Is it healthy or unhealthy to tell myself in stressful situations that everyone is going to die one day anyway?

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It's oddly calming to me because it reminds me that nothing really matters. But is it healthy or unhealthy?

BorrowedTime · Accepted Answer

It's both. It can be comforting considering you are correct, we're all going to die someday. However, that day is not TODAY for me, for you, that's what we can always hope for right? Your life is very valuable, and when we're stressed out we look for comfort sometimes in the worst ways. As much as we will never be able to move past death as it will happen to all of us, it's best to find a healthier coping mechanism that can help you care for yourself and value your emotions.

DaisyM23 · Accepted Answer

i mean it's probably unhealthy but i'm not a therapist, whatever works for you haha

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Matter of perspective I'd say. I always used to say in a 100 years. Everyone I know and love will be gone. Time always marches on. Everything you were will likely be forgotten. But if you lived your life the right way your impact can reverberate for generations. So I guess it depends on your attitude. I see the glass as half full. God put me here to help and touch lives. So that's what I strive to do each day.

jshm2 · Accepted Answer

It is a fact that no one gets out of life, alive. Death is the one certainty everyone has. However, it should be something to spur you on, as life is too short. Not something to get depressed about.

SaRang21 · Answer

If you need courage to do something like confessing your love to someone but scared, or if you feel like you need an excuse to get past some negative thinking like oh I have acnes and I’m ugly, it helps, because if death is the ultimate thing then those things will be small matters. Same as you having a hater, or you jealous because d someone, telling yourself we all will share the same fate - death, then you’ll care less about the other person. But it only is healthy when it brings you some positive thinking..

boggboss · Answer

If it helps to calm you I would say its good although believing that nothing matters ain't a good point as u could use that mantra to be a asshole

Agape93 · Answer

Healthy. It's good to know and accept that

strateguy632 · Answer

good.

Is it healthy or unhealthy to tell myself in stressful situations that everyone is going to die one day anyway?

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Besides for not thinking about it, how do you wrestle with the idea that one day you won't be alive anymore?

Is it healthy or unhealthy to tell myself in stressful situations that everyone is going to die one day anyway?

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Besides for not thinking about it, how do you wrestle with the idea that one day you won't be alive anymore?

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