Death is upon us.
Eventually, like wrinkles, taxes and cellulite it will catch up.
That's why it's good to know as much as we can about it.
Who better to tell us than a real-life Lazarus or two?
Redditor Doomage007 wants those who have been reborn to speak up and let us know what is beyond by asking:
"People who legally died for a few minutes and came back, what was it like?"
Jolted...
"Working in a hospital and taking care of people who have been legally dead and have come back either on their own accord or with CPR, I've heard these people say that they felt like they were falling. They also wake up really confused not remembering the situation. To me it seems like what they experience is close to a dream that you're falling and wake up with a jolt."
Mycatbigmomma
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Under Water....
"A friend of mine had an overdose caused a stroke and legally died for a little under three minutes in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. He remembers the stroke, and being wheeled to the ambulance on a stretcher. Then he felt like he was floating under ice cold water, and it was dark, but he wasn't really thinking or feeling anything emotionally, just existing and knowing it was very very cold and he couldn't see."
"Then he woke up, and the EMTs were kinda freaked out because his heart had stopped long enough that they figured he was done. At some point in the following days he became convinced that what he experienced was hell minus the knowledge of suffering, like a toned-down preview, and thought it was a warning for him to change his life. Sadly he didn't stay clean for long."
HanumanNinja
In the House....
"My Dad ended up in the ICU with internal bleeding. All initial attempts to stop the bleeding failed. Apparently died for a couple of min but they were able to bring him back. He said he remembers walking through an all grey neighborhood. Grey houses, grey grass, grey streets, everything a different shade of grey. No people or animals around. Empty but not run down or anything like that. He assumed this was the afterlife so he proceeded to walk around and search for my cousin who recently passed away."
"He made his way into a house and walked up the stairs. At the top of the stairs a door opened and a bright light shined through. He couldn't see anything because of the light but decided not to walk into it. He paused there on the stairs and asked for more time. The door closed. Doctor was able to stop the bleeding. Thats was 12 years ago. My Dad still has health issues but he got more time like asked for."
StatementProper4450
Nothing
"Total darkness. Like going to sleep with no dreams. Until you are brought back, then searing pain kicks in. I guess its bc the body goes out of shock, and you feel everything. That's what it felt like to me."
Sinicalkush
Not so Dead....
"So I wasn't legally dead, but incapacitated due to CO2 inhalation. (Failed seal on an automatically inflating life vest). Fortunately it was in a controlled environment and I was pulled out of the situation when they realized something was wrong. When I came to there was a period of time where I had absolutely no idea who I was or what had happened. All I was really sure of was that I had died and was waiting to be sent to the afterlife."
"My lungs burned with every breath but I wasn't aware that I was breathing, so it felt like a combination of all encompassing, burning pain and suffocation. I was very confused as to why I couldn't just die and have it all be over. When I finally regained some semblance of reality I was very happy that I wasn't dead."
Cheshire_Jester
3 times a charm....
"I've been pronounced dead twice in my life. The first time, I drowned as a child (about 7 years old). I wanted to see the pool from the high-dive. I went up, looked, and slipped when I went to go back down. I remember falling..... and then I was surrounded by paramedics and spewing pool water from my lungs while some lady was crossing herself. According to what I've been able to piece together, I was knocked out when I hit the water, and the lifeguard thought I was playing."
"I drowned while everyone was waiting for me to surface. 911 was called and I was dragged from the water. CPR, before, and from the paramedics didn't work. They were about to cover me up when I started spewing water like a fountain. The second time was at work in my early 20's. I'm an industrial electrician (still to this day). I was working on the controls for a 3 phase/600v air handler's motor. I had turned the circuit off, locked it, and tagged it. Someone cut my lock off and turned it back on without telling anyone."
