dealing with death atheist

Ever since I was seven I have been struggling with death. I am an atheist, but cant cope with the comprehension that if I die I go into an eternal void of nothingness. I distract myself but can anyone else suggest ways to keep it in check? I don't want it to dominate my life. Any help?

Just being with other folks who are dealing or have dealt with the same issues helped lighten the load a bit. I suggest going in with an open mind. Take what you need and leave the rest. The one thing I had to learn to do was not let my wifes problem(addiction/alcoholism) make me sick too(anxiety,guilt etc). It wasn't easy then and can still be difficult. The good news was that me getting well did not depend on my wifes behavior. That was something I had never considered.

not eating, not sleeping much, tears, needing to be alone, fear. I keep going over that last final day of his life, wondering what could have been changed, could I have done something to prevent it. There were witnesses to his death and I made the mistake of reading the accounts and the scene is now looping over and over again in my head, 24/7. The little bit of sleep I've gotten results in horrific night terrors. My grief has turned my life upside down in other ways.

for the baby and how much will effect him. I usually a very emotional person when dealing with death and I feel like a horrible person for not allowing myself to feel bad. What do I do???

Just like falling in love takes time so does dealing with a passing of a loved one.Just opposite ways of feeling.Love and loss,two parts of life that both hurt.For loving anyone or anything,such as a pet can lead to pain.All feelings lead to pain and despair,eventually.So do we stop feeling,stop loving,stop caring,no we just learn to adjust to our new lives without that loved one that pet,that friend.whom ever.Death ends a life,not a relationship.

Wow do you not have anything in common with this guy. A church goer and an atheist. That alone would make me run for the door. I'm a practicing Catholic who goes to Chuch every Sunday and I would never socialize with an atheist (that is my personal opinion,not shared by all). He is verbally abusive, does drugs...smoking hash is a illegal drug and cultural moral values are completely different. You are both not compatible...run as fast as you can right out the door and don't look back!

let others fit in with you! Get busy living your life and finding happiness with just being with yourself is paramount to being healthy inside...the rest will fall into place. Do everything you enjoy, be as involved as you can and show people that you are not afraid and are going to live your life your way! Push out those negative thoughts and fill your head with positive ones. Look at all the people who "marched to a different drummer" and became famous and adored. Elton John...

im 19 wks pregnant and i have a fetus with a diagnosis of CPC im scared to death because i have to wait 3 wks to go to a specialist...anyone have any hopes or ideas??

i don't know how you deal with losing a child. I'm not so sure that i can ever get through this, how do you do it? I mean get up every day and not feel guilty for living without them. I feel so guilty every day for getting out of bed and her not being here. I need some advice please.

We have plans to have a baby naming party with guide parents in place of a baptism with God parents.

Lol, now that is funny! I wonder how many times God must shake his head and sigh over all the idiot things said to him? Lol Remember Madelyn Murray O'Hare? Read her son's book some time. His name is Bill Murray. It's called "My life without God". He talks about what it was like growing up with the world's most famous atheist. One time his mom had gone out in a bad thunderstorm and challenged God to strike her dead if he was real.

My mother(age 47) has drasticly gone down hill in the past 4yrs. It seemed to all happen at once and in the past year things have gotten worse. Heart disease runs strong in my family,not many have lived past 50yrs old.My mom has hypertension,high blood pressure, chronic lung disease, and heart disease to name a few. This past July she had to have emergeny double bypass surgery and had a minor heartatacke about a month after the surgery.

Shut off our phones and mourned our babies death. We went to this nice winery with a beautiful river that ran by it and at sunset picked a flower for every week of our babies life with us in my belly and sent them down the river with thoughts and prayers of that journey. I don't know if it will help you but it at least gave me some closure. It's such a hard thing to go threw. I understand.

I had my first son, Jeremiah, 3years ago. My husband and I really wanted a girl, but when we found out it was a boy, I actually found myself to be UPSET. For a while after I found out, I walked around wishing I wasn't pregnant with him. Of course I love my son to death, and can't imagine life without him. Now that I'm pregnant again, I'm having this mothers instinct that its a girl. But I don't want to go through the disappointment again.

m the only person with a spouse with addiction issues but the deep down thoughts.. Like is it me? Is it something I did? Or why does he lie to me? Like its always my fault.. I have lost sight of myself & my needs due to his addiction.. Like I had said my life is a roller coaster and some days are great some days are bad. It just depends on if he is using or not? When they are good I feel like we just sweep the problem under the rug & if I bring anything up its a fight.

Hi, I am having a very difficult time dealing with family without having modd swings. I am trying to go to meetings, but my schedule and family situations are keeping me from doing so. Funny, I could have gone to bars and just neglected family in the past, but now, I am dealing with family situations and trying to be present. However, my children and my husband are DRIVING ME CRAZY. I keep serenity prayering and it helps for a little bit.

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