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beckyg · 24th Sep 2008, 07:00 AM

Near death experiences have always been a fascination for me. This is a new study they are doing on people who go through these experiences.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/2008092...ppenswhenwedie

Gumtree · 24th Sep 2008, 07:04 AM

Well the closest I have come to dying was hearing the news about Heath Ledger's death.

But I must say that it's the most amazing sensation when you die in dreams.

They really are my favourite dreams.

jbb1236 · 24th Sep 2008, 07:18 AM

You want the real explanation or the fuzzy feel good explanation?

pirateninja · 24th Sep 2008, 07:33 AM

The only thing even CLOSE to a near death experience was waking up after being knocked out and someone shining a light into my eyes. That freaked me out and I was convinced I was dead.

Still, interesting read.

Wander · 24th Sep 2008, 02:20 PM

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What happens when we die?

We're dead, I would assume. Like being not-born, but in reverse. Going back to nonexistence. But now I'm getting philosophical and that usually ends badly, so back to the subject...

I don't have the time to read a full article right now, but if I had to guess I'd say people can imagine some really freaky sh*t going on when they think they're about to die. Never had a NDE myself.

EmperorNero · 24th Sep 2008, 02:25 PM

I don't really care. Whatever happens after death, I think it'll all work out perfectly if you try to be a good person.

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Originally Posted by Gumtree

Well the closest I have come to dying was hearing the news about Heath Ledger's death.

But I must say that it's the most amazing sensation when you die in dreams.

They really are my favourite dreams.

"I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad
The dreams in wich I'm dying are the best I've ever had"?

Nixon · 24th Sep 2008, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Gumtree

Well the closest I have come to dying was hearing the news about Heath Ledger's death.

But I must say that it's the most amazing sensation when you die in dreams.

They really are my favourite dreams.

I know amazing

littledinosaurs · 24th Sep 2008, 06:25 PM

what about the cieling? they put pictures or what? i don't understand how it works, and are they just gonna be like "we're killing you for a little while, but then we'll bring you back to life like no problem" ?

24th Sep 2008, 08:49 PM

I've thought about this many times and my only conclusion is...we'll find out when we die, not a moment sooner. Also, when I think about this too much my head hurts.

24th Sep 2008, 09:30 PM

well i am a christian so i think ya know we wil be judged but that just what I think will happen and i have never had a near death experience that i can remember

**Gerry** · 24th Sep 2008, 09:40 PM

I've never had a near death experience but my good friend (and EC member), Marmalade had one. But I'll let her share it if she feels.

Aries · 25th Sep 2008, 05:52 PM

Well, I have once had a near death experience a few years ago and I don't know if I was actually dead or just deeply knocked out but I could have been dead and not known it at all. Who knows what happened to me while I was out but when I woke up I couldn't even remember closing my eyes, and during the time that I was out, weather I was dead or not, I hate to say it but it was full of nothingness. It was like I never existed, just total nothingness. It scares me to think that when we die everything is just cut off, as if u never existed, there is no you anymore, it's just the body you left behind. Everything you thought in the past about anything, all of your life while you are alive is just vanished... I don't think I can explain it any better than that, can anyone understand what I am saying??

It's rather sad to think about, like life has no purpose but to make u feel happiness, sadness, depression, anger, pain, pleasure, etc. while you are alive and after you are dead it's just nothing, nothing ever happened to you as far as you're concerned, because you are dead, everything is nothing!!

Idk if this scares you but it sure as hell scares me!

**Gerry** · 25th Sep 2008, 05:55 PM

We're glad you're okay Marmalade and with us today.

beckyg · 25th Sep 2008, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Gerry

We're glad you're okay Marmalade and with us today.

