What does it feel like to die?
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Depends on HOW you die, I suppose. Not too pleasant if you get shot or something, but if it's in your sleep I suppose it's not too painful.
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In spite of having nearly died on several occasions, I still can't say that I can honestly answer this question to you or to myself.\n\nIn a couple of cases, my transition from conscious to unconscious and near death was so swift that I had no time for "conscious" fear, although what I experienced between "slipping away" and being resuscitated was at the least interesting and at the worst extremely distressing.\n\nWhen I drowned, I had some of what we loosely call near death experiences.  I became calm, unaware of any bodily sensation, and the last thing I saw with my eyes was the water around me, which seemed peaceful.  Then I was somewhere else, witnessing scenes from my early childhood (I was eleven at the time). Then there was a scene where I was a child playing in our back yard, and my mother came to the back door, called my name and told me to come back, that it was not time for me to go. This scene was followed by a state of complete terror, and a confused kind of semiconsciouness -- best I can describe it.  That was the point that where my rescuers reached me.  What followed after that was best described as total pandemonium, and I was told later that at that point I was fighting the rescuers and almost pulled one down with me.  He told me that he was so exhausted that he feared for his life.  He had sprint-swimmed over 100 meters to reach me, and when I struggled it sapped his remaing energy.  Fortunately, there were two who came to my aid, and the second was able to help restrain me. They got me to shore, and I had coughed out a lot of water and was breathing again.  All three of us were unable to stand for several minutes -- our knees were like rubber.  The one who I nearly took down with me, he is my brother.  We never spoke of this to our parents or anyone, and for years never spoke of it ourselves.  \n\nMore recently, I was hospitalized for a severe pulmonary illness.  I stopped breathing twice in the ER.  Both events were horrible experiences.   I convulsed and felt like every fiber of my being was being ripped apart.  During one of the events, I felt that I was literally torn from my body and pulled upwards by an invisible force.  All the while I was fighting (in my mind) to exert all my will to force myself not to die, to start breathing again.  I had no other thoughts except one -- this is really going to suck if I die like this, right now.\n\nI'm still here, and I hope I stick around awhile.  I am more aware of my mortality than I'd reckon any average person may be, but I still cannot honestly say if I "fear" death or not.  All I can say is I now accept its inevitability, and in that sense, I no longer dread it.  So, maybe I don't fear it. \n\nWhat I do fear is leaving life before I feel ready.  I'm still relatively young, and feel I have things to be done ere I go.
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It feels like everything goes black. And then you wake up. You know... sleeping.\n\nPS Good works get you to heaven.
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you die lol\ni really dont know what happens
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Hi, \n\nYou die, as far as I'm concerned...\n\nCheers!!
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I want to die in bed.  When I die that is.
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i would. i want to see what it's like to see what the wait for death is for. why so many people think it is horrible. i think death is only horrible for people who's loved one dies.\nthat's a great question. are you like a psychiatrist?\nif not you should consider.\ni'm serious.
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It's a tricky question, because people can feel they have nothing left at many points in a long life. They look to death as the logical step, and some of them take it, but a lot of them wait, and something else does appear.\n\nIf you'd done everything there was to do in life, absolutely every activity, you could die, but you could also find a partner and raise a family quietly. If that wasn't enough of an experience for you, at least hanging around to see what the grandchildren looked liked and give them advice would be a service to your family.\n\n\nOn the other hand, if you were physically incapable of doing anything, perhaps bound in a hospital bed, and there was no chance of recovery, death might seem a lot more appealing, especially if the condition was going to get more painful. Still, I remember a story about a man in a hospital bed- all he could move was his eye. He learnt to blink in morse code, and wrote a novel. \n\nI think, really seriously, that there are always more things to do and more people to meet, it's just our attitude can get us feeling that there's nothing left do. That's when we need to stay cool for a while and get our mind back in order. For the depressed person- what if you would have found a way to feel better the week after you died? For the jaded experience junky- what if the week after you died something more amazing than anything you'd ever done appeared into your life? Finally, for someone who's just bored of doing the same things everyday- don't be so lazy minded! Forget death, and start a new hobby.
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=pain so you would know you were alive.  If you were dead there would be no pain.  We are no given more than we bear and psychological pain is worse and more long lasting than physical pain, which can be treated with pain medication.
