I found that having a general anaesthetic was a very sobering experience. My consciousness was snuffed out, just like that. No dreams, no sense of elapsed time on wakening, no nothing - I simply ceased to exist for the time I was out. I have no doubt whatsoever that when I take my last breath, it will be just the same, except that I will never wake up again.
If you believe in an 'afterlife', and have experienced a general anaesthetic, did it leave any lasting impression on you? Did it perhaps give you pause for thought? Did it perhaps leave you with a dawning realisation that death is, indeed, simply the end of you? In my opinion, if it didn't, then it jolly well ought to.
2006-09-16 12:48:05 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
gorgeous...: No I don't agree with you at all but it was a nice answer anyway :-)
2006-09-16 13:32:03 · update #1
I had an interesting experience on an anaesthetic. For many years I suffered from depression that left me wishing I would die. Not suicide but I would have loved it if a bus hit me. Even the love for my son did not help me want to live. Then I had surgery and they brought me out from under too fast. I was in no danger but I did not know that. I felt like I could not breathe. I struggled for every breath. It was a conscious thought that I will never forget. I realized that I indeed wanted to live. The experience changed my life forever. I am much more positive now. I started swimming and eatting better and I lost 90 pounds. Feeling like I was dieing made me want to live life more fully and happily.
No one knows for sure, of course, but I believe there is an afterlife. I even believe that our souls live multiple lives. I cannot imagine how you can not believe in an afterlife. What would be the purpose of your life? For me, I believe that I can feel my soul, it's is who I am.
I have had dreams in which a dear departed friend has come to visit me. I saw her standing in my hallway once when I was awake. Now you probably think that I have just completely lost my feeble mind. That is ok with me.
You and I will cross over when we die. I hope I find you and can say, I told you so. LOL My best to you, we can agree to disagree.
2006-09-16 13:10:35 · answer #1 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have also had a general anaesthetic. I did dream, although it was an incredibly vivid dream about popeye, for some reason. Maybe I'd been watching too many cartoons.
But I wouldn't equate a lack of dreams while under anaesthetic to a lack of an afterlife, even though I personally believe in reincarnation, and therefore don't really think that I'd experience anything to do with the afterlife until this life has ended, thankfully!
2006-09-16 19:54:41 · answer #2 · answered by nurendi 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Interesting...I know when I have been "under the knife". I had dreams...to my knowledge, anaesthesia doesn't cause your brain waves to stop.
Also, your theory of there being no afterlife conflicts with the scientific law of conservation of energy. Which states that energy is neither created nor destroyed. When we use energy, it doesn’t disappear. We change it from one form of energy into another.
So when our body ceases to exert energy...the energy must have gone somewhere. It is plausable to think that this "energy" could go on to an afterlife.
2006-09-16 19:57:23 · answer #3 · answered by asafam23 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I have thought about it just from the fact of sleeping, it let's me grasp the concept of atheist death better, However, It doesn;t support any facts simply by unconciousness.
It didn't leave any impression on me other than what it could be like.
2006-09-16 21:56:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have had general anesthetics several times and it made no lasting impression on me at all. It is like being asleep. I do not understand how you associate it with no after life.
2006-09-16 19:54:36 · answer #5 · answered by » mickdotcom « 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes and quite the opposite, the spirit has broken through and nurses present have two times been justified and reconciled to their creator and one went back to her husband. I not only am a watcher to these things but being part of them to me is more than a little amusing as those around find the experience very amusing, lotsa laughter The Spirit seems to have quite the sense of humor.
2006-09-16 19:53:33 · answer #6 · answered by icheeknows 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i think if people start comparing general anesthetic to death, alto of Anesthesiologists will be out of jobs soon. Sleeping has nothing to do with dieing. In fact its kind of the opposite. When u sleep your body rejuvenates itself. Therefore you cant compare sleeping with dieing.
2006-09-16 19:56:02 · answer #7 · answered by Shane 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe you are making a very good argument for why having faith is such a good idea. I have had general anesthetic twice, both times I just slept, but I believe in God and I have faith in where I am going and how I'm getting there. It wasn't scary
2006-09-16 19:52:40 · answer #8 · answered by LatterDaySaint and loving it 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I rely on God's word = the Bible and I do not rely on general anaestheitcs with this matter.
2006-09-16 21:30:26 · answer #9 · answered by SeeTheLight 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WHEN U ARE PUT UNDER , WITH MEDICATION U ARE ONLY SLEEPING BUT WHEN U DIE ITS TOTALLY DIFFERENT, THERE IS AN AFTERLIFE , THERE IS A GOD , THERE IS A HEAVEN AND THERE IS A HELL.
2006-09-16 19:52:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