[deterministic]

Realise that you will never experience being dead. The same way that you didn’t experience anything before being born. So there is nothing to fear. Appreciate that you are one in billions of unborn people that get to experience life! So enjoy it and don’t waste time worrying about things you can’t change anyway.

[WhiteBlueSkies]

Really, how about the transition from alive to dead?

[deterministic]

You experienced the transition from not being born to being born. And from not existing to existing. And yet I am pretty sure you don’t remember any of it.

Same with falling asleep. At some point you are awake and at some other point you wake up from having slept. Death is like falling asleep. That’s why sleep in some cultures is called the “little death”. You practice dying every night.

[WhiteBlueSkies]

No, the transition from not being born to being born is not comparable to the suffering of dying.

We don't remember any of it because pain doesn't necessarily transfer to memory. I agree that death is like falling asleep and never waking up but you don't suffer hopelessly before you fall asleep. Many that are dying do.

My aunt was hopeless during the dying process. There were no singing angels, no great grace descended. It's not a magical experience, it's ugly and continuous suffering before you fall asleep and never wake up.

How could it no be, you will never see your children again. The party continues and you are abandoned for forever.