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When my wife died, death lost all of its teeth for me. It's not worth the price, but losing someone you love pretty much solves the fear thing. The valley of th
by quizotic 11y ago
When my wife died, death lost all of its teeth for me. It's not worth the price, but losing someone you love pretty much solves the fear thing. The valley of the shadow is a scary rollercoaster on the way in. But on the way out, it's just barren and lonely. Not scary at all.
More practically, there are some tricks that can make this fear go away. I've seen experienced psychotherapists help people with this quickly. If you can afford a couple of sessions and don't mind the stigma, you might get some quick, long lasting relief.
- quizotic 11y agoAnd here's a trick. It works for me, but not others. Einstein and physics say we live in a space-time continuum. The past and the future are just different points, different places. What you've done already, where you've been, what you've felt, these constellations in space-time are eternal. There's nothing that can erase them. They happened, and nothing that happens in the future can change that. Your five year old self lasts forever, but is also gone forever. So is your nine year old self. You are immortal and your are ephemeral. Both, at every moment. In that light, death is nothing different at all. You've been doing it just fine all this time.