Ditto! I just think there are way too many spiritual things that happen for us to just die.

jazzrawr · 25th Sep 2008, 06:25 PM

I think that if we think we know exactly what will happen, then dying itself wouldn't be any sort of an adventure.
And I think if we have to die someday, it should at least be an adventure.
I don't want to think about what happens when I die - I'll know when I get there, and I can just hope that it'll be a good surprise.

beckyg · 25th Sep 2008, 06:29 PM

I just want to eat lots of chocolate and never gain any weight.

jazzrawr · 25th Sep 2008, 06:39 PM

Ooooh....that would be looovely...*dreamy eyes*

Hoppip · 25th Sep 2008, 06:44 PM

Umm... Okay, I'm not trying to be cynical, but I thought that our brain would just halt its electrical impulses and we'd lose consciousness and then be... dead.

Perhaps the brain, under the strain of being "dead" for the couple of seconds, fabricates a reason or a cause for it. Perhaps it's a coping mechanism...?

27th Sep 2008, 05:44 AM

Have you ever been under anesthetics?When I had a surgery,I just remember that I fell asleep and I woke up a couple of hours after...the space between is blank,I think it should feel like that...

24th Sep 2008, 07:00 AM	#1
beckyg PFLAG Mom Community Liaison Gender: Female Orientation: Straight Out Status: Out to everyone/Yes, parents come out too! Location: Middle of Oregon Age: 50 Posts: 7,572 Join Date: Mar 2007	What happens when we die? Near death experiences have always been a fascination for me. This is a new study they are doing on people who go through these experiences. http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/2008092...ppenswhenwedie __________________ "When we're free to love anyone we choose, When this worlds big enough for all different views, When we're all free to worship from our own kind of pew, Then we shall be free" ~ Garth Brooks

24th Sep 2008, 07:04 AM	#2
Gumtree EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Sydney - Australia Posts: 944 Join Date: Apr 2008	Re: What happens when we die? Well the closest I have come to dying was hearing the news about Heath Ledger's death. But I must say that it's the most amazing sensation when you die in dreams. They really are my favourite dreams.

24th Sep 2008, 07:18 AM	#3
jbb1236 Well Known Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Everyone but Parents Location: Boodocks, Iowa Posts: 150 Join Date: Sep 2008	Re: What happens when we die? You want the real explanation or the fuzzy feel good explanation?

24th Sep 2008, 07:33 AM	#4
pirateninja EC's Sailor Uranus Full Member Gender: Biologically Female Orientation: Heterosexually Challenged Out Status: Most people Location: Bath, England Age: 21 Posts: 5,853 Join Date: Sep 2007	Re: What happens when we die? The only thing even CLOSE to a near death experience was waking up after being knocked out and someone shining a light into my eyes. That freaked me out and I was convinced I was dead. Still, interesting read. __________________ Holly the Pirateninja Ars Longa, Vita Brevis.

24th Sep 2008, 06:25 PM	#8
littledinosaurs J'essaie de Parler Français! :] Full Member Gender: Garçon Orientation: Bisexuel Location: Nouvelle-Angleterre. Age: 21 Posts: 2,351 Join Date: Sep 2008	Re: What happens when we die? what about the cieling? they put pictures or what? i don't understand how it works, and are they just gonna be like "we're killing you for a little while, but then we'll bring you back to life like no problem" ? __________________ Âllo Là

24th Sep 2008, 08:49 PM	#9
ColbieMarie Guest Posts: n/a	Re: What happens when we die? I've thought about this many times and my only conclusion is...we'll find out when we die, not a moment sooner. Also, when I think about this too much my head hurts.

