No one really knows what happens when we die, but many people have stories to tell about what they experienced when they were near death. People who have had a near-death experience usually report very rich and detailed memories of the event. Although such experiences can take many different forms, some of the well-known phenomena include seeing a bright light, experiencing a sense of peace, having an extracorporeal experience, and perceiving a tunnel.
New research, published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, examines how often and in what order these different aspects of self-reported near-death experiences occur.
Researchers from the University of Liège in Belgium have analyzed the common characteristics of near-death experiences.
The researchers collected and analyzed written accounts of 154 people who had gone through a near-death experience.
In general, the most commonly experienced order of occurrence was: experience outside the body, experiencing a tunnel, seeing a bright light and finally feeling peace.
-WHAT GOES IN YOUR BODY:
A few hours after a person dies the blood stops circulating, becomes thick and coagulates.
The body loses its temperature and the muscles harden.
When the cells of the body die, they break and release enzymes that create the ideal environment for fungi and bacteria. It is these tiny beings who begin to break down the body.
Between the first 15 and 25 minutes after death, the body already has relaxed sphincters. The heart stops pumping blood, that's why people start to pale.
Between the first and second day of death, if the body was not cremated, embalmed or preserved in some chemical way, it is when the body initiates the famous process of decomposition.
This in turn produces a foul odor that attracts insects such as mites beetles and scavenger flies lay eggs on the decomposed body.
The worms eat the tissue, after a few weeks, they already consumed 60% of the tissues of the body.
But between 20 and 50 days, there are still traces, during this period there is a process known as "dry decay", which is when the body ends up "disappearing".
Death is a natural process by which we all must at some time pass.
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