I strongly contemplated suicide (5+ years ago, I'm good now). The thing that stopped me was not the fear of dying, or of bringing pain to myself or others, it w

I strongly contemplated suicide (5+ years ago, I'm good now). The thing that stopped me was not the fear of dying, or of bringing pain to myself or others, it was the fear of nothing, forever. Forever is incomprehensibly vast. Even now that I likely have many decades ahead of me, the concept of "nothing, forever" gives me anxiety if I dwell on it too long.