CMV: Life is pointless and death will be pure hell

I don’t remember what it was like before I was born because there is no “before”. I have no memory of my parents childhood, of the fall of Rome, or world war 2. Because these things happened before I was born therefor from my perspective they didn’t happen at all. They only exist as stories that other people have told.

Which leads into my feeling of life being pointless. If my kids live on in my absence then I won’t be there to experience it, therefor from my perspective there is no “after”. So I don’t feel like life goes on after me or that I’m part of something greater because for all intents and purposes there is no “after” me. Once I’m dead, the universe as I experience it ceases to exist. So it leaves me with no comfort.

As for the pain leading up to the dying, yes that is what I’m worried about. I’m worried about immeasurable pain that seems to go on forever. If I’m unconscious for even a few minutes before I actually die, it could feel like an eternity of terrible nightmares. That is what I’m most scared of.

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