/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.13663984]

How the FUCK do you cope with death? Everything, literally everything, is going to die, even the universe at some point. Not even the greatest writers are going to survive. Languages evolve and change, and the cultural context of humanity gets increasingly complicated, meaning that ancient writers will become uncomprehensible to the technological AI dominant societies of the near future. Even Shakespeare will be forgotten (if not for that than simply by the fact that English will evolve so much in the future that his language will lose its power).
Why, WHY things have to be like this? How do you cope with the fact that you only have 1 (one) shot at life and your life is fucking terrible?

[Anonymous No.13663996]

it just happens nigga chill

[Anonymous No.13663998]

>>13663984
>How do you cope with the fact that you only have 1 (one) shot at life and your life is fucking terrible?
Because one day it'll end and I'll never have to deal with being alive ever again.

[Anonymous No.13663999]

Both life and death need to exist for their to be experience at all. This is the nature of duality. If life never ended our experiences would be meaningless. The only problem here is that you imagine death to be permenant- no, it is a cycle. As with all things.

[Anonymous No.13664001]

Don't give a shit lmao

[Anonymous No.13664002]

Live a good life so that you may have a proper death, with as many of your wishes fulfilled as you can.

[Anonymous No.13664003]

Become friends with God

[Anonymous No.13664006]

>>13663996
i can't chill niga, the universe be like imma put dis nigga alive without his will, and make his life too spicy lmao.
Seriously, i can't cope with the fact that i'll die not enjoying life and not making an impact with my existence. It consumes my art because it feels worthless to write something when the end goal will always be the same: being forgotten in a few years. I absolutely enjoy the process of writing but it doesn't matter.

[Anonymous No.13664021]

How the FUCK do you cope with being alive?

[Anonymous No.13664022]

>>13664021
I cope by writing and planning a suicide after i write my masterpieces.

[Anonymous No.13664024]

>>13664021
you submit everything to me

[Anonymous No.13664028]

>>13663984
The absurdness of life begets the freedom to pursue one's own goals. Death nullifies all, and absolves all, kid.

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !mxvabIoSIE No.13664030]

>>13663984
C H I L L O U T

[Anonymous No.13664032]

OOGA BOOGA, DEATH MAKE ANON SCARED, DEATH BAD

[Anonymous No.13664036]

>>13663984
i almost died from leukemia when i was 13 and all i felt was relief

[Anonymous No.13664037]

>>13664032
This but unironically.

[Anonymous No.13664041]

>>13664022
If you’re planning on shortening your time alive then death must not concern you too much.

[Anonymous No.13664044]

>>13664041
It does because it's all going to be futile. I only do it because it gives me a quick rush of domapine and endorphin.

[Anonymous No.13664053]

>>13664021
came here to post this

[Anonymous No.13664085]

>>13664044
If it’s all futile, why worry about it? You have complete freedom to do as you please. I understand that it would be preferable if we could choose when we die, and it’s natural to be frightened by things out of our control, but the freedom a meaningless, inconsequential existence produces must be of some consolation.

[Anonymous No.13664090]

>>13664085
I understand and agree with everything that you said in a rational sense, but when it comes to feeling, i can only feel despair when thinking about these things. I think that it has to do with the awareness that things don't matter in the universal sense, but on a daily basis, they do matter. It does matter if you treat your mom like shit or you're a good son. It matters if you have a good relationship with your peers in college or work. Both for your mental health, and for society, even if on an small scale. But then people like me (depressed people in general, faggots in general) want more than this. We want these actions to matter on an universal scale. We're narcissists, i believe.

[Anonymous No.13664152]

>>13664090
Why do the small things matter, like a relationship with your mom or peers, if all of them are going to cease to be? Why does it matter if you’re a good person or not? Good and bad ultimately subjective; everyone has their own conception of what good and bad are. In order to reap the utmost freedom you must forgo any moral bindings you feel, or simple create your own - not follow the ones placed before you by others.

[Anonymous No.13664160]

>>13664003
this. God loves you.

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !mxvabIoSIE No.13664181]

>>13664160
No he fucking doesn’t

[Anonymous No.13664202]

>>13663984
Shut up faggot.

t. Wandering [shitposting] Jew

[Anonymous No.13664223]

>>13663984
>cope
There is literally nothing here worth sticking around for. Unless we're talking about some fantasy scenario like ascending to Godhood or embarking on some epic quest I'd prefer dying quickly rather than lingering.