"One second I'm working on the controls, next second my entire body lights up with pure pain and agony, and then I wake up in the hospital. My boss heard my teeth clack shut when I got hit, and he hit me in the chest with a 2x4 to get me off of it. I didn't have a pulse when EMT's got there, and they got my body rebooted. I woke up in the hospital about 4 hours later. I never saw a light at the end of a tunnel, no lake of fire... literally nothing. I'll post an update if it happens again."
Gr8v3m1nd
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"When I was a teenager I had leukemia and there was a set of shots that we would do at home that my mom would give me. We did not know that I would have a toxic reaction towards the end of the series. After getting a shot and right before dinner I told my mom I wasn't feeling well and I passed out and stopped breathing. I was "dead" for at least a couple of minutes before my dad started CPR and the medics came. I do not remember telling my mom that I felt weird, next thing I remember was feeling very cold and hearing my mom's voice (they were taking me out to the ambulance and it was winter time."
"My mom was talking to them I later found out) I was very out of it but I felt warm hands on my arm and a woman telling me it was going to be ok. I guess at one point I hugged her and told her I loved her. I have kept in touch with her over the years. If i could have the feeling of the warm hands and someone telling me everything was going to be ok when I die for real I will be happy."
Computron1234
Bridged....
"My mother was legally dead for a half an hour due to a cardiac arrest. (As a side note, recovery from cardiac arrest after 10 minutes is a 1% chance and decreases exponentially every second after that, so it's really a miracle she survived and with very little brain damage to boot)."
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"She remembers a 'dream' in that time where she was headed towards a bridge. On the other side she saw her (deceased) parents smiling and waving. As she approached the bridge, their expressions changed. They didn't want her. My mom explains feeling rejected by her own parents and crestfallen because of it, but she didn't get on the bridge and turned around. After she came back, she recognizes the change in their demeanor to be that they didn't want her yet because it wasn't her time to 'cross-over' yet."
Icarus374
Life after Life
"There's an interesting book called 'Life after Life' by a Dr. Moody who became interested in this experience when one of his patients went through it. He did a study, interviewing hundreds of people who had this happen to them. He said that there were a variety of experiences, some not remembering anything but he listed seven common ones. Not everyone had all seven but everyone has some of the seven."
"Buzzing noise, feeling like they were out of the body, going through a tunnel, meeting former family or friends, meeting a being of light, coming to a boundary where they knew that if they crossed it, they couldn't return, I can't remember the last one."
Intagvalley
Not yet....
"Might not count but family story; takes place in Sicily in the early 1900s. Had a great uncle that the doctors had written off for dead. Uncle remembers a person/angel walking up to him, slapping him on the cheek, and saying "Hey, get up. It's not your time yet." Doctor was apparently stunned to see him all dressed and good to go when he came back."
ztimmmy
Oh Mama...
"My mother was dead for over twenty minutes. She said she saw nothing, felt nothing. She only new she'd been dead when she was brought round by the medics in the hospital. As she is a very religious lady it knocked her religious belief for many many years. She now thinks she wasn't supposed to see anything as she feels she would have wanted to stay with those she would have seen like her mother etc."
EnglishArtist
Cuffs
"I remember getting in the ambulance and I remember getting out. Was completely unaware that I had arrested until I was told some days later."
MoFauxTofu
In the Eyes
"I watched my mom die from acute pulmonary edema. She looked me straight in the eye seconds before and said, 'I’m not afraid. She says she’s glad to see me.' She was revived and had no memory of what she saw unfortunately. She passed away a year later."
sanibelle98
An Elizabeth Event!
"I had a heart attack while on a run. Dropped dead and bounced off the ground. Cardiologist are sure my heart stopped for about 30 seconds. I snapped back to when the guys started calling my name. It wasn’t a Fred Sanford 'it’s the big one Elizabeth' event. Didn’t see any light or myself, it was like a surreal dream without anything remarkable. Got up and walked the last 50 feet (15 meters) to cross the finish line. Did damage to the heart, received multiple stents, in the hospital for four days and was 50 years old. Moral of the story, listen to your body."
