Like if you get shot in the head, your death is obviously instantaneous (in most cases) because your brain is literally gone. Does that mean that after getting shot directly in your heart, you would still be conscious for a little while until your brain stops due to the inability to get fresh blood/oxygen to it?
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You’re aware for at least a few seconds afterwards. When I was 6 years old, chasing some kids on the playground, my heart suddenly stopped beating. It was pounding hard as I ran, and then the sudden lack of pounding made me stop cold. I put my hand on my chest, and everything started to look splotchy. I remember a ring of blackness in my vision took over, and grew from the peripheral inward, until all I saw was a pinpoint in the center of my vision. My knees must have buckled at that moment, because the last thing I saw was myself falling involuntarily. I hit the ground, and felt this extremely hard, painful BANG in my chest. I don’t know if it was from the shock of hitting the ground or my heart just turning itself back on, but the beat was back, and my vision returned immediately. I was totally freaked out. Everyone was staring at me wondering why I just stopped running and fell. Yard duty teachers were walking up to me, but I was too embarrassed to tell anyone what had just happened. I remember my chest seriously hurt the rest of the day, but it was years before I told anyone. Also, unrelated, I had a dream in my mid 20’s where I was in France, dressed in rags, different body than mine. I was on a platform in front of tons of cheering people, full on about to be executed via guillotine. I remember the sound and rumble of the blade as it was released and falling. The strike. And I vividly remember seeing everything and everyone’s faces tumble as my head rolled off the short platform. I knew I was dead. My sight faded as my head was in mid-air, and was gone before it hit the ground (or basket-I don’t know). I know it was just a dream, but I have really searched for all these years for confirmation that that would be an accurate experience for someone going through that. It seems to add up. It was a terrifying thing to wake from. I don’t recommend it.
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