‘What is it like to die?’ is a thought we have all wondered at some point in our life.
After all, although we might not want to, it will happen to us all at some stage.
Will it be painful or will it be quick is what we really want to know.
Of course, it is impossible to ever really know as no one is able to come back from the dead and share all.
However, the closest we can come is from people who have by all purposes in science technically ‘died’ but have miraculously been revived.
And six of those have shared their experiences to give an insight in what it is like to ‘die’, reports Mirror Onine.
1. ‘I saw a montage of my life’
In 2018 Monitormonkey revealed that five years previously he had undergone major surgery during which he bled out, causing him to be dead for several minutes.
“I woke up in what looked like space but there weren’t any stars or light. I wasn’t floating so to speak, I was just there.
“I wasn’t hot or cold, hungry or tired – just a peaceful neutral kind of thing. I knew there was light and love somewhere nearby but I had no urge or need to go to it right away.
“I remember thinking over my life, but it wasn’t like a montage. More like I was idly flipping through a book and snippets stood out here and there.
“Whatever it was, it changed my thoughts on a few things. I am still afraid to die, but I’m not worried about what happens after that.”
2. ‘I saw my dead brother’
Schneidah7 was thrown from his motorbike while cruising at 50 mph and was medically dead when he was taken to hospital.
As he lay in the road before the ambulance came, he recalled someone he knew encouraging him.
“I just remember being on the pavement and things slowly going black and quiet.
“The only reason I didn’t fall asleep was because of a bizarre moment where I heard someone yelling, ‘Come on man, get up. Get up. GET UP!’
“Then someone was slapping my helmet (which was basically smushed really hard onto my head).
“When I opened my eyes I saw my brother squatting on the pavement next me to. This was odd because my brother died from an overdose several years ago.
“The only other thing I remember is him glancing at his watch and saying something like ‘They’ll be here soon’ and then walking away.
“I wish I could give more detail but I honestly don’t remember much of the incident and still have trouble with my memory as a result of the accident.”
3. ‘I saw a garden and a playground’
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While many users described their ‘death’ as being like a void, IDiedForABit had a very different experience after an allergic reaction which caused their heart to stop.
“I remember a feeling of being sucked backwards, extremely slowly, like being pulled through water and this blackness fading in and out.
“At one point it faded back in and I was staring out at a garden.
“It wasn’t filled with flowers, just dust and patchy grass. There was a playground with a merry-go-round in the middle and two children running around it. A boy and a girl.
“It’s difficult to describe but I got the feeling I could choose if I wanted to stay or leave, but every time I tried to go back I was held in place.
“I went through all the reasons I wanted to go back, and when I told the presence I didn’t want to abandon my mother whatever held me finally let go.
“I snapped back into my body. My heart had stopped for six minutes.”
“Apparently, each time they shocked me back I ‘woke up’ (how it felt) and told the staff a different knock-knock joke each time.
“No lights or whatever, just felt like sleep.”
4. Hitting snooze
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As a teenager, TheDeadManWalks had been going through months of chemotherapy when his nose started bleeding uncontrollably.
Due to a sepsis and Clostridium difficile infection, his condition worsened, and he slipped in and out of death, which he describes beautifully.
“The worst part of it all, looking back, is how peaceful it can seem.
“It’s like wanting to hit the snooze button on your alarm at 7am.
“And maybe you do hit it once or twice but then you remember that you have work or school and that sleep can wait because you’ve still got stuff to do.”
5. ‘It felt like sleep’
altburger69’s brush with death didn’t stop them from cracking jokes.
“Had a heart attack last year and my heart stopped three times in the emergency room.
“Apparently, each time they shocked me back I ‘woke up’ (how it felt) and told the staff a different knock-knock joke each time.
“No lights or whatever, just felt like sleep.”
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6. ‘It was a blackout’
In the aftermath of a motorbike accident, Rullknuf’s breathing and pulse stopped and he went “cramp and stiff”. After two minutes, his friend managed to resuscitate him.
“For me it was just a blackout. No dreams, no ‘visions, just nothing.
“Apparently I asked over ten times what happened and apparently I shall be happy to be alive today.”
