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Teachings and religion all try to prepare us for death but about the PAIN of DYING?

Many people have experienced the panic of swimming and trying to swim up to the surface of the water and feeling like you're not going to make it or having the wind knocked out of you and not being able to breathe. That quiet possible might be the worst feeling ever... but my thought is, what do you think you experience when you're dying? I know what will happen to me after I die (or at least I hope will happen) but one of my greatest fears is the pain I might experience dying. What are your thoughts?

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As I understand it, the actual pain of death is not much because your body kicks in some pretty good drugs. If you have experienced pain while living, why should the pain of dying frighten you?

My own death, even the pain, doesn't necessarily scare me. It's the death of those I love. Even if my death is painful, it'll be over soon, and then I'll be in heaven with Jesus. If any of my loved ones experience a painful death though... I hate to see others in pain. And the image of them in pain will be with me until I die. And what if they weren't saved? It's a lot to think about, and most of it isn't happy. :(

Yea, I'm not scared to die because i painted a pretty picture in head of what its going to be. I'm scared of what it will feel like. But theirs nothing you can do about it so just i just don't think about that part. I'm thinking is kinda like the light comes after the darkest part of the night, or some thing like that. Except the greatest peace comes after the greatest pain.

Dying PAIN should be no worries because shortly it shall be over, its living in pain that is the worst because it Never ends...

I'm a Christian, so I think about the pain Jesus experienced before His death. Which was probably absolutely horrible. I admire what He did for us. The pain He went through. I don't like pain, but if I'm about to receive the ultimate reward of experience the afterlife with God, I almost want an extremely painful death. It sounds morbid, but I just want to feel like I have earned the wonderful gift of heaven.

There is no "one size fits all" answer to this question, as every single person will have a completely different experience of death, and the events that lead up to it.

That's true, there shouldn't be any pain. The body is flooded with endorphins so that it's less traumatic. If anything, it sounds peaceful.

i have talked about this before you don't feel pain when you die.. its pain when you live.. its the fear of pain .. not death.. people get that mixed up..

My mother and I use to work in a hospital. She's been a nurse for over 25 years. When I was a kid I asked her a similar question, if people are in pain before they die. She told me that no matter how they die, right before they die they can't feel any physical pain at all. After working with her and being in an enviroment where alot of people die I would have to say I agree. Afew moments before, or even just that one brief moment before they feel no pain. But, I don't think that's worth much, if it helps you feel better about the inevitable event that more power to you. Either way, it's gonna happen no matter what and until ya get there none of us will know for sure and when we do we won't be around to talk about it, I guess we'll all just have to wait and see.

I have no fear of death, because I know what's waiting for me. But I do have a fear of pain, and of the actual process of death itself. I've had that experience (being underwater and not being able to breathe or swim) and it really affected me -- so much so that I haven't been in water since. I'd pretty much lay down my life for anyone or anything I care about or love, as long as it was a quick painless death... I don't know about torture... But as long as you did die soon, then the pain wouldn't really matter. At least for me, I know it would be worth it. But that doesn't mean I would enjoy it... PS Looking back over this post, I"m not sure if it actually makes any sense. But whatever.

When I had my near death experience a calm came over me and I did what I needed to do to not die. I kid you not it happened in slow motion. I had to drive myself to the hospital which was a good distance away (I live in a rural area and was alone). Of course as soon as I made it inside I went into shock and could not breathe, but it was still not what I would have expeced.

The majority of us will have normal, boring, painless deaths. Stop worrying about the extremely low possibility that your death will be death my wood chipper.

I think that's a difference between life and death. When you're in the physical world, you feel things, and a lot of that feeling is pain. But, when you're relieved of a material body, you can't. Then again, life and death both require pain to occur. With life, it's childbirth (not very pleasant so I'm told) with death, it's the pain of being shot, or drowning, or lying in bed with a sickness you have no control over. The main idea is that both life and death are a journey and pain's just part of it. Not something to be hung up on. It's a minor setback in something spectacular.

Depends on how you die, really. If you drown you'll experience a brief period of intense burning in your lungs, for instance. If you die in your sleep of natural causes, you probably won't feel a thing. Just depends. No need to fear the pain though, most likely it'll be a short experience.

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Teachings and religion all try to prepare us for death but about the PAIN of DYING?

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There is no "one size fits all" answer to this question, as every single person will have a completely different experience of death, and the events that lead up to it.

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That's true, there shouldn't be any pain. The body is flooded with endorphins so that it's less traumatic. If anything, it sounds peaceful.

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i have talked about this before you don't feel pain when you die.. its pain when you live.. its the fear of pain .. not death.. people get that mixed up..

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Depends on how you die, really. If you drown you'll experience a brief period of intense burning in your lungs, for instance. If you die in your sleep of natural causes, you probably won't feel a thing. Just depends. No need to fear the pain though, most likely it'll be a short experience.

Teachings and religion all try to prepare us for death but about the PAIN of DYING?

As I understand it, the actual pain of death is not much because your body kicks in some pretty good drugs. If you have experienced pain while living, why should the pain of dying frighten you?

Dying PAIN should be no worries because shortly it shall be over, its living in pain that is the worst because it Never ends...

There is no "one size fits all" answer to this question, as every single person will have a completely different experience of death, and the events that lead up to it.

That's true, there shouldn't be any pain. The body is flooded with endorphins so that it's less traumatic. If anything, it sounds peaceful.

i have talked about this before you don't feel pain when you die.. its pain when you live.. its the fear of pain .. not death.. people get that mixed up..

The majority of us will have normal, boring, painless deaths. Stop worrying about the extremely low possibility that your death will be death my wood chipper.

Depends on how you die, really. If you drown you'll experience a brief period of intense burning in your lungs, for instance. If you die in your sleep of natural causes, you probably won't feel a thing. Just depends. No need to fear the pain though, most likely it'll be a short experience.

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