I've been going through a total existential crisis for awhile. I'm terrified of death. Both for myself and my loved ones. And because of this pandemic, every time I feel weird I get a panic attack. I've run through every single religion desperate to find some way to find peace with my mortality, but nothing felt right. Is there any philosophy out there that can help me find peace?

  • krothotkin [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    What I like to think about is the fact that, no matter what, your actions will have a lasting effect on the world. Even after you're dead, even after the sun explodes, even after all of existence goes dark, there will always be this little segment of causality that was you. There's no way to erase it. You are alive, and with every heartbeat, you are remaking the universe in your own small way. Sometimes you even get to choose the mark you leave.