We’re all technically dead… this is what REALLY happens
- Dozens who have returned from the brink have shared their experiences
- Some cannot remember, while others have encounters with deceased relatives
What happens after death remains a mystery.
But dozens who have returned from the brink have shared their experiences — offering a fascinating glimpse into what could happen when that time finally arrives.
Some don’t remember anything, others have encounters with deceased relatives or describe a sense of “unmistakable peace.”
What happens after death remains a mystery. But some who have returned from the brink have shared their experiences
On discussion site Reddit, a user asked about the experience of those who were “clinically dead” and then resuscitated.
One person, with the username igottashare, said: ‘My heart stopped and all the muscles contracted. A nurse rushed over and repeated “Keep Calm” as they got out of the paddles and then nothing.
“I don’t remember being shocked. Three days later I woke up. I don’t remember anything in between.’
An individual user, posting under the name Horsecaulking, said: ‘I had an angiogram done, wide awake looking at the screen and talking to the doctor. Alarms started going off and everyone panicked.
My world went soft and misty and everything faded to black. The next thing I remember, I opened my eyes and heard a doctor say, “We got him back.” It was mostly a peaceful feeling.’
A third person, posted as JumpingBean12, said, “I was admitted for an emergency hysterectomy and they had to give me 11 units of blood.
‘The night after surgery I stopped breathing all the time and they told my partner that they expected me to go into cardiac arrest any minute.
“I remember seeing my late aunt sitting on the bed as I felt my spirit rise from the bed. She looked at me and said, “Damn, it’s not your time yet. Cut it off now!”.”
A user posting as Cutielov5 explained how they “died” from toxic shock syndrome.
They said, “There was an undeniable peace. It’s almost beyond description, nothing mattered, I could hear everything, but there was a moment where I knew I could let it go, and it wouldn’t hurt or matter, it would just be easy.
Before I know it, I’ll be back. I knew I was gone, but it wasn’t the right time. I am no longer afraid of death today. It makes it easier to accept now.’
Dr. Sam Parnia, a New York physician who has studied the moment of death for more than 20 years, said these moments are known as “recorded death experiences,” because people have actually been “in death.”
He said, “The reality is you can die, be dead, and then come back to life. So what happens is that these people have a real death experience.’
On what people think and feel while they are “in death,” Dr. Parnia said, “You start traveling to a place that you recognize as home, and we call it home because it means it’s somewhere you thought was you belonged. So you just go back.
‘In that state they relive their lives, reassess everything.
“It’s often misrepresented as your life flashing before you, but it’s a deep, conscious, purposeful, meaningful reevaluation.
“When you hurt people, you relive their exact pain. When you’ve done something that helped someone, you feel that joy.”