What do you personally mean as 'peace' after death? Do you believe there is... anything? I doubt, but it's impossible to me to imagine an emptiness...

[Tnatalie]

I don't know... I am just scared of death. Not of hell or something, but of unknown and just nothingness

 

[Agon321]

Nothingness is an abstract thing because a person can't imagine or feel it.
Even if you close your eyes and try to feel nothing, you still see blackness and are aware of your body and surroundings. In nothingness, you feel nothing, see nothing, and are unaware of nothing.

I think people are simply so depressed that they just want to disappear, that's why they crave nothingness.
I don't know what I want.
I don't think life is completely bad, I just think my current life is shitty and my brain is shitty. Maybe in another reality, I could be very happy. I don't know.

 

[Zura]

i think we just stop existing i am really hoping thats the case because i would like that lol
like there isnt nothingness to feel there is just simply nothing like kinda same as what was there before we were born we just never existed
i think its like that we just stop existing
i really hope its not rebirth or some shit like that

 

[CatLvr]

I am a bit unconventional. I absolutely do believe there is something after this life. I have had too many experiences that have shown me glimpses of that world. We have a lot to learn, and this life is a part of that process, but as far as I can tell there is NOTHING to fear. So ... I also believe that how each of us believes is the product of what we have learned in previous lives and what we still grapple with. Everyone has their own path; makes their own choices; learns and moves forward based on their experiences. It is important to realize that everyone single one of us is traveling the same, yet very different path. And that is okay. Stay with those that bring you peace. Leave behind what does not. Sounds simple but sometimes it is the hardest thing you can do with the choices presented. Just do the best you can and leave the rest behind you.

Nothingness is an abstract thing because a person can't imagine or feel it.
Even if you close your eyes and try to feel nothing, you still see blackness and are aware of your body and surroundings. In nothingness, you feel nothing, see nothing, and are unaware of nothing.

I think people are simply so depressed that they just want to disappear, that's why they crave nothingness.
I don't know what I want.
I don't think life is completely bad, I just think my current life is shitty and my brain is shitty. Maybe in another reality, I could be very happy. I don't know.

I dunno. I have lost consciousness a few times (seems like I am banging my damned head on the ground every time I turn around ) in my life and every time I have come to I have INSTANTLY missed what I left behind -- that "blackness" is the most calming, comforting, painless place I have ever been.

There was a time (YEARS before I knew of this place) when I tried to kill myself with booze and pills. I didn't drink back then and did not have the chronic pain issues I have now so also VERY opioid naive. You would have thought 1,200 mg of oxy and a bottle of Jack would have done the trick, right?? I passed out on the sofa. When I came to the next day I realized 2 things -- my husband really didn't love me after all. If he did wouldn't he have at least checked on me?? Or woke me up the next morning to see if I was okay?? I dunno. He acted like it never happened. Never said a word. And second, I was so heartbroken when I came "out of the black". Been back there a few times -- accident when I hit my head and knocked myself out. Car wreck when the same thing happened -- hit my head and passed out. Fell backwards on ice and cracked my head on the sidewalk -- and every single time I was told by medical personnel that they were concerned because I was "out longer than I should have been" whatever that means and I was absolutely CRUSHED when I felt myself coming to. It sounds bizarre and it's hard to explain but there is something profound in the blackness. And peaceful. And I miss it.

I absolutely do not fear dying.

 

[OnMyLast Legs]

I know I won't be happy or relieved in death. It just prevents more suffering. Everyone recognizes this concept. Just consider painless death now vs. torturous death an hour from now. Everyone would give up that hour and have nothingness sooner. Same deal w/r/t my expected future life.

 

[WhatCouldHaveBeen32]

It's about not being alive anymore, it's peaceful because it takes away from the suffering of being alive. it doesn't bring me to peace, it just takes away the pain which could be described as getting peace even if you're not there to experience it.

 

[BwahBah]

I dunno, what was life like before you were born? Was it scary? Painful? Peaceful? That's the line of thinking I tend to default to when conceptualizing death. Our existence after death is probably pretty much just the exact same as it was before we were created, which is likely non-existant. So I wouldn't personally describe it as a state of "peace", as you quite literally won't even live to feel that relief. But still, a lot of people here would prefer that over continuing to experience the pain associated with existing.

 

[FuneralCry]

No, I only believe death to be peaceful, permanent non-existence where this evil existence that just causes all this cruelty, harm and suffering is finally all gone and forgotten which is all I hope for, to suffer in this hellish world truly is an abomination which is certainly why I'd be so glad to never suffer again, non-existence is just all that's positive for me.

Only in non-existence will I finally be at peace from the evil, suffering, torture and cruelty of existing, existence to me is just the most terrible mistake, all that existence does is just cause harm and suffering torturing existing beings with no limit as to how much one can suffer, to exist is just always so dreadful to me, I just want to erase this terrible, cruel existence, it's just so horrific to me how humans impose this existence causing all this harm and suffering as a result, I'll just always and only hope to never suffer ever again, to suffer in this existence is just the most terrible, undeserved punishment to me.

