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The Five Stages of Death
johnathan
Canada Veteran
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thank you for the laugh!!
I choked on some sausage once a few years back... I remember fighting to live, to breathe... there was a point where I realized I might die... it was at about the point I had lost the energy to stop fighting... I did not experience denial, the situation was clear... my airway was blocked, i couldn't clear it... i was going to die... I did not get angry... anger never even occurred to me actually... I did not bargain, as I do not believe there is a being out there to bargain with... I did not experience a moment of depression... death was at hand... what could denial, anger, or depression (or bargaining for those who believe it might help) do to change the situation... I simply fought to clear my airway then, when unable to do so and I became weak I layed on the floor, the words "I am going to die" sounded softly in my head and I accepted it... It was because I came to acceptance at the moment I was certain death was the only outcome that my throat loosened and instantly the sausage was able to come loose and my airway was cleared... If I had continued to fight and struggle and not accept my death I most likely would be dead right now...
Now don't get me wrong... i did fight hard to clear my throat before I came to the awareness that Death was near... I tried to give myself the Heimlich maneuver, I thrust myself against a chair, against the counter... nothing worked... My 3 year old watching and scared ans screaming, my wife, 9 months pregnant frantic as her arms barely reached around her own stomach and surely couldn't reach around mine... All the blood vessles in my eyes had ruptured as I fought to breath... But at the point where i realized fighting was no longer an option i succumbed to acceptance...
So I do know that the five stages mentioned in the YouTube flick are not a truth set in stone... At least not in situations where the possibility of death comes quickly... it might be different if I was diagnosed with a terminal illness and had more time, but I would hope that I would have the fortitude to accept my situation from the get go...