What does dying feel like?
Saturday, 13 October 2007 22:23 GMT
IF you have ever wondered what dying feels like, you will find your interest in the New Scientist article, How does it feel to die?.
The article describes various dying processes in great detail. These include drowning (which I find particularly intriguing: 55% of drowning victims were good swimmers and died within 30 to 90 seconds a mere 3 metres from safey), bleeding (which is described as more alarming than painful), and falling from great heights (which is the nastiest way to die).
The author rightly warns that the article may not be appropriate to everyone lest they suffer a stroke. Which, incidentally, is also covered.
Eddy.
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Are you saying that if you had a choice, you would choose drowning ? :-)
My view on death: We won’t know what it’s exactly like until we die, but once dead, we cannot pass on this knowledge.
Comment by Patrick Ng — Sunday, 14 October 2007 01:02 GMT #
No Thanks! Life is too much fun too die!
Comment by chervine — Sunday, 14 October 2007 06:51 GMT #
PATRICK, These dying processes are based on accounts given by people who have had near-death experiences. “Near-death” is characterised by the loss of consciousness which precedes the brain shutting down in the process of dying.
Eddy.
Comment by Eddy — Sunday, 14 October 2007 11:20 GMT #
i am the dead i have bin for over 400 years me and my
parish obliveis we are the darkness you can join if you wish
for we will never die as long as we drink the blood of the
humen
Comment by creed — Tuesday, 25 March 2008 15:11 GMT #
To tell you the truth, thinking about it is sure is terryfying but when it does happen to you and your unprepared there is a moment when you can feel that the time actually slowed down which feels like 1 second becomes like a minute and then you your brain goes blank completly. You only hear your thoughts in your head as it speaks slowly for a while. Then you notice that your surroundings all becomes calmer and you don’t really feel anything. But if you survived that moment and realized that your stil alive , pretty sure that your body will be pretified for a while and you will sure reflect whats your life is worth. Thats how death feels like and the moment you really are saved by the bell. Becareful though, it changes you completly if you do survive it.
Comment by Seth — Tuesday, 21 October 2008 17:52 GMT #
I tried it and not to brag or anything, but I miss the feeling of knowing that its all about to end.
Comment by Sarah — Saturday, 21 February 2009 11:43 GMT #
It feels differently when you are dying in a different ways.I am a doctor and I have seen many people dying.For instance, those patients who have asthmatic attack suffer very much pain in acute sense,patients of cancer die slowly and gradually(they suffer the most emotionally and physicallly for prolonged periods) and than there are those who are brought in shock state and they dye like nothing happened to them at all !
My point is that how do you feel just before or at the time of death depends on your previous state.Hope I have explained it well enough what I am trying to say.
Comment by HASSAN — Friday, 30 July 2010 19:04 GMT #