What does a person feel before death?

Reflections on the theme of life and death have always occupied the human mind. Before the development of science had to be content with only religious explanations, now medicine is able to explain many processes occurring in the body at the end of life. But that's what a dying person feels or a person in a coma before he dies, until he says exactly what will happen. Of course, some data are available due to the stories of survivors of clinical death , but it can not be said that these impressions will be completely analogous to the sensations in real dying.

Death - what does a person feel before her?

All experiences that can occur at the time of loss of life can be divided into physical and mental. In the first group, everything will depend on the cause of death, so consider what is felt before it in the most common cases.

1. Drowning . First, laryngospasm occurs because of water trapped in the lungs, and when it starts to fill the lungs, there is a burning sensation in the chest. Then, from lack of oxygen, consciousness goes away, a person feels calm, then the heart stops and the brain dies.
2. Blood loss . If a large artery is damaged for death it takes a few seconds, it is possible that a person will not even have time to feel pain. If such large vessels are not damaged, and no help is provided, the process of dying will last for several hours. At this time, in addition to panic, shortness of breath and thirst will be felt, after losing 2 liters of 5, there will be a loss of consciousness.
3. Heart attack . Severe prolonged or recurrent pain in the chest, which is a consequence of oxygen deficiency. Pain can be spread to the hands, throat, stomach, lower jaw and back. Also, a person feels sick, there is shortness of breath and cold sweat. Death does not come instantly, so with timely help it can be avoided.
4. The fire . Strong pain from burns gradually subsided with an increase in their area due to damage to nerve endings and ejection of adrenaline, then pain shocks occur. But most often before death in a fire feel the same as with a lack of oxygen: burning and severe chest pain, there may be nausea, severe drowsiness and short-term activity, then paralysis and loss of consciousness. This is because fires usually kill off carbon monoxide and smoke.
5. The fall from the height . Here, the sensations can be different depending on the final damage. Most often, when falling from 145 meters and more, death occurs within a few minutes after landing, so there is a possibility that adrenaline will lubricate all other sensations. The lower altitude and nature of the landing (hit head or feet - there is a difference) can reduce the number of injuries and give hope for life, in this case the spectrum of sensations will be wider, and the main one will be pain.

As you can see, often before the very death of pain or not at all, or significantly reduced through adrenaline. But he can not explain why the patient before death does not feel pain before death, if the process of leaving for another world was not rapid. Often it happens that heavy patients on their last day get out of bed, begin to recognize their relatives and feel a surge of energy. Doctors explain this by a chemical reaction to the drugs being administered or by the mechanism of capitulation of the organism before the disease. In this case, all the protective barriers fall, and the forces that go to fight the disease are released. As a result of disconnected immunity, death occurs more quickly, and a person feels an improvement for a short time.

The state of clinical death

Now let's consider what kind of impressions the psychic "gives" during the parting with life. Here researchers rely on stories that have passed the state of clinical death. All impressions can be divided into the following 5 groups.

1. Fear . Patients talk about a feeling of overwhelming horror, a sense of persecution. Some say that they saw coffins, had to undergo a ceremony of burning, tried to swim.
2. Bright light . It is not always he, as in the famous cliche, at the end of the tunnel. Some felt that they were in the center of the glow, and then it subsided.
3. Images of animals or plants . People saw real and fantastic living beings, but they felt a sense of peace.
4. Relatives . Other joyful feelings are due to the fact that patients have seen close people, sometimes dead.
5. Déjà vu, view from above . Often people told that they knew exactly what happened next, and they happened. Also, other feelings were often aggravated, the impression of time was distorted and there was a sense of separation from the body.

Scientists believe that all this is closely related to the person's world view: deep religiosity can give an impression of communication with the saints or god, and the enthusiastic gardener will rejoice at the sight of flowering apples. But to say what a person feels in a coma before dying is much more difficult. Perhaps his feelings will be similar to the above. But it is worth remembering the different types of such a state that can provide different experiences. Obviously, when fixing brain death, the patient will not see anything, but other cases are the subject of study. For example, a group of researchers from the United States tried to communicate with patients in a coma and evaluated brain activity. On some stimuli a reaction occurred, as a result, it was possible to receive signals that could be interpreted as monosyllabic responses. Probably, in case of death from such a situation a person can survive different states, only their degree will be lower, since many functions of the organism have already been violated.