Sheepdoginblack
Like a Dream
"My father actually had a heart attack and by some miracle he was lucky to get to the hospital in time before it was too late, but in the ambulance he flat lined and they had to revive him I think twice? Which obviously worked but it took I think about 4 or 5 minutes which made everyone worry because his heart wasn’t beating which means he’s not getting blood to his brain that will cause brain damage."
"Long story short, no brain issues and he's completely healthy. I asked about his experience and if he saw some light or anything, but he doesn’t remember anything. He almost never remembers his dreams so even if he did see something I don’t think he’d remember through all of that lol."
Beccaaaaaalolz
Addiction Scares
"Died on new years day this year from a heroin overdose. Was pleasant, tossed on some tunes went over to the couch to sit down as the crap was coming on then the next thing I knew I was sitting in the back of an ambulance being told I had just died from an overdose."
"Really it was just like sleeping one minute I was there faded out then faded back in don't recall anything in between but I imagine it must have been horrible for my mom to find me that way. So yeah kids don't hell with heroin or opiates in general. Thankfully I'm not addicted to the stuff just occasionally dabbled for many years but after that shit I'm done for good."
Bilbo-Shwaggins
Christmas Morning
"So during a tilt table exam to test for dysautonomia, I was given a nitroglycerin tablet that stopped my heart for over 30 seconds. I flatlined until they were able to get the table back to horizontal. I don’t have any specific memories from DURING the time I was dead, but the very strange part was when I came back, and saw the room I was in, it was shocking to me. It’s hard to describe, but when I realized where I was I could not believe I was STILL there."
"It’s like I lived some life for what felt like weeks elsewhere, and coming back to this room was a very surprising blast from the past. Like imagine waking up today and it being Christmas morning from a few weeks ago. I was that level of surprised to see that old room again after all that time (30ish seconds)."
Rekanlats
Grandfather...
"2 years ago, for about 2 minutes, I saw my died grand-father and my aunt, the most strange thing is that I also saw one of my closest friend, that was alive... or at least he was alive until the previous day... the evening of the same day one of my other friends called me and I discovered that the friend I saw in my vision died three hours before me in a car accident."
AngeloCaruso91
On the Beach
"When i was a kid i contracted dengue fever. Major killer of kids my age. So while i wad hemorrhaging blood the crackhead doctors told my parents i had to have an appendix removal. They put me under but realised something was wrong when i didn't wake up for 48 hours later. During that time i had a hell of a dream. Was walking on a beach and there was a dude cloaked in black sitting on a bench. Had a nice chat with him before walking up."
hunterchris205
Open Heart
"My mom had open heart surgery not too long ago and was technically 'dead' for the surgery since no blood was being pumped through her heart. She said it was almost like in the movies where she was in an all white room and actually got to talk with her dad who passed away 20 years ago!"
chrisy369
Though there is an eternal debate about whether or not those who have been declared dead actually experience a brief glance at the afterlife.
Actual proof we may never have.
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Not all pet owners have the same relationship with their pets.
While anyone who decides to become a pet owner, or pet parent as some say, love their pets equally, some never ever let them leave their side.
Taking their pet with them to work, running errands, even on vacations.
Many pet parents even allow their pets to share their bed with them when going to sleep.
For others though, this is where a line is finally drawn.
Redditor Piggythelavasurfer was curious to hear whether pet owners allowed their pets to share their bed with them, as well as the reasons why they do/don't, leading them to ask:
"Do you let your pet sleep in your bed? Why/why not?"
The Tiny Issue Of Water...
"Absolutely not."
"I have fish."- Senior-Meal3649
Everyone Gets Lonely Eventually...
"I adopted an eleven year old cat the day before Halloween."
"She has mostly lived in my closet since I got her, and she hasn’t been too interested in coming out."
"Last night, she came out of my closet and jumped up on my bed, and crawled under my covers and curled up by my feet to sleep."
"I was so happy!"- YellowBeastJeep
The Comforting Reminder That You're Not Alone...
