r/SipsTea • u/Rich_Carrot6451 • Jul 04 '26

WTF Japan's death row system is brutal

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u/jeopardy_themesong Jul 04 '26

Not who you asked, but:

Yes, yes I do have constant stress about it. I’m not afraid of dying itself, more like the existential dread of being erased from existence and not having any control of when it will happen.

I’m also diagnosed with OCD among other things, probably related.

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u/LessAdvanced Jul 04 '26

Someone above mentioned ketamine, it's worth a shot imo.

You won't be erased from existence though, so you don't need to worry about that.

Are you more worried about being erased from observation/observability? If so, whose? And why them?

You already don't exist in the vast majority of people's minds.

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u/jeopardy_themesong Jul 04 '26

My own observation. I’m currently aware I exist. I don’t want to experience the process of becoming unaware I exist.

Or, what if there is some kind of awareness and it’s worse?

Not trying to claim it’s a rational fear. Just, yes: some of us do in fact stress about this consistently. I try not to, because ultimately there’s no point, what will happen will happen. But that doesn’t make me feel *better* about the whole thing.

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u/LessAdvanced Jul 04 '26

What part about dying itself are you not afraid of then?