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Originally Posted by RocKhawks
Super strange this thread was created. I have been feeling down lately thinking about death etc. I am afraid to die. I also think things, like did I waste my time on earth, could I have done things better. Now I am seeing things pop up all the time about death and dying. I am not sure why I am dwelling on it now. It never really consumed my mind that much before, but as of recent it has.
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They’ve got a name for that. The frequency illusion (also known as the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon) is a cognitive bias in which a person notices a specific concept, word, or product more frequently after recently becoming aware of it.
Not sure what you’re going through but it’s best not to worry. In case it helps:
“A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary”
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Originally Posted by tooge
crazy thing is 80 years after you die, there won't be anyone on earth that will remember you or anything you accomplished unless you are famous now.
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This is key here. The vast majority of us are just the most minor blip in history.
Notorious made a comment to me in DC about finding “everlasting life” in having children, passing on your culture and ideas, etc. but it’s hard not to think about the little things that make you unique will largely be forgotten within just a generation or two of your death.