Do you ever think about how peaceful it must be to be dead?

Question

No, I'm not suicidal. But I think all the time about not having to worry about money, or work or school, or being responsible for so many things. Is this weird?

Jaime, do not presume to know me based on my question. You know nothing about how much spare time I have or my level of responsibility, nor can you speak on how productive I am or am not. You could have kept those comments to yourself and just answered the question.

Answer 1

When I was a teen, I was jealous of the family dog. All he did was lounge and eat. Everything he ever needed was given to him. The only thing he had to do was make my dad feel like he was the greatest man that ever walked the earth. I have since grown out of that envy, and now I can't imagine life being without some kind of purpose to keep me busy.

But to answer your question, I have longed for peace. Just maybe not in the sense that I thought about being dead so much.

Answer 2

I don't think it's weird, I think the same thing at times. But I am also the kind of person who doesn't want to miss anything, I want to hang around a long time and see all what's invented and what's going to happen. But yes, I do sometimes think it must be peaceful not to have the pressures of the daily grind. I often think if heaven is more beautiful than here, maybe I am not good enough, and if hell is worse than here I sure as hell don't want to go. So I am in no hurry.

Answer 3

Some years ago, I was working 100 hours and more a week (paid for 40), and I got really really tired out.

When I had a little time right after that I was reading a Conrad Richter novel wherein he described the burial of an old woman, how they laid her in the moist, cool, sandy soil and covered her over.

All I could think about was how very comfortable it all sounded, I sort of envied that old woman. 8-)

Answer 4

I know what you mean. Sometimes I imagine slowly floating backwards into a giant, fluffy, dark, space pillow and being consumed by it and thinking how comfortable it would be, like coiling up inside a womb of eternal bliss as all the pain from a hard day's work is immediately taken away.

Answer 5

Yeah, I think about it, a lot. I am not suicidal, either but I find the concept interesting. However, what keeps people from committing suicide is the fact that we don't KNOW if it is peaceful. The concept of hell kind of puts a damper on the 'rest in peace' scenario.

Answer 6

It happens to everyone. My advise is not to dwell on it.
Tomorrow morning, everything is different again. Just
think how fortunate you are compared to say, Christofer
Reeves, the orphans in Africa, Irag and so on.
Take a walk and look around you, some can;t even do
that. So, now you can stop thinking of death and think
of your family and friends.

Answer 7

Not really, but think about it. You might also be busy in the afterlife (i don't mean "down there")

i mean, you could also be busy in heaven too. besides, you could never see people in the afterlife who are like your living friends. lol that's y i nvr think about the afterlife xD

Answer 8

Yea I have wondered.But if you dead how do you know?I only live for my babygirl.She makes life worth living or suffering thru.

Answer 9

You have to much time on your hands and probable very little or no responsibility. To answer your question, I have been dead, don't want to go there again but know that someday I will, just like you. Personally, the pain I endured getting there and afterward was terrible and I surely don't want to do that again.

Now get up and get into something productive and rewarding bettering yourself or others in this world.

Answer 10

its crossed my mind, but only for a bit. i dont really want to be dead, i just wish i had that kind of peace of mind