I don't want to discuss religion or god any more.

I was scared of dying while raising my kids... that need to be there for them stuff. Now, not so much. I know I will die... why worry?

I always think about how I will be lead to my demise. Probably from being sarcastic at the wrong time to the wrong person. Lol.

Many of us, when we are young, fear death simply because we feel that we have a lot more life to live and do noit want to be deprived of that. In our old age, the fear of death fades into near non-existence.

I don't feel at all burdened by accepting my mortality.
I was non existent for billions of years before I existed, it wasn't a problem for me then, it won't be a problem for me after I exist either.

yes of course

I agree with you. When I was still religious the thought of death never really bothered me. Death was just a stepping stone to something better: a beautiful, peaceful place where we would reunite with our loved ones. But now I realize, that comforting thought was just a delusion. I sometimes feel sad thinking about how the lives of my children would be affected if I were to die... Then I realize that this sadness I feel, I could never genuinely experience because if I died my emotions would cease to be. I couldn't feel guilt or sorrow for leaving my kids because I would be gone. I feel anxiety just from typing this. I try to tell myself that we can't actually know what awaits us after death, but it's starting to lose it's ability to make me feel better.

I find it to be almost the opposite from a burden ?
Interesting ?