We recently wrote that researchers believe some people may stay up late due to fear of death. Regardless of whether this specifically concerns you or your loved ones, each of us tries to think less about death, the more painful. In the meantime, most deaths usually occur naturally and relatively without incident, but sometimes nature can be truly gruesome and brutal, leaving science with the unenviable task of separating how different types of death happen. It is thanks to the work of researchers that we can find out which type of death is the least preferred and why. Here we go?
What is the worst death?
So, out of all kinds of death, it is very difficult to choose the worst one. We spend a lot of energy in order not to think about death and not fall into sadness, but death at the moment is an inevitable part of life. However, there is still no scientific consensus on which types of deaths we should avoid. It is clear that life is full of accidents, but still this information will not be superfluous, what do you think?
Perhaps many people think about which death is worse than others. Today, the deaths that cause nightmares have some common characteristics, so you can collect different scientific points of view and try to answer the question - which death is worse than others.
This is exactly what the scientist Paul Doherty and the writer Cody Cassidy did. And yes, we have to warn you - in addition to dying from allergic reactions or being attacked by sharks, Doherty and Cassidy have come up with some incredible, albeit frightening, scenarios. Sometimes their answers may seem extremely unlikely and even impossible, so we will share with you only some of them, let's say, as close to reality as possible. Note that the list of the least possible ones included: death in the stomach of a whale, death from being shot from a cannon into Niagara Falls, and death in the event of a collision with a neutron star. All of the answers are published in their joint book called And then you're dead: What Really Happens If You Get Swallowed by a Whale, Are Shot from a Cannon, or Go Barreling over Niagara."
Death due to lack of sleep
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This is a very difficult goal to achieve, but still possible. Such a death cannot be called pleasant - the human body will react to a lack of sleep with an increase in blood pressure, mood changes, clouding of consciousness and hallucinations. The instinct for self-preservation will try to make a person fall asleep, but if they are awake for 11 days or more, organs will fail and the immune system will be disrupted, leading to inevitable death. Worst of all, lack of sleep makes us less tolerant of pain.
Death in a fire
There are different ways to burn yourself alive. You may be boiled, burned at the stake, or kept in a saucepan over the fire. Whatever one may say, burning alive is unbearable. Yes, this is one of the worst ways to die. The skin will begin to peel off, the muscles will burn, and the organs may begin to boil or collapse inside the body. As a result, one can bleed, suffocate, or die from shock and pain. Depending on the temperature of the air around the fire, your eyes may boil in your skull or burn until you are blind. Of course, such a death occurs in a state of fear and panic.
Death from dehydration
You may have read that if you are lost in the sea or the desert, dehydration will quickly kill you. However, dehydration does not always happen quickly. This can take up to six days, during which you will experience almost constant suffering. In a state of severe dehydration, the body begins to use water from vital organs. The brain loses a lot of water, and since the brain controls everything, it will begin to affect other organs. If this happens, you will have headaches and cramps all over your body, and before you die, you will fall into a coma. Until then, the body will no longer understand how to eliminate waste, so the blood will become more and more toxic. Eventually, the ability to urinate and awareness of what is actually happening will be lost.
Death in a falling elevator
If you do not lie on your back and stay on your feet as the lift falls, your internal organs may try to keep moving even if the rest of your body doesn’t. This can cause organs to leave the lower body and break the limbs after being hit. However, if the fall does not destroy the brain, a person can remain alive for a long time and see the contents of their stomach.
Death by hunger
The body stores fat when you eat, but when you starve, the body starts feeding on fat. And when it's over, it will start eating muscles. Then the body will gradually begin to weaken until the immune system fails, so a person can get sick with a variety of diseases. When muscles are completely depleted, vital organs disintegrate from the inside. But could it get worse? Without food, the body begins to attack the heart. If at this moment the person is still alive, death will come with cardiac arrest.
Lyubov Sokovikova