LV QRA
Once I held the hand of a dying man who looked into my eyes two hours prior to his death and said, doc, be honest with me, is this going to hurt. He was seventy-eight years old, ex-military, and he had survived many situations that would break other men, yet he did not ask out of fear. He asked that because he spent his whole life facing reality without fear, and he was definitely not going to change it now. I looked him into his eyes and told him the truth. And, I am positive that what I told him then made him feel better for real.
Dying as such, meaning the physiological process of shutting down the organism, does not involve nearly as much pain as everybody thinks. Actually, our body turns out to be pretty merciful to itself, releasing endorphines in huge amounts, and causing feelings similar to runner's high. Patients describe the experience of dying as weightless and warm. The thing that scares us the most is usually a consequence of whatever disease the person had before. Most deaths occur from cancer pressing on nerves, organs failing under the pressure, but it all can easily be managed with proper palliative treatment. The process of actually letting go seems to be incredibly smooth and serene for the patients according to near-death experiences survivors and hospice nurses with plenty of experience in the matter.
Actually, the holistic healing resource I use more than anything to talk to the patients' relatives about the fears surrounding death and to console them is an old piece of wisdom regarding body functions and physiological processes, which helps you to regain your physical and spiritual strength in addition to peace with yourself and the understanding of how God intended us to live – and leave.
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