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Does anyone else suffer from the delusion that after they die, they get to become someone else and take over their body?

A little background: I'm an atheist (ex-muslim) and find the idea that there's nothing after death horrifying.

So, what my mind came up with is the idea that after death, I don't fade away into nothingness, but instead get to become someone else.

This is different from reincarnation as I'm not a newborn, but someone who already exists and is a full fledged adult. So I can be someone more successful, attractive, richer, etc than what I am now post-mortem.

Deep down I know it's a delusion and a coping mechanism for my brain to cope with death, but I still tell it to myself regardless. Anyone else do the same?

Posted Jan 25, 2026, 12:20 PM UTC

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