24th Sep 2008, 09:30 PM	#10
JayC Guest Posts: n/a	Re: What happens when we die? well i am a christian so i think ya know we wil be judged but that just what I think will happen and i have never had a near death experience that i can remember

24th Sep 2008, 09:40 PM	#11
Gerry We're all a little mad! EC Moderator Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Some people Location: Las Vegas Age: 24 Posts: 5,542 Join Date: Jan 2008	Re: What happens when we die? I've never had a near death experience but my good friend (and EC member), Marmalade had one. But I'll let her share it if she feels. __________________ "Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality".-James Baldwin

25th Sep 2008, 05:52 PM	#12
Aries Wish I Was A Cupcake O.o Regular Member Gender: Female Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: Everyone Who Cares! O.o Location: Riverside, California Age: 24 Posts: 112 Join Date: Mar 2008	Re: What happens when we die? Well, I have once had a near death experience a few years ago and I don't know if I was actually dead or just deeply knocked out but I could have been dead and not known it at all. Who knows what happened to me while I was out but when I woke up I couldn't even remember closing my eyes, and during the time that I was out, weather I was dead or not, I hate to say it but it was full of nothingness. It was like I never existed, just total nothingness. It scares me to think that when we die everything is just cut off, as if u never existed, there is no you anymore, it's just the body you left behind. Everything you thought in the past about anything, all of your life while you are alive is just vanished... I don't think I can explain it any better than that, can anyone understand what I am saying?? It's rather sad to think about, like life has no purpose but to make u feel happiness, sadness, depression, anger, pain, pleasure, etc. while you are alive and after you are dead it's just nothing, nothing ever happened to you as far as you're concerned, because you are dead, everything is nothing!! Idk if this scares you but it sure as hell scares me! __________________

25th Sep 2008, 05:55 PM	#13
Gerry We're all a little mad! EC Moderator Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Some people Location: Las Vegas Age: 24 Posts: 5,542 Join Date: Jan 2008	Re: What happens when we die? We're glad you're okay Marmalade and with us today. __________________ "Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality".-James Baldwin

25th Sep 2008, 06:25 PM	#15
jazzrawr Lover of Loony Lovegood Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Lesimbean Out Status: I scream it from rooftops Location: Ontario, Canada. Age: 19 Posts: 3,391 Join Date: Feb 2008	Re: What happens when we die? I think that if we think we know exactly what will happen, then dying itself wouldn't be any sort of an adventure. And I think if we have to die someday, it should at least be an adventure. I don't want to think about what happens when I die - I'll know when I get there, and I can just hope that it'll be a good surprise. __________________ <3 You can love people so much... But you can never love someone as much as you can miss them. (...and the lesbians.)

25th Sep 2008, 06:29 PM	#16
beckyg PFLAG Mom Community Liaison Gender: Female Orientation: Straight Out Status: Out to everyone/Yes, parents come out too! Location: Middle of Oregon Age: 50 Posts: 7,572 Join Date: Mar 2007	Re: What happens when we die? I just want to eat lots of chocolate and never gain any weight. __________________ "When we're free to love anyone we choose, When this worlds big enough for all different views, When we're all free to worship from our own kind of pew, Then we shall be free" ~ Garth Brooks

25th Sep 2008, 06:39 PM	#17
jazzrawr Lover of Loony Lovegood Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Lesimbean Out Status: I scream it from rooftops Location: Ontario, Canada. Age: 19 Posts: 3,391 Join Date: Feb 2008	Re: What happens when we die? Ooooh....that would be looovely...dreamy eyes __________________ <3 You can love people so much... But you can never love someone as much as you can miss them. (...and the lesbians.)

25th Sep 2008, 06:44 PM	#18
Hoppip look at the good i do Full Member Gender: Lv. 18 ♂ Orientation: Water / Dragon Out Status: Uncommon Location: Johto Posts: 1,562 Join Date: May 2008	Re: What happens when we die? Umm... Okay, I'm not trying to be cynical, but I thought that our brain would just halt its electrical impulses and we'd lose consciousness and then be... dead. Perhaps the brain, under the strain of being "dead" for the couple of seconds, fabricates a reason or a cause for it. Perhaps it's a coping mechanism...? __________________ KUDOS ME. I made myshelf pregnant.

27th Sep 2008, 05:44 AM	#19
berileos Guest Posts: n/a	Re: What happens when we die? Have you ever been under anesthetics?When I had a surgery,I just remember that I fell asleep and I woke up a couple of hours after...the space between is blank,I think it should feel like that...