Where do we go when we die? I'm mostly concerned about the afterlife being a place of suffering that is incomprehensibly painful, not like the traditional idea of hell with fire and brimstone, but something...worse. I've tried discussing my fear with my family but they are religious people and believe in the typical heaven/hell scenario, so that goes nowhere. I can't afford a therapist. So I'm stuck here alone with my thoughts and I'm coming to you. Help me come to my senses, I'm terrified of what might come after. I want to believe that we permanently lose our consciousness after death, but I don't know, I could be wrong