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What is it like to be close to death?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Different experienc: I can only speak for myself- When near death in extreme physical pain - i was just focused on the pain - I wasn't thinking about much else. In another situation in the seconds just prior to a major physical trauma I visualized someone telling my mother I had died. I think it is likely different for many people

Answered 5/27/2020

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