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How do you lose your fear of death?

How do you lose your fear of death and fear in general? Do you have to have a near death experience? Meditation and psychedelics have killed a lot of my anxiety and worry but I've still got a ways to go. Is facing death head on the only way or is there a mental practice that can get you to this point? I read about heroes and warriors from throughout history who are said to have been totally fearless and calm in battle. I see pictures of Buddhist monks lighting themselves on fire in the 60s. How did they reach this point?
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By accepting that whether you're afraid or not the end result will be the same. You WILL die regardless.

So why not choose the less stressful option of not worrying about it?
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Speaking from experience, get as close to death as possible and you would lose the fear of it.
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I used to be terrified of dying before I actually accomplished anything. I would go to sleep at night afraid I’d die in my sleep before making a difference srs.

Once I felt pretty good about what I’d done in life/career, I ceased feeling that way srs.

I still want to live a long life with my wife/family and keep working at a job that I love. But I’m not afraid of death anymore.
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Dissociatives. Become indifferent as to "who" has experience. The show goes on.
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death is a way out of the simulation.
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Originally Posted By DizzySmalls⏩
Dissociatives. Become indifferent as to "who" has experience. The show goes on.
I think Ernst Junger wrote something about how he would "anonymize" himself during WW1 and this gave him courage. I'm not sure though. Maybe there is something to this
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Originally Posted By DizzySmalls⏩
Dissociatives. Become indifferent as to "who" has experience. The show goes on.
Have to be careful with those drugs tho. I've had friends go off the deep end or just frye their brains with K and DXM
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Lose the fear of death? Try magic mushrooms. Will change your perspective on the universe forever (including death).
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i died once bro. it's not that bad. i had pneumonia when i was like 6 or 7. couldn't breathe, and i lost consciousness. it was all white. i don't remember what happened days or months afterwards. except that i had asthma after. all i remember is seeing the white. like whiting out not blacking out

the actual dying part is scary for sure. depending how you die
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Originally Posted By arod204⏩
Lose the fear of death? Try magic mushrooms. Will change your perspective on the universe forever (including death).
Bro he said right in the OP
Originally Posted By Sp00kyboi⏩
Have to be careful with those drugs tho. I've had friends go off the deep end or just frye their brains with K and DXM
What did they do, dose all of the time and in increasing amounts?
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Originally Posted By arod204⏩
Lose the fear of death? Try magic mushrooms. Will change your perspective on the universe forever (including death).
Have done them. Definitely killed a lot of anxiety and worry in life but if someone pointed a gun at me I would still feel terrified
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Originally Posted By DizzySmalls⏩
Bro he said right in the OP


What did they do, dose all of the time and in increasing amounts?
Pretty much, just like very regular usage of that stuff. The one that really went off the deep end likely had some latent mental illness that probably just ended up coming out because of it. Bizarre delusions and stuff like that
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Originally Posted By Sp00kyboi⏩
if someone pointed a gun at me I would still feel terrified
I don’t think you’re going to lose that instinct without a lot of practice being under fire (like bring a soldier in battle).
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Originally Posted By Sp00kyboi⏩
Pretty much, just like very regular usage of that stuff. The one that really went off the deep end likely had some latent mental illness that probably just ended up coming out because of it. Bizarre delusions and stuff like that
I wouldn't go more than once a week at most, be sure to have reagent tested product, and keep the dose in check. With K, definitely opt for racemic over S+.

Even if you were to just do it once or twice in your life, it is an incredible state of mind when mixed with the mushies.
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Originally Posted By Sp00kyboi⏩
How do you lose your fear of death and fear in general? Do you have to have anear death experience?
I'd throw out this....

It probably is a 'mental' frame of mind thing as you elude to.
Living in fear of this inevitable robs one of the joy of just being alive.
Rather than fearing death I'd suggest concentrating on cherishing the life one has and the joy that can be experienced.

