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What happens when you die

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I've been thinking about death a lot lately. My parents are both older and I've been struggling with my own health problems and last night I couldn't sleep because I was thinking about it. I don't scare easily but the idea of death scares me.

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  • I'm torn between either there's nothing and you just cease to exist, or it's something so far away from our human experience that no person could even imagine it. 

    I guess they're not that different really. Since we have all existed for as long as we've known, I don't know how we can really get our heads around not existing. 

    I'm more scared of life really. The prospect of 50 more years terrifies me. 

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  • I'm torn between either there's nothing and you just cease to exist, or it's something so far away from our human experience that no person could even imagine it. 

    I guess they're not that different really. Since we have all existed for as long as we've known, I don't know how we can really get our heads around not existing. 

    I'm more scared of life really. The prospect of 50 more years terrifies me. 

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