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Topics: Health, TikTok, Social Media
Kya Buller
Do you ever wonder whether your life really does flash before your eyes during your final moments?
It’s something none of us want to think about, but death comes to all eventually.
Now we’ve got that morbid truth out of the way…
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It does cross our minds from time to time whether there’s any truth to the white lights or seeing the face of the person you love as you take your last breath.
It’s obvious that there’s no way we’ll actually know what we experience until the time comes.
In the meantime, though, there are some people who we can gain insight from.
This comes in the form of those at the scene - specially, those working in end-of-life hospices.
Julie McFadden is a hospice nurse from Los Angeles who regularly posts on TikTok to share her insights.
Despite seeing death every day, Julie insists she doesn’t fear it - and says we should do all we can to educate ourselves ahead of that fateful day.
In fact, she’s even written a book called Nothing To Fear.
Julie claims that ‘almost everybody’ sees the same thing before they die.
The hospice nurse told hosts of The Skeptic Metaphysicians podcast, Will and Karen, that the vast majority of her patients say they have been visited by people who have already passed on.
She said: “One of the main things that happens to almost everybody, it's usually about a month before they die, they start seeing people who've already died.
"It's always people who bring them comfort...so I say family members - but it's only really family members if you had a good relationship with them.
"They'll see their parents, their grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends, cousins, pets. People who have already died come to them, and it's usually physically. Sometimes in dreams, but it's usually physically."
Julie went on to explain: “They will say, 'Hey I'm coming to get you soon, you don't have to worry about anything we'll be here around you'.
"Most people who experience this are completely lucid - they're alert and oriented, they're not actively dying and hallucinating. There's nothing like that going on.
"As a healthcare professional, we know what hallucinations look like, what delirium looks like, what hypoxia looks like - it's not that. It's like a very distinct thing that happens."
Despite this revelation being a bit eerie, it’s also hugely comforting to a lot of people.
One person wrote in the comments: “My Mom saw and heard her sister and aunt. They brought both of us comfort. She didn’t feel alone or scared.”
Another said: “My pets. I can't wait to see them," while a third said: “This is so comforting.”
Maybe there really is nothing to fear, after all!