The movie "What Dreams May Come" has always placed that notion in my head...

The part when the wife has lost her husband, and both her kids to car accidents, so she kills herself and goes to hell. But no traditional hell..her own personal hell. She committed suicide, and suicides are destined to live over their torment over and over and they will never know what happened. I can't help but feel that's me. My whole life has been filled with deja-vu and odd coincidences that have lead me to think this. I know it sounds crazy and maybe it is, but I just can't help but think this way.

What if I am already in hell? What if I'm living over my life the same way until the moment I die? I'd say it's a fitting punishment, but what did I do? Don't I get some chance at redemption?

There are signs, "omens", if you want to call them that have been literally driving me insane. I have constant thoughts and memories of things that I haven't done yet, but I end up doing them. When I was 10 or so, I used to have thoughts that I'd end up in seeing a psychiatrist, and sure enough it happened. I remember a time when I thought I was going to end up in a psychiatric ward and sure enough, when I get home that's where my doctor wants to send me. There have been other strange things like the deja-vu that bother me. It happens frequently. Something will spark a thought "have I done this before? It seems too familiar for it to be happening again. I swear this has happened before."

And it never ends. I really think I'm losing my mind. And I don't think it's something new. I'm pretty sure I've been losing myself for a long time now...
 
   

 


 
 
bahamat on
Re: What if I was already dead and in hell, but just didn't know?
Well any reasonable god wouldn't cycle people endelssly though hell w/o hope of getting out - if they did something wrong, they'll only learn their lesson if they remember why they're being punished, and there's no point in continuing to punish someone after they've learned their lesson, unless you just wanted to build up their resilience generally.

I think also maybe you're dooming yourself, or just worry accurately - like if you expect to end up in a psychiactric ward, it's something that your mind can drive itself into achieving. Sometimes what I worry is what happens, it's as if people pick up on this and try to make it come true, maybe that's because I need to confront my worries.

Don't be so quick to condemn yourself as crazy, awright?
morelost on
Re: What if I was already dead and in hell, but just didn't know?
But what if everything I'm experiencing now is a result of the first time I lived and died? But the twist is, I'd be doomed to repeat it  over and over because I never changed my thoughts in the first place. That's sorta how the judeo-christian god works. He doesn't deal in second chances.

I never wished or doomed myself to end up being in a psychiatric ward. I just knew it was going to happen. With everything that's ever happened to me, it seemed only proper. As much as I've tried to delay it, it is inevitable. Honestly it's the last place I'd ever want to be.
bahamat on
Re: What if I was already dead and in hell, but just didn't know?
If there is a god who is like the judeo-christian one, I'd rebel against him because he just doesn't sound reasonable and shouldn't be allowed that kind of power - you can use life as an example to convince him to be kind - if he's watching he'll see and learn from you how you cope and your resolve, and see why you treat people respectfully. If you want someone to understand but can't make someone experience what brought you to how you feel now, you'd have to explain it through what you do physically. If we are all parts of god, and he experiences through us, then our part of him will be that bit more understanding - but it might not go totally to convincing the whole of him because of all the other minds that need to conflict with you to be convinced by you.

It is strange though how our worst fears can become more likely to happen - it's like when I'm cycling and trying not to hit the kerb, that's exactly what I do in the confusion. Sometimes people can see also when somethings an issue to you by trying to avoid it, and some gain sadistic pleasure out of harassing people over it
Azhur on
Re: What if I was already dead and in hell, but just didn't know?
Hi, buddy.

 

Just seeing how it's all going.  I emailed you as well.

 

Well, you're not losing your mind.  You've never said anything that made me think that's happening.  As for the strange thoughts, well, they're just thoughts.  I expect you're pretty stressed just now, so perhaps there's more of that sort of thing happening - that's how it goes with me anyway.  But if I have thoughts in my mind that I'd rather not have, it doesn't mean I'm weird, or crazy, or a bad person, or inferior, or hateful or any of that stuff.  There's no connection.  The thoughts are just thrown up by the stuff that troubles you - they're not truly a part of who you are.  Does that help?  Hope so.

 

As for being in hell - forget it, it's just another thought.  You're in the same world as me, and I like that.  Remember, keep your stress down.  Do easy things as much as possible.  Please tell me how things are.

 

Your buddy, Ian   (Sorry, the smileys don't work tonight.)


 
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