People are relieved after seeing a simulation of what happens to the brain when you die
It’s quite challenging to think about what happens to your brain when you die.
Not being here anymore is a thought that often crosses our minds, but some viewers are able to cope with the thought of death better than before.
However, people seemed reassured after seeing a simulation of what might happen when time on this Earth runs out.
Zack D. Films has published a video on his YouTube channel of a simulation of what some researchers claim happens to our brains when we die.
What happens to us when we die has probably crossed the minds of many people (Getty Stock Images)
“Just before you die, there is a burst of activity in your brain that causes a sort of electrical wave,” the content creator begins.
“These waves activate parts of the brain associated with memory and consciousness, and this can last up to two minutes after death.
“Because there is no biological reason for this, some researchers believe it is programmed into the brain, giving you a chance to recall the memories one last time.”
One commenter said: “I like the idea of those final minutes being a feeling of total euphoria like you’ve never felt before in your life, and that it’s comforting at a time when something so terrifying is happening.”
Another added: “Wait, that’s actually so sad. It’s like the brain is trying to comfort you and itself before it dies by using your best memories.”
A third also said: “This is beautiful. Your brain takes care of you, so if you ever feel like nothing takes care of you, always remember that you take care of yourself and that someone matters.”
“Isn’t it crazy that you’re the last and only one there your whole life?” someone else remarked.
Meanwhile, Dr. Rahul Jandial, a neurosurgeon and neurobiologist trained in both neurosurgery and neurobiology, has been studying what happens to our brains after we die.
He told his colleague, Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, in his podcast titled Feel better, live more: “The way the brain dies is haunting and really affected me because there is a measurement that shows something very dramatic.
“There are patients who die… the stickers are on the heart, you read an ECG.
“We used to think that death was a time of cardiac arrest, when no electrical signal comes from the heart.”
Especially after the official cardiac death: “The electricity in the brain does not simply flow, there is a tremendous explosion of activity, similar to the brain waves in dreaming, similar to the brain waves in expansive memory.”
“In the first few minutes after our heart stops beating, which we once thought was the time of death, the brain is experiencing its last moment, perhaps its best moment.”