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Physiology & Medicine / Is suffocation a horrible experience, despite the absence of obvious pain?
« on: 29/04/2020 03:35:09 »
I'm sorry if this is the wrong section to post this in. I'm not exactly sure where to actually put it, so feel free to move it if it is in the wrong section.
I have a kind of Morbid Question based on Suffocation, and the Science behind it's feelings. I'm sorry if this is too disturbing but I don't know where else to ask it. I tried posting it on other sites, but a bot removed it, and so I was never able to get it answered objectively. I hope I can have it finally answered here.
I've always had the worse Phobia to Suffocation, and it's my most feared way of dying ever. I see it as the most horrible experience ever. I've always had Asthma, or if not that, at least some sort of Respiratory Issues, so I know what it feels like.
But according to Science, and People Online, Suffocation involves no Pain. If no Pain is involved, then why is it so horrible to me, and produces PTSD in people who survive the experience? What am I feeling than? I KNOW that it's more than JUST Panic.
Why is it such a useful Torture Method for Interrogation, or Domestic Abuse if it involves no Pain?
People who survive Drowning Situations, and describe the experience are divided into Two Groups:
Is the people who say it's a Horrible Experience, and left them with PTSD, and a Suffocation Phobia.
Is the people who claim it was Peaceful for them.
What causes such different experiences for the Two of them? Isn't Suffocation a Primal/Primordial thing that is experienced Universally the same across all Humans?
Is there a difference between Drowning, being Smothered, or being Choked/Strangled? If so what are they in order from Worst, to Least, and why are they different, and not the same?
I also want to ask,
Why does breathing in Gasses such as Nitrogen put people to sleep peacefully with no Suffocation feelings like they would if a Plastic Bag was held over their head?
In Wrestling why is it that being Choked Out from the Carotid Arteries on the Side Of The Neck puts them to sleep peacefully in 5 seconds with no feelings of Suffocation, yet Choking Them Out from the Front takes minutes to knock them out, and is a HORRIFIC experience, and perhaps even PTSD producing?
A lot of people online also seem insensitive to Suffocation scenes in Movies, or to stories in real life, and a lot of them say things such as "There Is No Pain Involved In Suffocation, You Just Panic Until You Die".
Is Panic not considered Pain when it's in the form of that level of intensity, and Suffocation?
I always said that I would rather BURN than to Suffocate to death. If there's no Pain in it, then why would I prefer a PAINFUL method of Death over a NON-Painful method?
People also say that the Panic is produced from the fear of dying, but I don't know if I fully agree with that either for a couple of reasons:
If someone gave me the option to die quickly, and painlessly, or be suffocated until I pass out, but survive it, I would STILL choose DEATH, just so I wouldn't have to EVER experience suffocation.
If it's ALL JUST Panic, then theoretically, if a man was taken Hostage by a Serial Killer, and had a Gun held to his head, and KNEW 100% that the Psycho was going to kill him, the guy would Panic for sure, but it SHOULD technically not be any worse, or better, but in fact be the EXACT SAME as if the Psycho held a Plastic Bag over the man's head until he died. Yet it's NOT. The suffocation will STILL be WORSE than being shot in the head with a Gun, even though, both scenarios entail The Victim KNOWING that he will die.
So, with all of that said, if there is no Pain in Suffocation, then why is it such a HORRIBLE experience for me, and why is it such a HUGE Phobia for me, and my most feared way of dying ever? Am I just the weird one here, and am just exaggerating something that is in fact, nothing, and no big deal?
Ultimately, is Suffocation considered Peaceful, or Horrible, and Horrific?
I'm sorry for such a weird question, but I want Science to be able to answer this for me, because it's been bothering me for a while now, and I can't find any real Objective answers online, as everyone says something different. Thanks for any future replies.
Edit UpDate: So, is CO2 build up considered painful, or is it just a Panic thing?
The reason why I ask is because I refuse for the most part to accept my experiences as ONLY Panic. They feel WORSE than that.
Basically, people online have tried to say that drowning is a peaceful way to go, and when a City wanted to get rid of Feral Cats that were causing problems, they advocated the Neighbors to catch them, fill up a Trash Can full of Water, and then put the Cat inside, and seal it off with the Lid until they drowned to death. The City said this was a peaceful way to die. Is that true?
And finally, I was watching a YouTube Clip from a Video Game known as Silent Hill 2 where a man's wife was sick, and dying, and so to put her out of her Misery, he smothered her to death with a Pillow. This was unconsensually.
The clip depicts her screaming, and fighting, and it was a horrific scene.
One of the YouTube Comments said:
"There Is No Pain In Suffocation. You Just Panic Until You Die."
So, is being suffocated to death or until passing out PAINFUL?
Is the CO2 build up from not being able to breathe considered painful, or is it JUST Panic?
Because there's arguments online claiming that Suffocation is just a Panic thing, and not a Pain thing.