[Anonymous No.13664237]

>>13664003

You're right, that is some peak cope

[Anonymous No.13664259]

>>13664181
Butterfly, come on now, you will find faith eventually, god has been in your life all along, even if you don't see it. faith isn't about believing a skydaddy, its a refreshing way to interpret the world and the blessings in your life, if it makes you a better and more loving and grateful person, why run from it? for me its about appreciating the world around me, and the things in my life, I went to a catholic school and it was all bullshit to me, I literally would sleep in mass. it takes a load off your shoulders knowing there is a plan for you, its just perspective, one that i prefer more than feeling hateful and vindictive about my very existence.

[Anonymous No.13664260]

>>13663984
Chill, read Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius.

[Anonymous No.13664268]

>>13664259
Christcucks don’t know how to use commas.

[Anonymous No.13664278]

>>13664268
>god
>Christcuck
And who gives a shit about the literal faggot tripfaggot?

[Anonymous No.13664281]

>>13664268
its 4 am and im very fucked up but hey all good.

[Anonymous No.13664283]

Idk why people get upset that some have managed to find peace. Projecting your misery on to others is despicable.

[Anonymous No.13664303]

>mfw pussies dont welcome death

[yusofmoon No.13664426]

>>13663984
if you take care of what you have now, you'll get something better

[Anonymous No.13664441]

>>13664003
biggest fucking cope since the big bang

[Anonymous No.13664451]

>>13663984
You die every moment anon. The old is constantly replaced by new.

[Soren Kierkegaard No.13664457]

>>13664003
good answer

[Anonymous No.13664685]

>>13664303
>mfw subhumans welcome death because they have nothing to live for

[Anonymous No.13664799]

>>13663984
read "the denial of death" by Becker.
It's unironically what you need
protip:
>you're afraid of life before actually being afraid of death
t.psychfag

[Anonymous No.13664808]

I just sort of don't believe in it, death is as nonsensical as being

[Anonymous No.13664809]

>>13664006
y'all niggas need Dao

[Anonymous No.13664816]

>>13663984
The comfort of death will come to men and demons alike.

By the guidance of the Great Will.

[Anonymous No.13664830]

>>13663984
What's there to cope with? Everything has a beginning, middle, and end. You should be reassured by knowing all things come to an end. Why do you want anything to last forever?

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !mxvabIoSIE No.13665350]

>>13664259
The same way I’ll remember how to not ride a bike.

[Anonymous No.13665387]

>>13663984
There's anti-ageing research being developed right now which might prolong life indefinitely and thus delaying death for centuries. Depending on your age, you might benefit from anti-ageing therapy and even if you don't, just read Epicureanism.

[Anonymous No.13665398]

>>13665387
I forgot pic.

[Anonymous No.13665399]

>>13664036
Tell me your insights.

[Anonymous No.13665489]

>>13664006
>being forgotten in a few years
Imagine actually caring whether people remember you.

[Anonymous No.13665498]

>>13664006
>being forgotten in a few years.
lol cringe, no one even knows who you are now. Who cares.

[Anonymous No.13665673]

Literally so much written to help egoistic pseuds like you cope with it. Read more

[Anonymous No.13665746]

>he does not have etnernal life to look forward for
Lamo

[Anonymous No.13665754]

>>13665387
Cringe

[Anonymous No.13665760]

>>13663984
those afraid of death are most dangerous, and, ironically, should be killed.

[Anonymous No.13665763]

>>13663984
Who cares we're freaks it sick it piss

[Anonymous No.13665821]

>>13663984
I know it may not feel like the facts but you are eternal. this world does not define you

[Anonymous No.13665870]

>>13663984
"Being remembered" is a cope for having a shitty life. Just try to live a good life that you enjoy instead.

[Anonymous No.13665886]

>>13663984
Read the Bible

[Anonymous No.13665888]

>>13665387
Pathetic

[Anonymous No.13665890]

>>13665870
Gilgameš had a great life, but still yearned to be immortalised

[Anonymous No.13665917]

>>13664006
>i can't chill niga, the universe be like imma put dis nigga alive without his will, and make his life too spicy lmao.
lol

[Anonymous No.13665992]

>>13665760
Why are they the most dangerous? I would have thought those who weren't afraid would be the most dangerous, since they would have no limits

[Anonymous No.13666048]

>>13664181
He still does and always will, even if you poison yourself with hormone pills and chop your dick off for no real discernible reason.

[Anonymous No.13666057]

>>13665754
>>13665888
Enjoy writhing in inexistence while i dab on your graves.

