Infinity issues

Hello again. Wanted to share something that always seemed nonsense to others, but quite logic for me. I always had trouble with the idea of eternal life after death. While others always seemed to find relief in this possibility, to me it`s been the most horrifying thing imaginable. Thinking about existing forever was always far beyond distressing, and the certainty that it is either that, or ceasing existence at all, would make me feel trapped, doomed, and that there was no solution available at all. It used to be so bad, that I couldn´t even sleep as a child, and stress caused me the feeling that someone was whisperng in my ears, like when someone is mad at you, but it was not a hallucination because I knew it was in my head. I would love to know if anyone else has had this kind of trouble with time, death and eternity as well.

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  • I've always had a weird 'chatting away to god in my head' thing going on since I was very small. It always feels perfectly natural and reasonable. I generally felt hugely misunderstood as a kid, probably something most people here shared, and talking away to god felt like a good way around it. Even when intellectually I've considered myself an atheist, I've still done it. I can't stop, anymore than I can stop stimming. Perhaps, that's what it is? I'm not really religious, and I don't sit down to pray, it just bubbles up when I'm walking the dog or out and about. 

    Not sure what happens when we die. I lean towards nothing whatsoever, but some of the research into near death experiences and the nature of consciousness now taking place are intriguing. I think if we do go one somehow, it will be so radically different to what we experience here that questions about infinity will not really matter.

  • Is that what they call "inner narrator" or something similar? I do a similar thing where I'm almost talking to myself or "life" in my head all the time.

  • I suspect it probably is. 

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