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First recording of a dying human brain shows waves similar to memory flashbacks (2022)

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Re: First recording of a dying human brain shows waves similar to memory flashbacks (2022)

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Post by foxyv »

_2zip wrote: post #18

When I was around 15, I used to hang out with a guy who was much senior to me, and he would bully us sometimes. One day, when we were bantering, I cracked a joke that a third guy with us (who was my age) found funny and crackled. The bully grabbed my neck and choked me till I lost consciousness. I remember having memory flashbacks related to missing a train, and someone waiting at the wagon door, waving at me to hurr…

My brother picked me up by the neck once. I still have nightmares about it. Kids are so insanely cruel.

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Post by iso1631 »

tirant wrote: post #15

I have lost consciousness several times in my life. Not a pleasurable experience specially as last time I did it because of such extreme pain that I thought I was passing away. However I have had always recollection of those seconds or minutes when I was unconscious: there was always an intense and quick succession of memories and images accompanied by sound. At some point the external sound from people trying to rea…

I got knocked off my bike about 20 years ago and was unconcious long enough that an ambulance had arrived.

I don't remember a thing between seeing the car pull out infront of me and waking up on the floor looking at the ambulance.

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Post by Llamamoe »

kakacik wrote: post #55
Reflecticon wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sorry that happened to you. That's so horrible. Wanna make me beat up bullies, man. Got damn bullies.

Their life is shit already, that's why they act as they act, passing aggression on to others in vain effort to get rid of some of that 'evil' in them. I understand this knee-jerk reaction very well, but it just feeds the neverending spiral of aggression. We humans act like storage of both good and bad, it then comes back up in various situations. What I want to say - you just beating up a bully will mean some other k…

IIRC this is a misconception and bullies bully strategically to climb the social ladder and benefit from it.

It's possible that they do it because they learned pathological systems of behaviour from pathological family/social experiences, but even if fighting back against them is also shitty, it beats enabling them to keep doing it (especially to you)

Re: First recording of a dying human brain shows waves similar to memory flashbacks (2022)

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Post by bongodongobob »

vermilingua wrote: post #2

I’m sure there would be a long line of willing terminal and euthanasia patients who would join a study to record their final moments, I’m surprised this hasn’t been done yet.

Lmao. "After you're dead, let us know how it went."

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Post by fellowniusmonk »

gausswho wrote: post #74
VagabundoP wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Anesthetics are very weird though. There's still a lot we don't know about how they work. They seem to act like you experienced, complete shutdown, for most people, which seems different from the states that people go into when unconscious or are near death usually. And some people have a very different experience while under them - they are fully aware.

I had heard something unsettling about anesthesia that I could use verification or debunking. The gist was that modern implementations suppress memory formation rather than induce unconsciousness. That you remain in some sense aware of what's happening but don't remember the experience. This is safer than traditional methods, but could potentially subject the patient to complex mental or emotional trauma. Is that acc…

No. As an aside, when you are younger they may elect to put you into a twilight level of sedation.

And that is how I saw the inside of my own beating heart at 10 while I was tied down and essentially naked in front of like 10+ adults.

Oh, and the contrast dye momentarily made me feel like I was being burnt alive from the inside out.

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Post by ASalazarMX »

anthk wrote: post #75

Interesting. I am no expert but this might be related to photonic luminiscent emission while on stress as it happens with almost every living being.

You mean light? How is this related to regular emission of light?

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Post by SoftTalker »

tirant wrote: post #15

I have lost consciousness several times in my life. Not a pleasurable experience specially as last time I did it because of such extreme pain that I thought I was passing away. However I have had always recollection of those seconds or minutes when I was unconscious: there was always an intense and quick succession of memories and images accompanied by sound. At some point the external sound from people trying to rea…

I passed out in the gym doing a set of deadlifts. I remember setting the bar down and then I was on the floor next to it. Was just a few moments. No flashbacks or anything, just momentary oxygen depletion.

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Post by hn_acc1 »

fellowniusmonk wrote: post #85
gausswho wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had heard something unsettling about anesthesia that I could use verification or debunking. The gist was that modern implementations suppress memory formation rather than induce unconsciousness. That you remain in some sense aware of what's happening but don't remember the experience. This is safer than traditional methods, but could potentially subject the patient to complex mental or emotional trauma. Is that acc…

No. As an aside, when you are younger they may elect to put you into a twilight level of sedation. And that is how I saw the inside of my own beating heart at 10 while I was tied down and essentially naked in front of like 10+ adults. Oh, and the contrast dye momentarily made me feel like I was being burnt alive from the inside out.

My wife had this done when doing a biopsy, IIRC, and it scarred here / gave her PTSD for years..

She now insists on full sedation.

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Post by SoftTalker »

lordnacho wrote: post #50
tirant wrote: post #15

I have lost consciousness several times in my life. Not a pleasurable experience specially as last time I did it because of such extreme pain that I thought I was passing away. However I have had always recollection of those seconds or minutes when I was unconscious: there was always an intense and quick succession of memories and images accompanied by sound. At some point the external sound from people trying to rea…

For contrast, when I was put under with propofol for surgery, there was nothing. I thought I would gently fall asleep, but it was actually extremely fast. It went from "tell me about your life" which the anesthetist uses to check your state to "oh so came here for uni..." to "huh the surgery is over" in a single cut. Nothing in between, nothing like that thing you feel when before you fall asleep at night or wake up…

Pretty much the same experience when I had surgery. Just a complete jump over the time I was out. I remember the mask going on, counting backwards, and then I was waking up. No sense whatsoever that any time had passed.

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Post by hn_acc1 »

yolo3000 wrote: post #46
tirant wrote: post #15

I have lost consciousness several times in my life. Not a pleasurable experience specially as last time I did it because of such extreme pain that I thought I was passing away. However I have had always recollection of those seconds or minutes when I was unconscious: there was always an intense and quick succession of memories and images accompanied by sound. At some point the external sound from people trying to rea…

I've also lost it, around ~10 times so far. Never have any dreams or flashbacks. Just before passing out, I realize what's going to happen, but it's often too late. I only have a terrible headache afterwards.

10 times? Wow.. That seems like a lot.. AFAIK, even once is indication of potentially serious trauma.
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