[Anonymous No.13666070]

>>13666057
That shit is not coming in our life time. If it did, overpopulation would become a huge issue, so the technology would be suppressed. Maybe focus on coming to terms with what in all likelihood is inevitable for you instead of throwing all your mental energy into a huge cope

[Anonymous No.13666075]

>>13666070
Seethe harder, jelly mortalfag

[Anonymous No.13666176]

>>13663984
1) Grow up, crybaby. Also, read Denial of Death, Worm at the Core, the two Doughty books, Stiff, etc.

[Anonymous No.13666330]

>>13663984
All created things shall pass away and what remains is the essential source of all.
And if you have faith then you have understanding and a security into eternity.

[Anonymous No.13666360]

>>13663984
You are not afraid of death, you are afraid of the infinite. Consider that I told you that when you died you would be asleep for 10 trillion years then awaken as if no time had passed, would you be ok? Your answer is yes of course. Now consider that I were to tell you that when you die you actually end up staring at the last thing you saw for all eternity, this would be an extremely distressing proposition. So the first thing to do in addressing your fear is to realise what aspect you are afraid of, precisely. It is not in your case pain or death, but rather the huge unimaginable expanse of infinite. Of having been then suddenly no longer being...ever.
The next step to realise is that infinite produces such a profound sense of despair because infinite is an abomination, it does not exist anywhere in nature, it is a paradox that cannot exist. Consider a void, nothingness, were a void to be bounded it could no longer be a void since the fact that it is bounded would mean it has some implicit order, thus it cannot truly be total absence. The presence of something negates the possibility of nothing. Since we know that something exists (this universe) we know that nothing does not exist therefore infinite does not exist in any facet of the grand sum of this cosmos. Thus we can conclude that you fear something that is incomprehensible and does not exist: eternity. Your fear is irrational. Even if it were to take 100^100^100^100^100 years for you to exist again, you will exist again. This is in fact a statistical certainty as even 'heat death' is an impossible process to fully understand. If the universe could turn into nothing it would already be nothing, there will always be something and if there is always something there will eventually be everything. From nothing you can never have something, from something you can never have nothing.

[Anonymous No.13666367]

life aint so great
put me on the fukkin Naglfar already

[Anonymous No.13666473]

>>13663984
When you die you wake up

[Anonymous No.13666523]

>>13663984
Not me, homie. I'm going to upload my brain to a computer program that let's me control a virtual reality.
>westworld real
>instant catgirl harem.

[Anonymous No.13666568]

>>13663984
Read on Terror Management Theory
Coping mechanisms go from delusion (i.e. religion) to having children. I would say the most successful way to cope is to make meaningful connections with others e.g. have sex.

[Anonymous No.13666728]

>>13663984
With pic related

[Anonymous No.13666859]

>>13664808
Is that L A I N ?

[Anonymous No.13667533]

>>13663984
>is going to die, even the universe
we will be on different planets before then

[Anonymous No.13667601]

>>13663984
Wrong.

John 4:14 –
>but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.

Striving for anything less is cope, anon. Be blessed.

[Anonymous No.13667655]

>>13664030
Second axiom of the tetrapharmakos
Based Greek man

[Anonymous No.13667669]

>>13663984
Bugman fails to come to terms with the human condition

[Anonymous No.13667693]

>>13663984
>how to cope with death
Almost all people throughout history were religious, that seemed to work for them
>inb4 seething gnostics say that belief is more complex than that
It may be for scholars but not for ordinary people, for most people it’s a cope with impermanence and a lack of objective morality
because I cannot possibly comprehend or make any good guess at any god/gods or afterlife that may exist I just don’t think about it, I’ll have a family and raise children as best I can, then try not to let death bother me because I’m not in a position to do anything about it and if there is nothing I won’t be around to know

[Anonymous No.13667719]

>>13663984
Try to see the remaining beautiful things in this (((rotten))) world and try to save them for the future people. Life is just a train, and the end destination is Heaven, just enjoy the ride and appreciate the landscapes

[Anonymous No.13667736]

>>13664268
t. paganbeta who got cucked by a couple of Catholichads

[Anonymous No.13667801]

>>13663984

There's this brief moment in the morning, after you wake up from the void, where you literally have to remind yourself to participate in the world again. Take that moment as a reminder that none of this will matter once your brain shuts down for the last time.
Also, when your brain is low on dopamine and serotonin, you stop actually caring about anything that's going on around you. I've experienced this so many times, the absurdity of everything has been literally rammed down my throat at this point.

