,000 life insurance policy. That will pay off the house. But it’s term insurance. I don’t know how much longer I will be able to afford it when I get older. I think it gets much more expensive. It’s through the VA though so maybe not so bad.
I got it when I retired so they couldn’t ask me medical history questions or anything.
If you want my honest opinion on schizophrenia, I think schizophrenia can definitely lead to death. Look at what the nazis did. Look at the statistics. More schizophrenics are victims.
Furthermore, I think people can misinterpret our delusions. Some delusions are dangerous.
I’ve already had issues.
I sometimes think I was traumatized and given schizophrenia from some people or maybe even aliens. I really dont know. I do have schizophrenic genetics but they could have awakened after whatever happened to me.
I believe I was involved in time travel in my past life. Maybe I’m in a parallel universe or a clone via consciousness transfer.
I have strange memories and delusions that I think are real.
so long as youre stable reflecting on death and the afterlife is the best thing you can do. However if they are suicidal or dangerous in any way and overly depressing then you have to help yourself and distance from these thoughts. A balance is in order i suppose. To think of it “often” but not obsessively.
I don’t want to wait for the afterlife, it makes me feel like retiring. Yes, it’s also somewhat comforting to believe there is an afterlife but there are still things I want to accomplish in this lifetime. I want to have a family and a job and feel like I lived a worthwhile life before I die.
I think we should be aware being a mortal. I am constantly thinking about death but i believe to be concerned about the current reality in the here and now is the most important thing. Living in the presence.