Ultimately, do you consider Suffocation in the CO2 Build Up way to be Horriblee, and Horrific?
I have a kind of Morbid Question based on Suffocation, and the Science behind it's feelings. I'm sorry if this is too disturbing but I don't know where else to ask it. I tried posting it on other sites, but a bot removed it, and so I was never able to get it answered objectively. I hope I can have it finally answered here.
I've always had the worse Phobia to Suffocation, and it's my most feared way of dying ever. I see it as the most horrible experience ever. I've always had Asthma, or if not that, at least some sort of Respiratory Issues, so I know what it feels like.
But according to Science, and People Online, Suffocation involves no Pain. If no Pain is involved, then why is it so horrible to me, and produces PTSD in people who survive the experience? What am I feeling than? I KNOW that it's more than JUST Panic.
Why is it such a useful Torture Method for Interrogation, or Domestic Abuse if it involves no Pain?
People who survive Drowning Situations, and describe the experience are divided into Two Groups:
Is the people who say it's a Horrible Experience, and left them with PTSD, and a Suffocation Phobia.
Is the people who claim it was Peaceful for them.
What causes such different experiences for the Two of them? Isn't Suffocation a Primal/Primordial thing that is experienced Universally the same across all Humans?
Is there a difference between Drowning, being Smothered, or being Choked/Strangled? If so what are they in order from Worst, to Least, and why are they different, and not the same?
I also want to ask,
Why does breathing in Gasses such as Nitrogen put people to sleep peacefully with no Suffocation feelings like they would if a Plastic Bag was held over their head?
In Wrestling why is it that being Choked Out from the Carotid Arteries on the Side Of The Neck puts them to sleep peacefully in 5 seconds with no feelings of Suffocation, yet Choking Them Out from the Front takes minutes to knock them out, and is a HORRIFIC experience, and perhaps even PTSD producing?
A lot of people online also seem insensitive to Suffocation scenes in Movies, or to stories in real life, and a lot of them say things such as "There Is No Pain Involved In Suffocation, You Just Panic Until You Die".
Is Panic not considered Pain when it's in the form of that level of intensity, and Suffocation?
I always said that I would rather BURN than to Suffocate to death. If there's no Pain in it, then why would I prefer a PAINFUL method of Death over a NON-Painful method?
People also say that the Panic is produced from the fear of dying, but I don't know if I fully agree with that either for a couple of reasons:
If someone gave me the option to die quickly, and painlessly, or be suffocated until I pass out, but survive it, I would STILL choose DEATH, just so I wouldn't have to EVER experience suffocation.
If it's ALL JUST Panic, then theoretically, if a man was taken Hostage by a Serial Killer, and had a Gun held to his head, and KNEW 100% that the Psycho was going to kill him, the guy would Panic for sure, but it SHOULD technically not be any worse, or better, but in fact be the EXACT SAME as if the Psycho held a Plastic Bag over the man's head until he died. Yet it's NOT. The suffocation will STILL be WORSE than being shot in the head with a Gun, even though, both scenarios entail The Victim KNOWING that he will die.
So, with all of that said, if there is no Pain in Suffocation, then why is it such a HORRIBLE experience for me, and why is it such a HUGE Phobia for me, and my most feared way of dying ever? Am I just the weird one here, and am just exaggerating something that is in fact, nothing, and no big deal?
Ultimately, is Suffocation considered Peaceful, or Horrible, and Horrific?
I'm sorry for such a weird question, but I want Science to be able to answer this for me, because it's been bothering me for a while now, and I can't find any real Objective answers online, as everyone says something different. Thanks for any future replies.
Edit UpDate: So, is CO2 build up considered painful, or is it just a Panic thing?
The reason why I ask is because I refuse for the most part to accept my experiences as ONLY Panic. They feel WORSE than that.
Basically, people online have tried to say that drowning is a peaceful way to go, and when a City wanted to get rid of Feral Cats that were causing problems, they advocated the Neighbors to catch them, fill up a Trash Can full of Water, and then put the Cat inside, and seal it off with the Lid until they drowned to death. The City said this was a peaceful way to die. Is that true?
And finally, I was watching a YouTube Clip from a Video Game known as Silent Hill 2 where a man's wife was sick, and dying, and so to put her out of her Misery, he smothered her to death with a Pillow. This was unconsensually.
The clip depicts her screaming, and fighting, and it was a horrific scene.
One of the YouTube Comments said:
"There Is No Pain In Suffocation. You Just Panic Until You Die."
So, is being suffocated to death or until passing out PAINFUL?
Is the CO2 build up from not being able to breathe considered painful, or is it JUST Panic?
Because there's arguments online claiming that Suffocation is just a Panic thing, and not a Pain thing.
Ultimately, do you consider Suffocation in the CO2 Build Up way to be Horriblee, and Horrific?