Therefore I've come to accept that life is meaningless, and that none of what I do actually matters in the end. But I try to make it an experience that's as pleasant for me and others as possible. Some days it's harder to achieve than others, but well who really gives a shit in the end. Learn to suffer, and carry the burden as long as you can.

The only thing I'm afraid of now is the pain that will inevitably precede my eventual demise. Whether it be a drawn out illness or an accident, I don't know, but I am still very afraid of the process of dying, when your body fights with all it's might to keep you alive.
After that, sweet nothingness, eternal sleep. That's fine by me.

[Anonymous No.13667804]

/r/longevity
sens.org

[Anonymous No.13667820]

If you're scared of death so much go get beat up by some cops

[Anonymous No.13667840]

>>13663984
How do you even cope with being alive? death is such a comforting idea to me, nothing gives me relief more than the thought that one day I'll just cease to exist, that no matter how bad my life gets, I always have a door open for me to end it all.
"If suicide didn't exist I would've shot myself already" - don't remember whose quote this was, probably Mainlander or Cioran

[Anonymous No.13667860]

>>13667801
also, create existential art. never fall into denial, use the human condition to create lasting beauty. ok now i'm done

[Anonymous No.13667958]

>>13664303
>mfw i will eat death's pussy

[Anonymous No.13667966]

>>13663984
Christ. All other answers are rhetorical cope.

[Anonymous No.13667970]

>>13664030
Cope

[Anonymous No.13668222]

>>13667966
>>13667601
Low test

[Anonymous No.13668608]

>>13668222
Trips is a faggot

[Anonymous No.13668649]

Alcohol.
When I was very young, about 7 I talked about god, life, death, heaven and hell with a friend. He said that he would rather be in hell that cease to exist.
I am not sure about that, but I definitelly fear losing my consciousness.

[Anonymous No.13668668]

>>13663984
READ. THE. BIBLE.

Normies just have sex to cope, but
1. That's even bigger cope (it's just trying to ignore the problem).
2. Seeing as you made this post, you probably can't get laid.

[Anonymous No.13668691]

>>13663984
Everything you have is more than you were guaranteed, no matter how bad it is. Make the best out of it, you won a cosmic lottery just being here beating out billions of other sperm.

As for the rest, you've imbued impermanence with importance which is a value it does not inherently possess. Nothing in the universe lasts forever, it's why we're here, so that better things can come after that which paves the way. We really don't understand how everything works, and I suspect that even when the universe dies it gives birth to countless others

Stop giving unobtainable goals value and they will cease having them. Figure out what makes you happy and do it. All meaning is man-made, so create some that works for you. "Nothing matters" is everyone's default state, things only matter if you want them to

[Anonymous No.13668708]

>>13667801
I think I have some sense of self while sleeping. If it's not dreams, then it's something else, but I wake from having been somewhere, not nowhere

I'm not entirely convinced death is the end. It's probably best living under the assumption that it is

[Anonymous No.13668716]

>>13668668
Opium of the masses

[Anonymous No.13668752]

Gravity's Rainbow

[Anonymous No.13669184]

>>13663984
>How the FUCK do you cope with death?

It's all I really ever look forward to actually.

[Anonymous No.13669197]

>>13668716
>Opium of the masses

[Anonymous No.13669205]

Why do you mention the greatest writers? Because thinking about them gives you the illusion of seeing the eternal? That is all outside of you, when you die none of this matters.

[Anonymous No.13669545]

>>13668716
the people is the opium of the socialists

[Anonymous No.13669578]

>>13669545
opium is the socialists of the people

[Anonymous No.13669586]

>>13669578
the socialists are the people of the opium

[Anonymous No.13669680]

>>13663984
ITT: not a single good answer

[Anonymous No.13669743]

>>13663984
life and death aren't just two sides of an instant in time. we're surrounded by death constantly, and only very rarely do we even catch a glimpse of life. what you call life, i call death. don't lie to yourself - you cling to death - you commit a little suicide every day.

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !mxvabIoSIE No.13669787]

>>13669586
People are the opium of the socialists.

>>13669680
What’re ya talking about? We have the Second axiom of the Tetrapharmakos up here twice, lad
>>13664030
>>13665398
Drink it up.

>>13667970
Quite nicely, thank you.

[Anonymous No.13669998]

By recognizing that it’s absurd and irrational to spend any time agonizing over something that you have absolutely no control over and couldn’t possibly understand until it happens.