"I recently lost my Greyhound but I used to let him sleep on my bed with me."
"The company was nice and he was no trouble to have on my bed."- HoodedMenace3
Hungry Cookie GIF by De Graafschap Dierenartsen
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What Do You Mean Allow?
"I have no choice."
"She is a cat, cats do whatever they want."- Small_cat1412
"He lets me sleep in my bed."- Poorly-Drawn-Beagle
Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way
"I carry my old boy upstairs to bed every night."- worst_in_show
Hug GIF by The BarkPost
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Who Needs An Alarm Clock?
"I let my two cats sleep with me."
"They're so full of love and just want cuddles all the time."
"And so do I."
"We've all developed a lil routine."
"Get to bed, oldest sleeps on my feet to keep them warm, youngest lies in my arm while I lie on my side (she the little spoon), then when I snooze my alarm for work in the morning the youngest paws at my face and meeps loudly to wake me up."- GhostofaFlea_
Whose Bed Is It Anyway?
"Yes."
"They're also kind enough to let me squeeze into whatever space they've left for me."
"Although I do get a few dirty looks off them."- Therealkaylor
"I found this tiny kitten screaming her head off under a car."
"Would not come out."
"Got some food and some water in dishes."
"I stood by the tire so she couldn't see my feet."
"She got curious about the food and water and started gobbling it down."
"I thought she would bolt when I squatted down."
"She was too busy eating."
"I grabbed her by the nape of the neck and all four legs went straight out and she tried to scratch me to death."
"I got her in the door and tossed her toward the couch."
"She ricocheted off the couch as if she was a ping pong off a table and I lost sight of her."
"I put out food and water and a sandbox and did not see that kitten for three days."
"On the third day, I came home and she was on my bed pillow."
"I thought she would bolt when I came near, but she didn't."
"I wanted to sleep so I tried to scoot her little butt off my pillow."
"She would not go."
"I put my head down to sleep and that is the way it was from then on."
"She ran the roost."- Logical_Cherry_7588
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Sleeping Is A Prerequisite...
"No, he's a cat and he cannot keep still during the night."
"He walks across the headboard, opens the closet doors, jumps into the windows and rustles the blinds, etc."
"If he would sleep he could stay, but alas, he's a ramblin' man."- Spong_Durnflungle
Saying No Just Isn't An Option...
"'Let'."
"Lol."
"It's a cat's world and I'm happy to be on her good side."- milaren
Felines Only!
"The cat does, the dog doesn't and the horse certainly does not either."- Xcrowzz
Angry Tom And Jerry GIF by Boomerang Official
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Is That My Hair On That Pillow?
"My dog is perfect."
"She comes up, cuddles til we start to fall asleep, then gets down to sleep on her bed so she doesn't get too hot."
"Jumps back up in the early morning for wake up cuddles."
"The hair everywhere is the only downside but she is so cozy, what can you do."- HoodieWinchester
It is easy to understand how some people are able to fall asleep more easily knowing their friend and protector is there, in bed, with them.
Though we can't blame others who don't want to run the risk of being scratched or bitten in the middle of the night either...
The old wives' tales.
They are the stories of legend.
I think we all need a big DEEP Google dive though.
Where did they originate?
WHO ARE THE OLD WIVES!
You don't hear about them as much anymore.
It's like science and logic are suddenly a thing.
But they sure are a good way to keep your kids and their behavior in line.
Redditor the_spring_goddess wanted to discuss the tall tales we've all been fed through life, so they asked:
"What is an old wives tale that people still believe?"
"Wait an hour to swim after eating."
What a crock!
So many summer hours wasted.
I want revenge for that one.
Say Nothing
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"An undercover cop has to tell you he's a cop if you ask him."
LonelyMail5115
"Pretty much most advice when it comes to cops are old wives tales. I’m not even a cop but most of the advice you hear is pretty off."
