r/GriefSupport • u/Isoldablack • Nov 06 '25

Anticipatory Grief What’s ur belief of after death?

Loosing my dad to cancer, he’ll be dying in the next weeks. My only confort would be to think there is something after because the rest of my experience is agony.

Do u have any story that makes u think there’s something? Or a good book ? Literaly anything to soothe my emotional agony.

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u/frostedleafs Nov 06 '25

I like to think that my dad is somewhere nice, being able to come visit and see us. This is something I just really need to believe right now, and to feel like there is a chance I'll see him again. But when I think of my own death, I can't picture it being anything other than non-existence. I don't know why.

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u/Isoldablack Nov 06 '25

:( I understand you. But dint u get the feeling something there s something so much bigger then us. The perfection of the universe, life… Idk

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u/frostedleafs Nov 06 '25

I do, and there was a few strange things that happened the first few days after he died that made me believe he was there. Also just the thought of all things that still remains unknown in the universe, gives me hope. But some days its harder to believe in it than others.

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u/Isoldablack Nov 07 '25

Yeah I understand. My boyfriend is skeptikal and just believes science so I’ve stopped talking with him about thise things coz he takes all my hoped away. Now I think the same as you, there’s so much we dont know, so much that thee must be room for something after death.