Story Yesterday I got a first hand taste of what death feels like when they sedated me with too much anesthesia.

[wereq.feelsdevil]

Death is nothing but loss of consciousness. When we are conscious, we feel alive because of all the sensations we take in not just from the external world but also the internal system of our body. All the sensations of stomach gurgling, air intake/outflow and chest expansion/depression from breathing, heart beats, and all the minor sophisticated movements we make with our joints all contribute to this overall feeling of being alive.

However, as I had just begun to wake up from the heavy anesthetic they put me under, I could feel my entire body frozen and my respiration had become very shallow. My senses were barely there by a thread. As time passed, I could start to feel my bodily sensations again, thread by thread. That's when I realized and experienced what death is like. Death is nothing more than loss of consciousness and the freezing up of the systems of the body.

Note that this is different from being asleep. When asleep or half-asleep, your breathing doesn't become shallow and depressed. Your joints don't become frozen which means you can still toss and turn in your bed. Your brain still works. However, when you're under anesthesia, there's risk of dying due to hypoxia or circulatory failure. This is why they give you oxygen and even ventilation support, and they also make you sign consent forms so that there's no legal liability on their part.

Having experienced this, I don't feel scared of dying anymore, because its nothing but total loss of consciousness.

 

[JustAnotherCynic]

... my brother in christ, I am dramatic, but you are describing being asleep as this tracendental experience .-.

 

[wereq.feelsdevil]

... my brother in christ, I am dramatic, but you are describing being asleep as this tracendental experience .-.

No this is different. When asleep or half-asleep, your breathing doesn't become shallow and depressed. Your joints don't become frozen. Your brain still works.

 

[wereq.feelsdevil]

... my brother in christ, I am dramatic, but you are describing being asleep as this tracendental experience .-.

 

[starcrapoo]

Entanglement I believe is the keyword when talking about consciousness, death, and life in general.

The human brain is able to entangle with the universe and that's how human levels of consciousness is achieved.

Theoretically if you had a device to house consciousness, that device could be a super being, or advanced alien.

We as humans like to anthropomorphize things and assume that life and civilization is center to the universe and I don't think this is the truth.

I believe consciousness is center to the universe and there are conscious entities all around us large and small, existing for long periods of time and some existing for millionths of a second only. A complex solar storm, a quasar, or an electrical storm in a gas giant is as much of a conscious entity as is an individual being involved in a car accident and having intense moments of consciousness.

Fear only makes sense for humans that have human levels of consciousness. I suppose a psychic or super being with high levels of consciousness is far less fearful. If you're entangled with the all knowing universe, you're more all knowing and less fearful.

 

[wereq.feelsdevil]

Entanglement I believe is the keyword when talking about consciousness, death, and life in general.

The brain is able to entangle with the universe and that's how human levels of consciousness is achieved.

Interesting idea.

 

[VλREN]

Am too low IQ for this

 

[LonerLothario]

thanks for this, I was always scared of my heart stopping, however, I read people who experienced it and they say they never even remember anything before it happened just here 1 second and gone the next... scary how thin the line is

 

[wereq.feelsdevil]

Am too low IQ for this

Under anesthesia, you almost stop breathing (compensated with oxygen provided through the nose), you are paralyzed, you can barely breathe, and you're unconscious. Its almost as if you're not there in the world at all. You're in a medically induced coma.

 

[wereq.feelsdevil]

I was always scared of my heart stopping, however, I read people who experienced it and they say they never even remember anything before it happened just here 1 second and gone the next... scary how thin the line is

Yeah that's it was for me when I was anesthetized. The exact moment of loss of my consciousness is unknown to me. One minute I was being prepped and setup, and then at some point, I lost all knowledge of my surroundings.