some nights this shit stops me from sleeping. then I just put on another episode of the Simpsons.
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Saturday, 30 November 2019 04:56 (four years ago) link
seems like a wise enough response, unless fear of death is something of a recurrent problem for you. in which case it wouldn't kill you to sit with it a bit and see what turns up. it's the universe's favorite koan.
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 30 November 2019 06:38 (four years ago) link
It's a good laxative.
Also good perspective for when something non-lethal is befalling you. "Least I'm not fucking dying".
Other than that I'm not a fan.
― #FBPIRA (jim in vancouver), Saturday, 30 November 2019 06:44 (four years ago) link
i get by thru a little avoidance, a little forgetting, and a little getting better at recognizing the moods and moments that will trigger the big waves of fear that (used to) swallow me so fast and whole that i wanted to jump out of bed and run round the house and into the street and keep running until i passed out.
^^^ thanks to NV for writing this, especially the bit about 'moods and moments'. I really only get fear of death when I'm tired and/or stressed out over something that I can't do anything about. All the thousands of ways I can't do what I want - that are nebulous and myriad and impossible to consciously keep track of much less do anything about - get solidified into a fear of death, which is at least something concrete and can be reacted to (even if the reaction is fear).
― just another country (snoball), Saturday, 30 November 2019 22:08 (four years ago) link