Has got me thinking about a lot of things in life. That I've wasted so much. Mostly from playing this game and not being happy. I thought about it for the last hour (after watching "Children of Men") and it has got me thinking about what I should do, after being so traumatized about the thought of death. The feeling is so overwhelming that you feel the only way to escape it is to die. Irony. I figure that I'll have this feeling all up until I die and so I thought about what I should be doing instead while the time passes. And I think it's just to always be happy. No matter what.

Instead of replying to this discussion about what I've said, please just reply with your own thought of death or what your thoughts of death are.

Thanks.

I'm gonna try and look at people more tomorrow. I usually never do and I think it's what makes me so anti-social. To look into someone and recognize that they're just like me. I'm gonna be more sympathetic and more helpful. I'll try and smile more. Make sure to open doors for people. Go visit my grandmother. Tell my mother I love her. Go talk to a girl. Look into volunteering programs. Go to an employer and ask for a job (even though I'll expect rejection) and I'll even go masturbate with people in the other room.

Death is inevitable. I try not to worry about things I don't have any influence on.
Make the most of now instead of worrying.

I recon after a week this state of mind will be but a distant memory.

I've been in it for a few months.

I think you should have this conversation with a priest, rabbi, or minister (whatever your religion is). My spidey sense tells me you need a one-on-discussion with an expert on the subject.

Good luck

I used to be obsessed with thinking about death for a pretty lengthy period... Can't say I followed any philosophy or advice to get over it, it just blew through eventually. You don't have to be afraid of thinking about it though... It may not be the most pleasant thing to think about, but if you have questions that are unanswered, you don't have to repress them just because it's unpleasant... they'll burn holes through your subconscious.

it depends on your feelings.. no one can be forced into believing something that sounds crazy to them... everyone has there own opinion on life after death... i know what is real and what is not.. i'm comfortable knowing this and death does not bother me nearly like it used to when i was a much angrier person... there is ways to inner peace... not going to go on a big testimony spill on here as it's just a rediculous joke and turns into a war on 2+2... (2+2 is an awesome community but i know what to discuss and not discuss through trial and error..) if you wanna chat further feel free to pm.. if not totally cool as well.. gl

imo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3OcLbxD114

death is a thing that makes life kinda depressing. nothingness is not funny. and it's such a waste all the evolution of matter and life against all the probabilities leading us to an individual existence that is so brief.

but what can we do?

btw, i'd love to truly believe in an afterlife. in such case, physical death would lose 99% of its importance. but i don't. i hope i'm wrong, i really hope, but believing in such a thing to me sounds too self-indulgent and silly.

inb4idie

But in your second post you state "Tomorrow I will..."
Anyway, I'm sure it will blow over.

You'll be fine OP.

OP - Pick yourself up a copy of Irvin Yalom's "Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death". Great psychologist and existentialist. The book is all about the anxiety you're currently experiencing.

Staring at the sun resonated with me in ways I'm not nearly well enough equipped to articulate, and I never really experienced anxiety about death, so just read it!

I'm not scared of death. What I worry about is nothing matters in life because we are going to die, what does anything matter?

OP and Mr Muck Mcfold, you'd both almost certainly greatly benefit by talking to a trained counselor/therapist about these thoughts. When I saw one for other issues this came up and the way we explored it and looked into where it came from and where it goes really helped.

Death is the natural cycle of life. When its time its time to go. In the mean time ill spend ever second of ever day doing what i want to do. No point in fearing what can be stopped.

Peace see ya on the other side............ or in the llsnl forum which ever

I believe the fear of premature death comes from fear of losing something valuable. For example after the birth of first child, some people are afraid of flying for the first time in their life, because they worry who is going to take care of the child.

I think a good solution is to transfer own knowledge to future generations in some form. There are books written hundreds, or even thousand of years ago, and now those people live in our thoughts, and in our society. Thats truly immortal.

We do a lot more things that get passed to future generations besides books nowadays, you could do video, design boardgame, build a cool house, figure out a way to cure cancer, or just write on 2+2. There are endless possibilities in life.

^ I was going to cure cancer today, but after reading your post I've decided to just write on 2+2 instead.

our existence seems long to most people but in the grand scheme of things its a blink of the eye. it's what you find and decide to do with your blink is where you end up in the longevity of things.. that's just my opinion so no need to criticize.. just saying peace can be accomplished.. we all struggle with it from time to time.. but once you find what truly matters.. everything else doesn't seem so important and it's almost a breath of fresh air

I guess there's no good way to look at it. It just sucks. Life without death is meaningless and it's what emotion is derived from. I guess I'm thankful I'm able to live long enough to understand this and to be able to live my life in a way I want.

Death has taught me a lot. I'll be in a situation and I'll think to myself, "you have one life, do the best you can", and then I'll try my best. I used to be pessimistic about everything but now because of death, I feel it would be a waste of time not to be optimistic. I used to be ignorant towards death and used to live my life thinking there were no consequences. Now that I don't live like that anymore, it's kind of the best of two worlds. I know that I'm going to die but it also makes me want to actually live my life. So I'm finally living my life but I have this thought of death in the back of my mind that is driving it. So it's like I'm finally doing what I think makes me happy but I don't know if I'm really happy, you know?

I go to a community college and am getting good grades. Currently, I'm in a jogging class and run with about 10 joggers on the streets of the town. I used to come in first but it didn't like the pressure it brought and so I've been trying to get down to second and let other people get ahead of me. There's three very pretty girls that I think run behind me but I never know what to do or what to say. I'm a virgin, not good with my peers, and have never had a "girlfriend".

I think I should just continue what I'm doing and run in front of them (not behind them ha!) and hope something happens. Whether I just muster up the courage to say something or I trip and fall in front of them or what, I don't know. I hope something happens. There's 4 to 5 girls my age (the three ran in the group, two in other areas) but I like my chances. Hopefully life is good to me. Hopefully Fortuna has me in good luck tomorrow when I go back.

I have one life, why can't this happen? It totally could. I have low self-esteem and no confidence in front of pretty girls, Hopefully something happens.

You do realize that luck has nothing to do with relations?
You can't close your eyes and hope that one day these girls will speak to you.

As you said before, you have only one life.
And it's way too short to wait & hope that things will go your way.

What Dylan said. Nothing will happen unless you make it happen. Unless you are an amazing looking guy you will not have girls seeking out your company. You've got to make the first move. It doesn't have to be a proposal. Just start talking to one of the pretty girls about your damned running shoes. And also talk to a few ugly girls and a few ugly guys also. You never know if someone knows someone and can hook you up for a date. Relationships beget relationships. Solitude begets solitude. Start talking to people and start making some mistakes. If you wait for luck or "fate" you will be alone forever. Running was a good first step (get it?). Now start talking.

I hear ya OP. When I first started playing poker and doing well in it filled voids for me, but over the past 2-3 years it's just created a lot more and in time feel worse about a lot of things. If your still playing a lot or close to full time with school it can really take it toll on you mentally. I started having panic/anxiety attacks in class and just stopped going two years ago.

You can also lose slowly lose touch with a lot of things if you don't balance it out which not many of us do, like socializing for instance. I know I'm not as sociable as I was in high school and feel a lot more awkwardness to myself in a lot of situations like just going out and being around certain people that I would of never of felt before poker.

Just try and get out more, smile, and be optimistic about doing new things. Nothing bad could happen from starting a conversation with those girls in your running club. Gl tho got a lot in common.