What does death feel like?

Since death is the ultimate destruction of our living tissues, we naturally assume that death must be the ultimately painful experience. Since nobody who has actually died can tell us what it felt like physically, we naturally have a terror of dying.

How does the way of death affect pain?

This is where the manner of death comes into play: If you experience something like a traumatic physical injury or an allergic reaction, it might be painful, as this Redditor noted in that same AskReddit thread.

What does it mean when you feel relief when someone dies?

Myth: Feeling relief in this situation means you wanted the person to die. Fact: Feeling relief in this situations means you are glad their suffering (and/or your suffering as a caretaker) has ended. You did not want them to leave you, you would give anything for them to have been cured and to have lived pain free.

Why are we so afraid of death?

All this makes us fear pain. Physical pain arises from damage to our living tissue. Since death is the ultimate destruction of our living tissues, we naturally assume that death must be the ultimately painful experience. Since nobody who has actually died can tell us what it felt like physically, we naturally have a terror of dying.

To a limited extent death is like sleep. However this ‘sleep’ is completely dream free, there is no cognitive awareness of death. I think all memories are lost and there is just a nothingness. But no feeling or thought of nothingness, just a blank emptiness.

What happens to near-death experiences in the void?

But many near-death experiencers, as you will see, enter the Void immediately after death. From there, they may then enter the tunnel toward the light in the next heavenly realm. Other experiencers remain in the Void for one reason or another until they are ready to leave it.

What does the void feel like for souls?

On the other end of the spectrum, souls may experience the Void as an endless stretch of agony and torture. The purpose of the Void seems to be a space that amplifies thought and emotion.

Is darkness a punishment after death?

After death, one may find themselves in a particular degree of darkness that most closely corresponds to the degree of the absence of love in one’s life. Outer darkness is not a punishment.