I_AM_AN_A**HOLE_AMA
Say Something
"That you have to wait 24 hours to report someone missing."
Severe_Airport1426
"I really think this one is important and should be the top regardless. As it’s a piece of advice that needs to be relearned and the only way to do that is through awareness."
crappycurtains
"This used to be true. I think they changed it after some guy named Brandon went missing back in the '80s or '70s. You used to have to wait 24 hours if the missing person was an adult because they had 'a right to be missing' and then everyone realized that was stupid and stopped doing it."
AlbinoShavedGorilla
Body Temps
"That drinking ice cold water after eating oily foods will solidify the oil and permanently remain in your body. I informed my coworker that if your body temperature ever reached that point, you’d have bigger problems than weight gain."
chriseo22
"Oh, I have a cousin who 100% believed this. One of those guys who believed every early 2000s internet rumor and old wives tale. One night I chugged a big glass of ice water after dinner and he started freaking out and saying my guts were gonna harden."
"I sarcastically told him to drive me to the hospital if that happened. Obviously, nothing happened and the next morning I said something like 'Thanks for being on standby in case my guts filled with hardened oil.' He just walked off muttering under his breath."
apocalypticradish
Arms Down
"When I was pregnant, I was told by young and old alike that I should NOT raise my arms above my head or exert myself in such a manner because it could cause cord strangulation to my unborn sons and daughters."
Fatmouse84
10 Years Actually
Unimpressed Uh Huh GIF by Brooklyn Nine-Nine
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"Chewing gum stays in your stomach for 7 years."
"I remember accidentally swallowing a piece of gum when I was a kid in like 1995 and just accepting my fate like welp, gonna have this in my stomach til high school I guess."
Gecko-911
I was so afraid to sallow my gum when I was young.
This tale is haunting.
High/Low
Hungry Debra Messing GIF by Will & Grace
Giphy
"You can tell the sex of the baby by how you carry."
LeastFormal9366
"Pregnancy certainly wins awards for the most old wives tales. So much absolute BS was repeated to us by everyone we talked to."
IllIIIlIllIlIIlIllI
The Cursed
"If you’re a woman and you wear opal jewelry but opal is not your birthstone (October), you’ll never be able to have children, or will be widowed, or just generally have bad luck or something. You can counteract this by having a diamond in the same piece of jewelry as the opal, though."
"I have a nice opal ring that my parents gave me years ago, and I’ve had other women give me this 'advice' unprompted more than once when I’ve worn it. I have absolutely no idea where it started, but I’m pretty sure this little chunk of silicate rock has no concept of what month I was born in, let alone of how my reproductive organs work."
SmoreOfBabylon
Stay In
"Going outside with wet hair will make you get pneumonia. Or an earache. Or maybe arthritis. Depends on which old wife you listen to."
"Jokes on them - I haven't blow-dried my hair in decades and usually leave the house with wet hair in the morning. On winter mornings, the tips of my hair get frozen. No ear infections or pneumonia or arthritis yet."
worldbound0514
Dreams and Facts
"You never make anyone up in your dreams you've seen everyone in your dreams somewhere else before and never make anyone up entirely."
"How would you possibly prove that to be true? My partner adamantly believes this and tells me this 'fact' whenever I have a dream about someone I've never met before."
mattshonestreddit
"My late wife used to tell me that before she met me she would have dreams of standing at an alter on her wedding day but could never see the guy's face, no matter how hard she tried. After meeting me the face was filled in with mine. Don't know if it's true but one of those things I like thinking of every now and then when I miss her."
Darthdemented
Cracked
Getting Ready Episode 2 GIF by The Office
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"Some people still believe cracking knuckles causes arthritis."
Choice-Grapefruit-44
"There's a doctor (Donald Unger) that cracked his knuckles a couple of times a day for 60 years, but only on one hand, just to prove it. Both hands remained exactly the same."
MacyTmcterry
I love my knuckles.
Do you have any tall tales to add to the list? Let us know in the comments below.