26 February 2023 , 07:00
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People who have been declared clinically dead before being brought back to life have shared what they experienced from the moment things went dark. It comes after a team at University of Tartu in Estonia recorded the first ever brain activity during death in a ground-breaking scientific study.
They found the brain continues to work for a few seconds after the heart stops beating and you die, working in the same way it does during dreaming or meditating. Thanks to modern science and technology, a number of people have been revived back to life after being pronounced clinically dead. It prompted one Reddit user to ask others what they experienced when they died momentarily - and whether they felt comfort or pain as they passed on.
A team from University of Tartu in Estonia recorded the first ever brain activity during death (Getty Images/iStockphoto)They asked: "People who have been clinically dead and then revived/resuscitated: What did dying feel like? Did you see anything whilst passed on?"
In response, one user said: "I was getting an angiogram done, wide awake watching the screen and talking to the doctor. Alarms started to go off and everyone became panicked.
"My world became soft and foggy and everything faded to black. Next thing I remember was opening my eyes and hearing a doctor say, 'We got him back'. It was really a peaceful feeling more than anything."
Another user added: "My heart stopped and every muscle contracted. A nurse rushed over repeating 'Keep calm' as they got out the paddles and then nothing.
"I don't recall being shocked. Three days later I awoke. I don't remember anything in between."
However, others described having an out-of-body experience when they saw things that would fall into the realm of 'paranormal'.
A third user said: "I flatlined in an ambulance. In that short amount of time before I came back I had a bird's eye view of the ambulance I was in as it was running red lights.
"I was out of my body and ascending, that's all I remember. I woke up the next day in hospital with my family around me."
One more user added: "I was taken in for an emergency hysterectomy and they had to give me 11 units of blood.
"The night after the surgery, I continually would stop breathing and they told my partner they were expecting me to go into cardiac arrest at any time.
"I remember seeing my dead aunt sitting on the bedside while I felt my spirit lifting up out of bed. She looked at me and said, 'Dammit, it's not your time yet. Now knock it off!'.