 

[here_for_now]

i mean complete oblivion, life is a spectacle of misery and endless suffering for me. so not existing and not feeling anything would be a dream come true for me

 

[Forever Sleep]

It is an odd phrase to use if we tend to believe there's nothing afterwards. It's more a hope for me that there's nothing. Because, nothing seems the safer option than something bad. And I don't trust the God that created this world- if there is one.

Like others have said though, I think we use the phrase more like- I hope you are no longer suffering. Peace being the opposite to suffering.

Also that their non existent being is now left in peace. Not plucked from calm and non eventful nothingness to endure a potentially difficult sentience somewhere else. Kind of like- they've done their time, they deserve to rest now.

Also, I suppose- the idea of sleep after a long, difficult day is still peaceful- whether we wake up from it or not. And- we're not exactly conscious of and enjoying sleep when we experience it. In fact, maybe the idea of sleep is more hopeful and peaceful than the actual thing. How many people wake up entirely refreshed?

 

[inkmage333]

By "peace", I mean that I simply won't be able to feel the pain of being alive anymore. Heaven will be peaceful and I'll no longer be sad, but if it turns out there's nothing on the other side, then I won't know, because I'll go back to the way I was before I was born (that is, I won't feel anything)

 

[It'sMyLife]

Whatever you believe or don't believe won't change whatever comes after death imho. If there's nothingness after and believing there's something you'll not exist. Vice versa, believing there is nothing and there really is somethingness you'll be stuck putting up with more crap to deal with (existence). I hope there is nothing. I'm not coming back. If I go through some kind of stupid tunnel I'm going to come out screaming and cursing to erase me. I'm sorry if this doesn't help you OP

 

[SilentVelvet]

I think everything has a beginning and an end at some point. We can't imagine nothingness because there is nothing comparable to it. Nothingness after death is also not something emotional, which is why it's impossible to imagine the "feeling" of it.

Nothingness gives me peace and relaxes me because I firmly believe that you don't have to go through everything again.

For me, that is somehow peace

 

[PI3.14]

Peace from myself ig, peace from humanity in general, and peace from nature that's trying to kill us.

Fear of death is natural, if we didn't fear death, humans might haven't survived this long.

 

[merlinscries]

Technically, it isn't even "peace". It's just a complete and utter void of blank non-experience. And don't be distracted by people's spiritual experiences, they are real but they're still happening in the body. We have complex processes happening once we die (and sometimes before) which can result in "spiritual" experiences. The level of interpretation of those differs though. I am 99,9999999% certain that death is just returning to the state before were born. That nanopercent is just me trying to be humble because technically you cannot "know". But if you genuinely believe there's something "after" death you are engaging in supernaturalism. In truth, death isn't even a thing because it doesn't happen to you. There is only life and existence and a moment where it stops appearing to you. At least that's what I have learned. Death is not to be feared.

 

[YourLocalSadGirly]

I used to think that I wanted nothingness after death but since my girlfriend died all I want is to be reunited with her in some way. So I hope there is some sort of afterlife where we can meet again.

 

[itsgone2]

it might not be peace. That's scary to consider. But if nothingness or heaven it's better than this

 

[troonbeau]

my idea of "peace" is the people you know that are alive are content once im gone. im not too worried about what comes after life, since im pretty convinced that it's just nothing

 

[mjolnir]

I honestly believe there is nothing to feel after death, it's just complete non-existence, without happiness, without sadness, without pain, and without joy.
Without a God or without Gods, complete nothingness is not something one "experiences," something one feels. That is how I imagine the cessation of life on Earth.

 

[meiherasoru_]

I've always been told that heaven exists, I'll probably go to heaven or hell

 

[thefarter]

ah no. no peace. but by far better than constantly being bullied by some dumbasses and having to deal with the fallout of being doxxed. :3c

also, ive lost touch with reality. so no burning in hell for eternity for meeeeeee :P yaaaaaay

 

[idontknowwhatiam]

Eternal sleep

 

[locked*n*loaded]

You can't imagine an emptyness because you had no consciousness before you came into existence - WHEN YOU FATHER'S SPERM PENETRATED YOUR MOTHER'S EGG. You DIDN'T exist before that point in time. We cannot imagine things for which we have no consciousness awareness. The world existed before you came into being, except you didn't. You weren't even in a "state" of nothingness just waiting to emerge onto the scene here. You just weren't anything. The state of death is just that - death - the state of not being alive. There's no awareness of it. You just cease to be. Non-existence. You are no more.

 

[turtle2]

The exact same thing as the billion of years before my birth. Not emptiness (something unfilled), but non-existence.

 

[MyLifeisHell]

It's just an abstraction. Some people have cautioned against using that word here to refer to death on the grounds that it romanticizes and even encourages suicide but as long as people understand the gravity and reality of what they're doing I don't think the language matters that much.

 

[pthnrdnojvsc]

after my Death is Non-Existence forever

it's the ultimate peace , forever safe from the threat of unimaginable constant unbearable pain

i'm just a brain, brain cells. but horrifically this brain creates an extreme torture chamber