Knowing one will go EOL at some point is what makes life worth living and we only have one life.
Regarding your above comment I have plenty of (military) experience and I'm lucky to be sitting here typing this.
So...maybe my experiences molded my attitude in this context.

I'm sure you can overcome this irrational mindset and I'm sure you'll get many various comments on this subject.

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This is the same type of mentality as “why would I get into a relationship if we’re gonna breakup”. Accept that everything will end and enjoy the best of it. Nihilism doesn’t accomplish anything in this world.
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Death is the greatest gift in life.

Imagine being immortal, really think about it...it would be hell. No way out even after you lived for 500 billion years. Even the most sane man that ever lived would go insane. No matter how much you suffer, death will set you free.

Use the notion of death to your advantage in life, don't be scared of it.
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Death is when it's all over.

Once you're dead you're not going to care that you're dead, so why worry about it now?

Getting old scares me,
my kids moving away,
my friends dying,
being with a bunch of geriatrics in a home or alone in my home except for the token visits.
Losing your strength
Losing your memories
Losing your mental acuity
Losing your mobility
Pain when you stand up
Pain when you sit down


Death will be sweet relief
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stop with this "near death experience makes you lose your fear of death" nonsense. I had a liver transplant in 2018, days away fromm death. It was a miracle I got it in time. Ever since, every day I'm alive, death scares the living fuk out of me. Iwish their was a medication I could be on which could reduce this feeling. Everyday is pure hell fearing death.
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Originally Posted By Wayne
I'd throw out this....

It probably is a 'mental' frame of mind thing as you elude to.
Living in fear of this inevitable robs one of the joy of just being alive.
Rather than fearing death I'd suggest concentrating on cherishing the life one has and the joy that can be experienced.

Knowing one will go EOL at some point is what makes life worth living and we only have one life.
Regarding your above comment I have plenty of (military) experience and I'm lucky to be sitting here typing this.
So...maybe my experiences molded my attitude in this context.

I'm sure you can overcome this irrational mindset and I'm sure you'll get many various comments on this subject.

Be well....
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Originally Posted By yokecel⏩
This is the same type of mentality as “why would I get into a relationship if we’re gonna breakup”. Accept that everything will end and enjoy the best of it. Nihilism doesn’t accomplish anything in this world.
True. Everything has a risk.
Originally Posted By ****inator⏩
Death is the greatest gift in life.

Imagine being immortal, really think about it...it would be hell. No way out even after you lived for 500 billion years. Even the most sane man that ever lived would go insane. No matter how much you suffer, death will set you free.

Use the notion of death to your advantage in life, don't be scared of it.
It's not something I fear in regular life. I guess what I am wondering is how to be at the brink of death and feel no fear
Originally Posted By TXBuddy⏩
Face it a number of times
Probably the way right here
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Originally Posted By nothingshocking⏩
Death is when it's all over.

Once you're dead you're not going to care that you're dead, so why worry about it now?

Getting old scares me,
my kids moving away,
my friends dying,
being with a bunch of geriatrics in a home or alone in my home except for the token visits.
Losing your strength
Losing your memories
Losing your mental acuity
Losing your mobility
Pain when you stand up
Pain when you sit down


Death will be sweet relief
Very true. I guess at the end of the day death is better than a life spent crippled or enslaved
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Originally Posted By Sp00kyboi⏩
How do you lose your fear of death?
Succeed.

Death isn't so bad if life kicked a little ass.
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I saw a documentary by a movie director from way back named Ingmar Bergman. He had strong anxieties about death, and made movies about "death" which helped him process it. Maybe his movies can help out


https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/...who-ever-lived


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Originally Posted By Sp00kyboi⏩
How do you lose your fear of death and fear in general? Do you have to have a near death experience? Meditation and psychedelics have killed a lot of my anxiety and worry but I've still got a ways to go. Is facing death head on the only way or is there a mental practice that can get you to this point? I read about heroes and warriors from throughout history who are said to have been totally fearless and calm in battle. I see pictures of Buddhist monks lighting themselves on fire in the 60s. How did they reach this point?
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