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People have "actually died" and come back to life?
"died" is such a tricky term. hearts stop beating, lungs stop breathing. i think the generally understood event is when someone flatlines and is then revived on the operating table, things like that. they sometimes come back describing white lights and other visions. or, they may have "out of body" experiences, where they claim to see themselves lying there being worked on by medical staff, for instance. they could be explained as dissociative events.
then, there are the near death experiences where one "sees their life flash before them". some sort of human lightswitch flipped at the moment of incoming death realization that triggers something like a "is this all there is?" pattern in their heads that instantly remembers milestones from their lives.
i've heard that some dreams are nearly instantaneous, memory events, not sleeping narratives. sort of like that.
"near death," basically, is whatever one makes of it. if a person felt their life was in danger, any resulting feelings or conclusions about life or philosophy can be attributed to having had a near death experience. |
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