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You ARE going to die,... and it IS a fact.  Given that, what is there to come to terms WITH?\n\nAlmost anybody with any years behind them has pondered this question, and it's been my experience that most will give an answer that I can only describe as audacious (especially from the numerous 'quasi-brave' among the adolescent). \n\nMaybe a better question, then, would be:\nHave you come to terms with the subject of HOW you might die?...  What will it be, do you think:\n\nCancer, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, accidents, systemic diseases, suicide, homicide...?\n\nHow about a peaceful death?...\nI've worked in pathology labs for 20 years and, of all of the autopsies I assisted in, I've not seen one truly, without-a-doubt, bona fide 'peaceful' death.  Even the 'quiet' ones weren't all that peaceful...\n\nAlmost everyone will say that they "Don't fear The Reaper"...\n...and, who knows, --- maybe they don't.  \n\nBut deep down inside the hollow of one's soul, whether admitted or not, is the fear of His 'Scythe'... and whether or not it will be sharp or dull when He swings it at them...
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This is a tough question...\n\nFor me, I think that death and dying is part of life.  Its not very scary if you accept it and if you are ready for it.  But you have to understand the context that I am coming from.  I am in my mid thirties and a geriatrician.  Many of my older patients often comment: "I'm 89 years old, I had travelled the world, I have a good family and I am ready to die."  She is ready to die because she has reconciled her life and accepted the fact that this is the nature of things.  She is a reassured that when the time comes I will do everything in my power to keep her comfortable and that she will not suffer in this process of dying.  She is not scared of death.\n\nFor younger people,  I think that death itself is not scary but the part that is scary is the unknown.  I remember a 40 year old woman who was dying from metastatic ovarian cancer.  What scared her the most is not knowing what's going to happen to her young children - their ages were 10 and 12. She was scared of not being there for them.  In the process of dying, there is a great sense of lost and of being rob of the experience of life, whether this is seeing your children grow up, feeling the joy of being a grandparent, or experiencing the growth of her children.  The fear of dying in this case encompasses a sense of injustice and of lost both of time and experiences.\n\nTraditionally, the process of grieving and dying involves 5 stages: 1)denial and isolation 2)anger 3)bargaining 4)depression and 5)acceptance.  People can be scared to die but ultimately accept it.
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Crushing chest pain, shortness of breath, either arm discomfort, jaw or throat tightness or pain, nausea, dizziness, and a feeling of doom. Serious on the doom thing...
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You feel miserable and sad.\nYou feel exhausted a lot of the time with no energy .\nYou feel as if even the smallest tasks are sometimes impossible.\nYou seldom enjoy the things that you used to enjoy-you may be off sex or food or may 'comfort eat' to excess.\nYou feel very anxious sometimes. \n\nYou don't want to see people or are scared to be left alone. Social activity may feel hard or impossible.\n\nYou find it difficult to think clearly.\n\nYou feel like a failure and/or feel guilty a lot of the time.\n\nYou feel a burden to others.\n\nYou sometimes feel that life isn't worth living. \n\nYou can see no future. There is a loss of hope. You feel all you've ever done is make mistakes and that's all that you ever will do.\nYou feel irritable or angry more than usual.\n\nYou feel you have no confidence.\n\nYou spend a lot of time thinking about what has gone wrong, what will go wrong or what is wrong about yourself as a person. You may also feel guilty sometimes about being critical of others (or even thinking critically about them).\nYou feel that life is unfair.\n\nYou have difficulty sleeping or wake up very early in the morning and can't sleep again. You seem to dream all night long and sometimes have disturbing dreams.\n\nYou feel that life has/is 'passing you by.'\n\nYou may have physical aches and pains which appear to have no physical cause, such as back pain.\n\nIt's this wealth of depression symptoms, and the broad scope that confuses many people as to what depression actually is. Explanations rarely cover all the symptoms, and everybody's experience is different.
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you die, you cease to be, you snuff it. simple as. who cares really, when you die you're dead.
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YOU WILL NOT DIE SOON..But you have a serious problem with depression and associated anxiety and maybe you experience also panick attacks. If you are still a teenager, I strongly would advise you to see a good doctor and take some good anti-depressant, as Paxil, Zoloft ( within 2 weeks on it , you'll feel absolutely different), Venflaxine. Be aware that THAT WILL HELP YOU AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET RID OF THE IDEA THAT YOU ARE GOING TO DIE.\nAs to why people live and die, it is the normal process of the life and though we may not like it, it's the only one possible. If you believe in God, maybe some of us go in Hell and some in Heaven.\nTrust me, you need some medication and support.\nHave a more peaceful time!
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DUDE.. If I wanted to know when I was going to die, I would go ahead and just kill myself and get it over with.  Knowing when you will die takes all the mystery and wonder out of life.  Not knowing is the greatest gift of all
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I worry about the pain I will have when my mum passes.. it kills me to think about it.. I love her so much and feels like I can't live with out her, I don't care about money as much as I care for her.. I love her so much that I couldn't let her go.. it hurts just to think about it and I don't want that day to come..\nshe is the light in my life, she picks me up when I am down and she feels what I have in mind with out even saying it..\nShe is all I have on earth and worry I will die after her from sadness..\n\nWishing you the best of luck,\n\nGarry