How Do You Get Over Death?

[Fidel_Castronaut]

This question is obviously directed towards my fellow atheists, hence why it is in the Atheism Sub Forum.

Anyway, how did you get over the thought of dying? After the huge support structure called "Religion" was taken away from your life, how did you get over the thought of everything you have ever done having no effect on the Universe as a whole. Or everything ever done by anyone is going to be completely destroyed by the inevitable heat death of the Universe.

Personally I feel that, because of all of our fates, it makes life even more precious. This took me a while to understand, but hopefully most of you do.

I wanted to know if our reasons matched up or differed.

Thanks!

Nihilism rears its ugly head.

Viewing life as precious is 'ugly'? How, exactly?

Your head must be so fucked up it's un-true.

Anyway, OP, I've never been religious or believed in a deity, so I've never had a support structure from religion. Instead I take solace from friends and family during times of death. Death can be scary, and I don't want to die, but neither am I delusional that I will live forever (nor do I want to), and instead aim to live my life the way I way I want, and to get the best out of things. Some days I don't do that, naturally, but that's my overall goal.

Nobody knows what happens when we die, and there's nothing we can do about it, so I won't worry about it until it's time to.