# Reincarnation is my woo belief. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 4, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reincarnation-is-my-woo-belief/570118 "2011-02-04T04:14:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reincarnation-is-my-woo-belief/570118/21 "2011-02-05T03:18:39Z")
> [@CatherineZeta](#): > > Well, sort of- I obviously have no proof. I just really wish it could be true. I feel like this is a symptom of mild depression/stress though. Before I jump into the following I should state that I am **not, I repeat, NOT** suicidal or anything. I’ve just been having serious post college financial problems which my parents can’t really help with, and sometimes I wish I could just curl up in a ball and wake up in another life. > > Obviously these thoughts occur in my spare time- I am actively trying to change my situation such as looking for a better job and considering moving. > > But I guess it’s just so hard to accept the finality of death for myself…I feel like if I were to truly go bananas and jump off a bridge, I should wake up again as someone else. I know that’s as crazy of a thought as jumping off a bridge is, but I can’t help it. I’d be terrified though that I’d be born again as someone in a third world/war torn nation or something like that. Financial problems aside, I realize how lucky I am to be living this life that I have and that compared to other people’s problems this is trivial (who doesn’t have financial issues at this point? And that’s ignoring the plight of those who actually DO live in third world war torn nations). > > This is truly mundane and pointless…I hope this makes sense to some degree…maybe this is just my bizarre coping mechanism? It reads to me like reincarnation is a bit of escapism for you. I do that a lot too. I tend to get involved in projects and fantasies and the like that distract me from my problems. Further the otherside of death has been something I’ve been curious about. I too would like to believe there’s something more than nothingness. The idea of nothingness scares me because it means no new experiences, only loss of self and missing out everything that happens. Maybe it’s greedy but I want more than 80 years on this planet. Reincarnation, or any benevolent thing after death would mean more time. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reincarnation-is-my-woo-belief/570118/22 "2011-02-05T03:38:36Z")
> [@CatherineZeta](#): > > Thank you. > > That reminds me though of something Penn said on _Bullshit_\*\*, during the Alternative Medicine episode someone was like, “But why can’t we just let people do it if it makes them feel good?” and Penn was like, “Yeah! Why don’t we just snort cocaine since it makes us feel good!” > > I know you weren’t being sarcastic like Penn, it just reminded me of what he said. Penn is quite the smartass isn’t he? 🙂 But there’s a huge difference isn’t there? Your belief in reincarnation isn’t hurting anyone. I see it as more of a preference for one flavor over another. I have tried to explain my beliefs now about ten times but I keep erasing it. It’s even woo-ier than yours, and I’m about as atheisty as an atheist can be. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reincarnation-is-my-woo-belief/570118/23 "2011-02-05T03:41:33Z")
> [@CatherineZeta](#): > > I guess I wasn’t making sense. Logically I understand that there is probably no such thing as reincarnation, when you’re dead, you’re dead and that’s it. But a part of me has difficulty accepting that, and were I to be on my death bed part of me would be half expecting to become someone else. > > It’s like the part of me that wishes there were a god(s) even though I’m an atheist. I’ve wished the same many times. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reincarnation-is-my-woo-belief/570118.md?page=1)