[Anonymous No.13670054]

How do we know we only get one shot at life? This life, for sure. But it probably goes in a circle, like the Lion King.

[Anonymous No.13670075]

>>13663984
>it's my fucking job to worry about it
Grow up

[Anonymous No.13670924]

>>13663984
>>13667801
>There's this brief moment in the morning, after you wake up from the void, where you literally have to remind yourself to participate in the world again. Take that moment as a reminder that

That it is the world that gets destroyed once you die.

>Whoever has recognized the world-system has found a corpse—and whoever has found a corpse, of him the world is not worthy.

[Anonymous No.13670961]

>>13663984
Nothing really happens anytime ever

[Anonymous No.13671204]

>>13664006
Thats the problem. Youre too focused on the end goal of any activity you do. If you really want to start living life, learn to enjoy the moment. You should do art for arts sake, not so that what youll do will have an impact on the world. Ironically when you start genuinely doing something for the sake of that something, the end product becomes better. You say that you genuinely enjoy the creative process, but deep down this fixation on the futilesness of your efforts is whats crippling you. You still care about the end goal.

Start meditating. Maybe take some acid and listen to some alan watts lectures.

[Anonymous No.13671288]

>>13663984
Dude, there are 4 year old girls that die every day and they aren’t nearly as big of pussies as you are. You will NOT escape death. You life will be permanently extinguished one day. Quit being a whiney faggot and go live life to the fullest.

[Anonymous No.13671468]

>>13663984
>How do you cope with the fact that you only have 1 (one) shot at life and your life is fucking terrible?
Your brain does it automatically. It's impossible not to cope.

[Anonymous No.13671477]

>>13671288
They're not whining because they are too stupid to comprehend the despair of it all. You may as well raise some brain dead dog as an example of a living being that doesn't care about death.
Lack of despair in the face of death is a sign of lack of intelligence. Exhibit 1: You.

[Anonymous No.13671512]

>>13667693
The grief of the religious is the most severe.

[Anonymous No.13671516]

>>13668708
A dreamless sleep is something I have no memory of whatsoever. it's a void. You could also compare it to a narcosis, if you've ever been through one. You literally fall into a void and somehow come back out at the other end.
If the doctors decided to kill me while I was under I wouldn't ever know it, the void would just last forever.
I know it's hard to deal with this feeling, but it's the burden every sufficiently self-aware living being has to carry. I always wonder just how sheltered people who still believe in an afterlife must live their lives. If you've ever taken a long walk in nature, and have observed it with sufficient intelligence and honesty, you will know this life is all there is.

[Anonymous No.13671517]

>>13671512
But why?

[Anonymous No.13671636]

>>13671477
Dude, there are <INSERT AGE> year old girls that die every day and they aren’t nearly as big of pussies as you are. You will NOT escape death. You life will be permanently extinguished one day. Quit being a whiney faggot and go live life to the fullest.

[Anonymous No.13671703]

>>13663984
Your heart will stop pumping. The blood in your brain will coagulate causing irreversible destruction at the cellular level. Rigor mortis will kick in and you will be stiff as a plank. You will be brought to a mortician and will have the clothes stripped off your cold, lifeless body. Everyone will laugh at your small penis. They will drain your blood and pump you full of embalming fluid. Some creepy old dude is going to put a suit on you, and have to zip up your pants around your small, cold penis. He will apply makeup to your face and you will be put on display for all your friends and family to see. You’ll be out into the cold dark earth where you will decompose. Maggot will chew away your tiny penis. Worms will wiggle through your eye sockets. Your tombstone will deteriorate. Nobody will know or care a out who you were. Your bones will rot in the cold earth. There is nothing you can do.

[Anonymous No.13671760]

>>13665754
>>13665888
>>13666070

[Anonymous No.13671781]

You don't have to cope with it. Life continues regardless of how well you're handling it.

Is your anxiety over death interfering with things you want to do in life? No? Then ignore it.

[Anonymous No.13671805]

>>13663984
thread's off topic

[Anonymous No.13671823]

>>13663984
affirm life
if you've experienced one moment of joy, you've affirmed all of existence

[Anonymous No.13671854]

>>13666728
imagine being such a brainlet pseud that meditations is your bible

[Ivrivs !!GgBWHLRiayD No.13671857]

Most individuals who claim that they fear death, actually fear pain, and are averse to martial adventure, as opposed to those ones who know pain, and consequently - know themselves, through martial adventure, and who welcome transition of worldly death.