>>8593553Man, I have a lot of awful memories too, especially when I was a kid, but that doesn't mean erasing myself forever is the solution. I have largely moved on from the past since then, and I won't lie saying I'm living some normie tier happy life, but it at least confirms that I can move away from my past problems. It's not just that you'll forget everything from your life, but rather the idea that you will no longer be around, and that inevitable fate takes your conciousness god knows where, if there's even anything left of you at all, that thought itself is morbidly depressing when you get deep into it.
Now, there are legitimate reasons not to like the idea of having a existing conciousness forever, and the first one would be that it would probably start getting boring and predictable by the time you reach 1000 years or maybe even earlier. Still, it's desirable to to keep the status quo, because the alternative being not existing anymore forever is a very terrifying thought and not one that any of us are used to. I for one, can only hope there is a god out there and an afterlife.
