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Originally Posted by Somnia
Gryneos - I completely understand the differences between "death" and "dying"...
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I see them used as meaning the same thing even on this forum, so I felt a need to show the differences as I understood them
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Originally Posted by Somnia
I'm guessing this occurs after the fight-or-flight survival instinct begins to dissolve and the body is getting ready to die? I recall nearly drowning at an amusement park many years ago...I was in the deep end of the wave pool and some kid pushed me down into the water (they were panicking for some reason)...It happened very quickly and I didn't have time to react to the situation...Anyway after being pushed down this caused me to gulp in copious amounts of water...I remember feeling panic, but it wasn't fear of death or dying, but the physical response of "I'm not getting any air, I need to breathe!" So, my sudden panic I believe was caused by the bodies' physiology response as I wasn't consciously thinking about dying...I didn't experience thoughts of "This is it! I'm going to die!" or thoughts of "I'm not ready to die yet!" If that makes sense...I was able to get myself above water and managed to get to shallow waters before I experienced the peaceful calm I've heard NDE drowning victims report...
I also recall a close to death experience while I was at a Halloween party several years ago...I became heavily intoxicated and experienced symptoms of alcohol poisoning...I remember not wanting to breath because the effort to breath was too heavy...too much...and I was losing consciousness and didn't realize several people were trying to keep me awake... I remember seeing darkness and I felt an overwhelming feeling of peace and I recall thinking "So this is how I'm going to die huh?..." I didn't feel panic or anxiety (probably from being heavily intoxicated)...I just felt this feeling of peace and I wanted to completely give up so I didn't have to breath anymore...I was almost taken to the hospital until I started vomiting and regained enough consciousnesses to feel "better" about breathing and was able to be escorted back home...I'd say that incident was the closet to death I've experienced in my lifetime thus far...
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Sorry to hear you went through those traumatic experiences. And I can see with the second one why you weren't panicking. You could liken it to someone on a morphine drip. They're not feeling anything bad, but their mind is still conscious and aware, so they're more likely to be able to peacefully let go. Yes, that's still dying, but you also still have your mind to say "So this is what dying is like." As you pointed out in your first experience, the panicked mind doesn't bother with esoteric thoughts
