What Happens When You Die?

The Telegraph conducted a survey of UK residents in 2014, and just under 60% of those surveyed agreed that we are still alive in some form. In 2015, Pew Research questioned Americans in the United States—a country that is still largely Christian—what happens after death. According to the survey, 72% of Americans think that after death, you go to paradise, which is a place "where people who have led good lives are eternally rewarded." According to the description of hell as a place "where people who have led bad lives and die without feeling regret are eternally punished," 54 percent of American adults said they believed in it.

It appears that many people do hold the belief that after death, we may be ensconced in some paradise dotted with clouds, or alternatively, if we haven't followed the morals set forth by our preferred religion or denomination of that religion, we may be faced with eternal hellfire and the prospect of groveling to a bearded red man who hardly ever puts down his pitchfork. But first, let's be realistic about what actually happens to our bodies when we pass away. Because your heart stops beating and your brain no longer has any electrical activity, doctors can determine that you are dead. Although devices can keep you alive a little while longer, brain death means you are dead. A cardiac death is another possibility, in which case the heart stops pumping and the blood supply to the body is cut off. People who have experienced cardiac death but have been revived have reported that they were conscious of their surroundings, which is a strange and amazing thing. Others have described moving toward a light during such a close call. Clinical death can be reversed, but only after a brief grace period of four to six minutes.

However, if you reach the light and pass through, this is what is referred to as biological death—the end of the game, the final siren, dead as a dodo. This is where things start to become a little undignified, but who cares, you're dead. Your muscles will relax once you are unquestionably gone, which will lead your sphincter to relax as well. As a result, the triple Whopper and big fires you ate for lunch will ooze out of you, and whatever gas you have inside of you could leak out and cause a stench. The same holds true for the urine you have in your bladder, therefore it comes as no surprise that dying is a bit of a dirty process. Furthermore, men, you might even ejaculate. When it comes to women, "coffin birth"—childbirth that occurs after a woman has passed away—can occur if she was pregnant. Though it does not occur frequently. Gasses in the stomach squeeze the newborn into the world instead of the mother pushing.

Noises may come from your mouth when air escapes as the body attempts to get rid of what is trapped inside. The screams and groans coming from dead bodies have frequently been heard by nurses and those working near to them. Even while you might twitch, these are only muscle contractions and don't indicate that you are alive. Additionally, if you died while sleeping on your stomach and the blood poured down there, you might develop an erection shortly after. The whole blood supply of your body will congregate in one spot. Parts of you will have that dark purple color you have seen on television due to this condition, which is known as "livor mortis". These are the nice things that can occur rather soon after you leave. Your body will start to cool down when there is no blood flow through it; this is known as "algor mortis" or simply "death chill." Once it reaches the same temperature as your surroundings, it will continue to cool. We refer to this as "rigor mortis" since you will get stiff in around 2 to 6 hours. The reason for this is that calcium is entering your muscle cells. You begin to decay because germs start to proliferate as a result of cells breaking down without blood flow. Although you may appear to have longer hair or nails, this is not the case. (next to part 2)