Death thoughts once again

[cinnamonapple89]

Having a sheer panic attack right now thinking about the only thing certain in life: death. I’m supposed to just live my life not knowing when I’m gonna go and am supposed to go on not feeling scared about that? Like why WOULDNT i be, that’s terrifying!! Ugh feeling so sick right now, had to take a Xanax. Also thinking all these existential thoughts about who this whole life is shaped and how humans interact and what humans are and what we’re made up of. Stressful.

[b1b1b1]

Yes, I agree. There are no good answers to these questions and frightening to contemplate. It's good you took a xanax. I hope you are feeling better now. xx

[hypercat54]

I am afraid this is something that all human beings since we first developed intelligence have been concerned with. There is no answer I'm afraid so there is no point in worrying about it too much. I think this is a phase we all go through when we are young though.

It's much better to accept that we are only here for a short time and to just live our lives as best we can as we are a long time dead. x

[tashalyn]

If I had a button to shut down existential philosophical thoughts in my brain I would do it in an instant. I totally get what you are saying; I struggle with them on daily basis. I go out they are there I stay in they are there I work I play I drink I smoke they are always there. Am I trying to say there is no solution? Not exactly. The thing is as weird as it sounds those questions don’t have any concrete answers; religion and philosophy provide some theories, but the truth is there are no concrete answers. That is annoying because that just makes the questions pop up every now and then. What I worked for me is to disconnect the emotional response from the thought. The emotional response which is the fear / anxiety/ depression need to no longer happen when you have those thoughts. It’s a process that starts with you recognizing that those are just thoughts, useless unproductive thoughts, let them be there as background noise and keep on going with your day and engage and distract as much as you can. Live life as cheesy as that sounds. There is no cure for these thought and am someone who is highly medicated; there are however techniques to stop them from ruling your life