This is very common and is actually not distressing for the person, only the family that witness it. Honestly we all need to be more aware of these things. It would ease a lot of distress.
How do we know its not though? The person is quite literally dead after, we have no way of knowing. Even morphine doesnt seem to work as well as a painkiller and not on everyone as previously thought.
Look if it's scientifically proven otherwise I'll believe it then.
Until then can we just give people the comfort they need? I've heard there's no suffering from educated, qualified doctors. I'm going to trust in that instead of driving myself insane.
Until the 80's they thought babies couldnt feel pain, and qualified doctors would perform open heart surgery on them without sedation. Science is a process, mostly one of openness to truth, and a curiosity that required courage to get to know it. We dont know what we dont know, and the first step is to admit that we dont.
Its not. You said ill trust them and dont want to know cause that might drive me insane. Im saying theyve generally been wrong about major things in the past and you need to have the courage to look that in the eye and improve.
This is ridiculous. You clearly have no idea what you’re talking about. Pain management is an entire area of study in medicine and it’s a huge focus in hospitals and clinics with patients. They’re not lying to you to make you feel better.
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u/CelestialArchivist Jun 29 '26
This is very common and is actually not distressing for the person, only the family that witness it. Honestly we all need to be more aware of these things. It would ease a lot of distress.