Many people are afraid of death in one way or another. What will be on the other side and will there be anything at all? Many researchers are also interested in this issue, and they are actively conducting various experiments. Will we understand our demise and how people who have experienced clinical death feel - let's try to figure it out.
He hovered above himself
The BBC reports that in 2011, a strange incident occurred in a British hospital. They tried to save a man at the age of 57 after losing consciousness and wanted to insert a catheter. But during this action, the patient's heart stopped. Doctors tried to restore a person's life with a defibrillator and did it.
The patient experienced clinical death and later reported hearing the voices of doctors. Moreover, a 57-year-old Englishman described a certain woman at the ceiling who called him, and then he himself began to hover over his own body. The veracity of the story cannot be verified and we will leave it on the conscience of the BBC journalist.
In any case, studies were conducted with 2000 patients who experienced clinical death. Of these, 16% were resurrected and specialists managed to talk to a hundred people. It turned out that few people see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Hallucinations and fear, plants and animals
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About half of the respondents could remember what happened to them after cardiac arrest. And, as a rule, the "picture" was not connected with what was happening in reality and was more like a dream or hallucination. At the same time, people could retell the doctors' conversations in snatches.
Some reported experiencing intense fear and horror, while others saw plants and animals. About 22% of people felt calm. Most spoke about disorientation in time and a certain state of detachment from their own body. Probably, people understood that they were close to death, or even left this world.
The vision of the dying was associated with a person's personality and religion. The Christian usually saw God, and someone talked about violence and retribution. The poorly understood sense of déjà vu also haunted people who suffered clinical death.
Heart and brain don't die at the same time
But how to explain the fact that after a cardiac arrest a person continues to think and feel at the very least? It turned out that clinical death does not immediately affect the brain. Moreover, cardiac arrest does not mean immediate failure of all other organs. It turned out that the brain is quite active for itself without a fully functional heart. Yes, some areas die off, but no more.
Blood does not flow to the brain, and its work only slows down, but does not stop completely. Usually, complete death of the body occurs several hours after heart failure. Israeli doctors suggest that the region of the brain responsible for memories dies last, so the patient can understand his demise well.
It will be extremely difficult to explain the true nature of those visions that a person experiences. No one really knows how memories “emerge” in consciousness and transform into something else. Even the origin of dreams is still not clear and it is still impossible to predict a specific "picture" in the mind. One thing is almost certain - you will feel your death.