As someone who is absolutely terrified of death, this whole story is pretty much my worst fucking nightmare.
Yes, I know. No-one's excited about the prospect of death. It's an inevitability. Blah blah blah. But hey, it doesn't make it any less scary. I think the fact is that as an atheist, I think once you die. That's it. And this guy who's done a Reddit AMA after dying twice has confirmed this for me.
Excuse me whilst I go cry in a corner.
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Redditor r00tdude died for a couple of minutes through a motorcycle accident, and another time from an overdose of painkillers.
He said: "I had no idea, it was just black emptiness. No thoughts, no consciousness, nothing.
"Both times I was just "not there". It was just all black. I would describe it as when you take a nap. A short nap with no dream, you wake up and it feels like you've been sleeping a long time, when in reality it's only been about 15 minutes.
"The only reason I know is because the doctors were obligated to share the information with me. "So yeah, you were dead for a couple of minutes, just FYI" hahaha.
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"So if the doctors wouldn't have said anything I would've just thought that I took a dreamless nap."
Eurgh. This is horrible.
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He also mentioned religion: "I have always been an atheist, but I have always had a part of me that hoped there was a God or Heaven or something greater than us. I mean, who wouldn't want there to be a Heaven?
"I am still an atheist, and now I know that there is no such thing as God or Heaven. At least not for me. My reasoning behind that is no God would ever put a person and family through such a experience.
"I am an Atheist, and always will be. But I believe that your belief is your belief. The only thing we can share is our own experiences and let people make up their own mind. People need to stop forcing their own beliefs onto others."
He summed it all up pretty nicely: "Death is death. Once you're dead, that's it, it's over."
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Oh. Might as well enjoy it while we can then.
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