Who here has been with someone as they died?

Hand up

<raises hand>

Was with someone who stopped breathing. Got him going again, but he then died.

Jolly good.

Did you see their spirit leave?

Me.

Can I ask why??

Having been with a few people as they died, i have never seen a spirit leave, nuhuh

I have, twice. no spirits.

quote:Originally posted by Eleda
Can I ask why??

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Sorry, posts crossed.
No, I didn't see anything. I think I felt something though.?

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Yes I have and no I didn't.

Not me but close, have given first aid to someone in their dying moments. They died a little later in the ambulance.

Do you have an awful reason for asking, are you ok?

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quote:Originally posted by Eleda
Can I ask why??

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Because I have, several times. All non-relatives apart from my grandfather. All terribly moving, but I've never once felt any sense of anything other than that their body had stopped working, and consequently, like any worn out engine, they had ceased to function. No sense of anything 'otherworldly' at all. Zilch.

Just interested if I am alone.

I have similar experiences to you JK, been with a few who have died, only one was family, and, well, what you said.

And Fimble, that's very kind. I'm fine, as you see. Sorry to have worried you?

ATG, I don't think JK is trying to score points here; she would never do that.

I have to say I never felt anything 'otherworldy' really, although as far as i was concerned that wasn't her in that bed anyway, no matter how much that image haunts me to this day, I believe it wasn't 'her'.

Yes I have.....and no I didn't.

quote:Originally posted by SophieM
ATG, I don't think JK is trying to score points here; she would never do that.

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Sorry was being a bit sensitive there (and didn't mean to post twice[:I]).

Yes I have and no, no spirit.

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quote:Originally posted by SophieM
ATG, I don't think JK is trying to score points here; she would never do that.

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Sorry was being a bit sensitive there (and didn't mean to post twice[:I]).

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No not point scoring, sorry if it came across that way.

Was there when my friend lost her battle to cancer, only thing I felt was numb tbh

quote:Originally posted by JK
And Fimble, that's very kind. I'm fine, as you see. Sorry to have worried you?

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Phew!

FWIW My husband has been with a few people as they've died and he is sure that he saw something leave the body on one occasion.

[aside] One of the most moving scenes I've read is in Empire of the Sun, when Jim looks at the sky and believes he is seeing Mrs Victor's soul leaving her body, actually what he is seeing is the bomb exploding in Hiroshima. Makes me howl. ?[/aside]

I have been present at one death and didn't see a spirit leave, or anything similar.

I have and no I didn't

Sorry JK, I didn't mean to offend you [:I]

I was with my Dad when he died a couple of months ago. I didn#%92t see anything, but he was reaching out beyond us as if trying to touch someone (he had been seeing his Dad for a couple of days before who had died years ago). After his initial (what seemed like) panic as his body shut down, he seemed to really calm before he died. I believe someone was waiting for him.

You could say that I didn#%92t see his spirit leave, and it#%92s hard to explain, but something definitely happened.

I've witnessed death on far too many occasions, probably at least monthly on average for the past 20+ years, and in all honesty I've never felt anyhting other than sadness or relief, and certainly no spirits.

Angel of Death? Moi?

Yes, at work though, never anyone I've known personally (though several long term patients I've been very close to). If anything it has made me a more convinced atheist, I think. To me a body is a body, most definitely not a person.

O/t a bit: fascinating article in the G2 yesterday about an exhibition about to start of portraits of dying people before and after they died.

quote:Originally posted by Evelina
I've witnessed death on far too many occasions, probably at least monthly on average for the past 20+ years, and in all honesty I've never felt anyhting other than sadness or relief, and certainly no spirits.

Angel of Death? Moi?id="red">

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Are you? I thought you worked in banking! Hopefully, I was mistaken!

quote:Originally posted by Eleda

quote:Originally posted by Evelina
I've witnessed death on far too many occasions, probably at least monthly on average for the past 20+ years, and in all honesty I've never felt anyhting other than sadness or relief, and certainly no spirits.

Angel of Death? Moi?id="red">

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Are you? I thought you worked in banking! Hopefully, I was mistaken!

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Good God, that would be worrying, no I work in Cardiology, so pretty front line where life & death is concerned!