Is it normal i’m scared of both non existence and of eternity?

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To put it simply, I’m a 20 year old agnostic, and for most of my life I’ve been obsessed with death and what happens when we die. I admit that I have no idea what happens, and the idea of not existing is REALLY terrifying to me. But at the same time, being conscience for all eternity is pretty scary too. I’m not sure what I want to believe, and I think about this constantly all the time. I know I’m young, but I could die unexpectedly, and I don’t want to go without being prepared!

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  • Doesnormalmatter
    4 years ago

    The first sentence is your issue. Fear of death takes the fun out of life!

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  • WorryingToMuch
    4 years ago

    Atheist here I only shara your first fear I find it best just to try and not think about it because it is a inevitable bad thing you can’t change. Living in fear of it just makes it worse.

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  • palehorse
    4 years ago

    Nihilist and agnostic here.

    Before you were born, you were not-existing for millennia. It didn't bother you then. Why should it bother you after you die?

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  • Jasmine461
    4 years ago

    I have the same issue, but I'm an atheist. We fear the unknown and that's pretty normal. We can't be really prepared for death though. On the other hand, an obsession isn't so good. Maybe something that happened in your life could cause it? Everything has a cause...

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  • RoseIsabella
    4 years ago

    Memento mori!

    Just try to be a good person while you are alive, and these matters of death, and what will come after it will cease to trouble you so.

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  • Grunewald
    4 years ago

    Keep searching for existential rest. Don't be satisfied until you've found it.

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  • thepuppet
    4 years ago

    stan atheism!

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  • litelander8
    4 years ago

    Just be a good person and you shouldn't have much to worry about.

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    • palehorse
      4 years ago

      Being a good person doesn't help OP with this particular problem...

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      • litelander8
        4 years ago

        The afterlife?

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          4 years ago

          Whether it exists or not Is my main issue. If it does exist than it’s an extra reward for being good i guess, but how exactly one defines “good” is up for debate. According to some, even if I was an overall good person, I could still go to hell for questioning the existence of God.

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          • litelander8
            4 years ago

            I don't truly feel that what a whole bunch of drunk dudes wrote about 100s of years ago is exactly accurate; The Bible. There's so many religions so to just assume that one is THE ONE is silly. Personally, I don't think that an "all knowing higher power" would condemn you for simply not believing in them.

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