DEATH is a scary prospect and what happens when we pass on is generally unknown.
But one doctor, who studies near death experiences (NDEs) has revealed what actually occurs and how you might feel.
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Dr Bruce Greyson has looked at the phenomenon of NDEs for close to 50 years.
He said that most people who have this experience will typically feel like their thoughts are going ‘faster and clearer’ than ever.
The expert said that when people are dying, or having NDEs, they will have a sense of slowing down.
“They have very strong emotions, usually positive emotions – feeling a tremendous feeling of love and peace.
“They may have what we call paranormal sensations, for lack of a better word.
“They feel like they’re leaving their bodies and they may encounter other entities that they think are deceased loved ones or sometimes divine beings and effectually they may review their lives and then either decide to come back to life or are sent back against their will,” he told WMRA.
Dr Greyson added that he no longer believes that death signifies the end of life.
He explained that while he doesn’t know exactly what goes on after death, ‘something happens’.
A near death experience (NDE) is classified as a life-transforming experience that can occur under extreme conditions in which no sensory experiences should be possible, medics at the University of Virginia state.
These conditions could include trauma, ceasing of brain activity, deep general anaesthesia or cardiac arrest, they said.
These experiences can differ from one person to another and in many cases, the experts said patients having an NDE will feel very comfortable and free of pain.
You might also experience a sensation of leaving the body, with some being able to see their physical body while floating above it.
Dr Greyson previously told of a spooky encounter with a patient, that convinced him there could be something else going on when the lights go out.
During his psychiatric training, back in the 1970s, Dr Greyson said he was confronted by patients who were ‘leaving their bodies’ and seeing and experiencing things that couldn’t be explained.
During his time as an intern, Dr Greyson had been asked to see a patient who had overdosed.
When he arrived in the emergency room, the patient was unconscious, so Dr Greyson was unable to speak with her.
Instead, he spoke to her roommate, but while they were chatting, the medic managed to spill spaghetti sauce on his tie.
To cover it up, he swiftly buttoned up his lab coat and thought nothing of it.
However when the patient woke up the next day, the woman recalled the conversation and the stain on his tie.