[Ashley.]

An interesting read, perhaps not this early in the morning though...

I don't know how far I can believe it though. When you die, your body shuts down completely - your sense of awareness too. Even if your mind held an impression of consciousness for a short time after death, would you actually be aware of it? Could you think and react? I don't think so.

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by Ashley.

An interesting read, perhaps not this early in the morning though...

I don't know how far I can believe it though. When you die, your body shuts down completely - your sense of awareness too. Even if your mind held an impression of consciousness for a short time after death, would you actually be aware of it? Could you think and react? I don't think so.

I don’t know Ashley, it’s such an unknown area. The thought of actually knowing you have died is pretty worrying especially for those that don’t believe in an afterlife and believe death is it - end of. I think most people would rather not know.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Ashley.

An interesting read, perhaps not this early in the morning though...

I don't know how far I can believe it though. When you die, your body shuts down completely - your sense of awareness too. Even if your mind held an impression of consciousness for a short time after death, would you actually be aware of it? Could you think and react? I don't think so.

I think it simply means, everything in your body doesn't just switch off at once at the moment of death.

So the dying person would be conscious or semi-concious for a few minutes after their heart stops beating as everything then begins to shut down from lack of oxygen/blood flow. But I would've thought that was a fairly obvious thing and wouldn't require this new research.