I’ve seen this as a symptom for people who receive the wrong type of blood in a transfusion.
If I try hard enough, I can convince myself/brain that something bad is going to happen and get a very uneasy feeling. How is the sense of impending doom different?
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Its similar to the feeling people get during a panic attack. Its a deep, unstoppable feeling that you KNOW you’re going to die, that the world is closing in around you and you can hardly breathe. Its pure panic and fear.
This doesnt always happen when youre actually going to die though since many people have this during panic attacks and it passes. But it seems the body does know sometimes since it can also happen just before an Aneurysm or Stroke.
I’ve felt it a few times during bad panic attacks. I’m sure there is some biological fight or flight response kicking in. It’s hard to explain the difference and even put into words what it’s like.
Comparing the feeling of being uneasy to a sense of impending doom is like comparing a nerf gun to an assault rifle. Again it’s hard to explain but feels a lot more ‘deep’ and a strange feeling of your brain going “oh shit something is really really wrong, I’m serious this time.”
It is a fight or flight response kicking in from when we were cave men. We might have seen a predator and instantly decided if we were going to fight it or run away as fast as possible.
The sense of impending doom is this feeling of wether you are going to fight or flight, and the feeling of trying to flea this danger
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