What does it feel like to die?
100133
Obviously, I wouldn't be able to give you a firsthand account, but my mother died last autumn from cancer. I was with her the last 3 weeks of her life day and night and I can tell you what it was like when she died. \nWhen my mother was released from hospital to be able to die at home she got better for nearly two weeks, eating a bit more every day, feeling better and stronger and being able to enjoy a beautiful time with her family. \nSome three days before her death she started being in pain especially at night. The first night we did not have efficient painkillers and it was terrible. She suffered very much. We luckily were getting in touch with a hospice service next day and she was supplied with a little pump that would release morphine into her bloodstream on demand when she needed it. I do not believe she could have died at home otherwise, the pain was very bad and watching her suffer was nearly impossible. With the pump she felt fine. I do not believe she was more than uncomfortable until she finally died. \nThat first night of pain her breathing changed. It became shallower and louder, as if she could not get enough breath. It was a bit hacking and irregular. It staid like this until her death three days later. She did not seem in pain or terribly inconvenienced by it and did not complain of not having enough air. \nThe last day of her life her legs were filling with water, she was swelling up from her toes to her hips. Again, this did not seem to cause discomfort. It is quite typlical when you die. \nThe evening of the beginning of her death her breathing got more laboured and she asked us to help her sit up straight and pull her arms up front so she could breathe more deeply - at that point she felt a shortage of breath. \nShe wasn't in any pain and was awake til her brother and my older sister came to see her, we had called them in the morning to call them to her deathbed. After she had seen them and said hello and goodbye, she lost consciousness at aroun d 10 pm and never regained it til she died at 10 am. \nThe dying itself was terrible but I believe mostly for us, not for her. Even though her body was destroyed by cancer it did not want to give up and her heart remained strong and just kept on beating. Her breathing was hard and would occasionaly stop but always start again. 11 hours after she lost consciousness did her heartbeat finally get weaker and her blood pressure dropped. Slowly her body temperature sank  and then she finally died. \nShe had not been alone at any point in the last three days of her life and after talking with all the others that were around in that time (half of my family are doctors and nurses) her death was as quiet and peaceful as you can hope for. \nI am sorry if this is not assuring, but it didn't feel terrible either. \nI wish you and your mother all the best
822650
No.  Dying can be painful & even when it's peaceful, the process isn't like sleeping.  What happens after may well be like sleeping forever, but nothing has been proven yet & everyone can only speculate.
338004
Actually, dying is quite easy.\n\nIt's so easy, in fact, no one has ever avoided it.\n\nThough I agree that we should all get used to is and simply accept it.  I also agree that when we die, that's it.  All that's left is what we leave in newspapers and our loved one's memories.\n\nFor me, that's more than enough.
308769
You will live for a while and then die. You will experience joy and heartache and frustration. You will meet new people, and see bad things in the news. You will experience moments of great depression. You will sometimes get ill.
439603
A near death experience is when someone momentarily dies (heart stops beating, stop breathing, etc.).  During this time of being dead the person experiences things that may hint to where they will be going for eternity.  Some have said they felt heat and seen lots of red, very dark and scary figures and just a terribly frightening ordeal.  Others, have a sense of peace, brightness, calm, etc.  The person then returns to life and is able to remember and share what they experienced.  \n\nAs a paramedic, I've seen this sort of thing first hand while working on people who have had heart attacks or major trauma.  They don't happen very often nor to very many people but there are a numerous amount of stories.  I'm sure some are real and others are fake.\n\nThe majority of the ones that have a very Unpleasant near death experience, typically end up re-evaluating their lives and begin to question if they are truly living their life they way they should be.  After-all, no one wants to go through those type of feelings for eternity.  It's bad enough having to go through them for a brief moment in time.
90824
sorry to say it, but painful death is the answer. If that's your fate, please accept my sympathy.
835573
i feel like "ASKING FOR A PARACHUTTE AND JUMP OFF THE PLANE WHILE SHOUTING 'I DONT WANT TO DIE!!!'"
97206
The real question is how do you know if you are dead.
411137
the feeling of emptiness
682018
The only death experience i will be having is, When i die and go to Heaven. It will be so much better there. Home with my Lord.
328847
i never  have,but my mother did,,,,her heart stopped for 20 minutes.and they brought her back,2 hours later she was awake talking in the er,the doctors told us usually when someone is flat line that long they  go into coma and usually doesn't come out,but she did,,,,,she didn't remember  what happened,and the family had asked the doctors and nurses not to tell her she had basically died,well,leave it to someone,,,,one nurse came in and said ,well you did die!!.this upset my mother,cause she didn't remember what had happened,she  asked us allot of questions and so on,,we talked with her  about the  death thing,and she didn't recall anything,except the most beautiful feeling of peace,as she  got better(her heart) she started to have strange feelings,due to the fact she had died and came back,she said it wasn't natural,she believed she should have went on to  another place,she told us she just didn't feel the same anymore about being alive,,,she never said she wanted to die again or anything,just it wasn't normal for her to be here,a few weeks later she signed papers to do no resuscitate at all.she  felt if it was her time to go the doctors should just let nature take its course.well she lived on a bout 6 months.. she was doing really well,and then one night she just passed in her sleep..so now,we all feel  she has went back to  the  beautiful most peaceful place she once had found..
450889
I have passed out at the sight of blood dozens of times over the past 15 years. I don't know that it can be put into words , but I will attempt it. When I begin to faint physically I feel dizzy, cold and hot simultaneously, and mildly nauseous. Mentally/emotionally I feel scared about getting to a safe place like on the floor if I faint. As I faint I get this sickening feeling maybe physical maybe emotional I can't describe it - like my control of my body and consciousness are being forcibly pulled away and forced to "shut down". \nIt is a terrible experience that I wouldn't wish on anyone.
387976
We start dying as soon as we are born. I think death is a part of life and one has to accept it. I had a close call with death thrice in my life but still never have nightmares about it. I am not scared of death nor do I invite it. All I know is that I will accept it peacefully when it comes. If I do expect something in my life related to death it will just be a peaceful and painless death. Something like dying in a moment without suffering with the pain for long.
231040
My initial reaction would depend on how and why she died.  But ultimately, it's just an overwhelming feeling of emptiness, anger, and sadness.  My father died in July 2005, his birthday was yesterday. Although he was sick, his death was sudden and unexpected.  I don't think that you ever really get over it.
319099
I died when I was 9, just for 2 minutes and then I came back. It was not scarey at all. Stop being so morbid and enjoy life while you have it. You are not feeling death, you are depressed or bi polar, you need to see a therapist.
104826
you wont be breathing.\nyou can't eat.\nyou can't see.\nyou wont be thinking.\nyour loved ones will be sad.\nyou wont be able to do any phyical stuff..\n--x--\nfurther - really got no clue cos no one who's dead ever came bak n told me how it was !
1092736
To die without pain or knowledge of it.