What happens when someone dies in front of you?

The primary effect of sudden shock is the rapid loss of blood pressure. In the case of witnessing another person’s passing, fear kicks in quickly, which results in blood leaving the skin and heading straight for the muscle arteries as a way to compensate.

Do you feel anything after death?

People often ask us how long the grief will last. The truth is that healing comes slowly, but it does come. Nothing can replace the person who has died. But gradually most people find they are able to continue with life, and start to feel happy at times, while remembering those who have died.

Why do I smile when someone tells me someone died?

This behavior, Saltz said, is normal. It is called rumination, she explained, “a thought that you have about something in the past that upset you, that you think about over and over again and you can’t stop.” People laugh at funerals, Saltz explained, because thinking about death and mortality can cause anxiety.

What is it called when you laugh so hard you cry?

Pseudobulbar affect (PBA) is a condition that’s characterized by episodes of sudden uncontrollable and inappropriate laughing or crying. Pseudobulbar affect typically occurs in people with certain neurological conditions or injuries, which might affect the way the brain controls emotion.

Why don’t people feel anything when a person dies?

So the reason why someone wouldn’t feel anything when a person dies is because they probably have a very pragmatic – present focused view of the situation. The person is dead – that’s it. The death of a person (tragic as it can be) isn’t inherently sad – hence no feeling.

Is it possible to die?

As such we are immortal and dying is literally impossible. Yes, the vessel is fragile and expires. When that happens we leave the vessel behind and cross the veil into whatever is beyond. At best, death is just a doorway. I’ll leave debating what lies beyond the veil to the philosophers and theologians.

Does it make a difference how someone dies or not?

But it does make a difference how someone died. A sudden violent death like an accident, would make me immensely pained, because that’s a painful and brutal death for that person. Still, it is not the death itself that I am mourning. It is the suffering they went through and the suffering their loved ones go through, that makes me cry.

Why do some things bother me more than others?

Things tend to bother me more than others because of my anxiety. Many times I have thought about how others approach and handle things seemed to be so much easier for them than it was for me. I used to compare myself to others. Recently, I realized that comparing approaches to handling problems in life is not beneficial to anyone.