Ask a Mortician- Worst Way to Die?

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**SELECTED SOURCES & ADDITIONAL READING**
Info on scaphism (HORRORS) www.theparanormalguide.com/blo...
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire - burn to death or jump to your death? www.csun.edu/~ghy7463/mw2.html
Multiple deaths from going into a septic tank to retrieve a damn cell phone www.theguardian.com/world/2014...
Here's a bunch more terrible deaths we found:
This story, considered the worst shark attack in history has terrified me for YEARS. www.smithsonianmag.com/history...
You mentioned drawn and quartering - pretty certain I've found the worst case of this here:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert...
Another 'boiled alive' story - woman innocently walking to work when the sidewalk crumbles underneath her feet and plunges her INTO HOT WATER www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04...
There's the Byford Dolphin incident where a guy exploded to death sciencehorrors.tumblr.com/post...
Decapitation by elevator (STAIRS FOREVER)
www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-n...

[@aaronlovell6026]

No matter how I die it's going to piss me off.

[@nicholecalli14]

DMI AaronLovell same 🤣

[@aaronlovell6026]

@@nicholecalli14 really I said that because death really scares me. Because all I've known is what I've seen from the time I've been alive. But when I die, what then, what do I see then...... is it just over? That's it, no more? I'm a Christian and go to church every Sunday, just because I'm so afraid of dieing. Not so much the death, but what happens after???? It scares the shit out of me

[@darklightangles]

@@aaronlovell6026 Continue to praise. It's better for the soul The lord is amazing

[@heathergutierrez8174]

I'm not scared of dying. I'm scared of what is left behind for my kids and family

[@NuanceSociety]

This took a very dark turn ... walking away slowly ✌

[@nanuq83]

I want to go like my great grandma. She literally went to bed and when they found her, she not only died peacefully in her sleep but she had a smile on her face! Yes please, sign me up.

[@kittybitts9530]

How lovely! God bless her soul

[@wendywhoisit1819]

That's probably the only real happy ending to the stories of our lives that we can hope for.

[@lorenagonzalez7984]

RIP grandma. Also, put me on the wait list for this death.

[@loser1190]

My great grandad passed away in his rocking chair, listening to his favourite music on the radio.

[@newtoy7791]

I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather . . . Instead of screaming in mortal terror, like his passengers.

[@stephanmackie5281]

I asked my grandmother before she died if she was scared. She said she wasn’t scared of being dead. Said she was scared of what it took to get dead. She was 91. One of my favorite human beings ever.

[@vickiephelps5169]

Yep, that is my fear too. I am dieing, but what hoops do I have to jump through to get there?

[@stephanmackie5281]

@@vickiephelps5169 good heavens. I’m so sorry to hear that. I don’t even know what to say.

[@asunahusama]

@@vickiephelps5169 So sorry to hear that Vickie. Hopefully everything will go smoothly for you and your family.

[@AshleyReneeKuntz]

@@vickiephelps5169 my great grandma asked to not be revived when it was her time. One day she was fine and jus old and part deaf and part blind but she got a little cold one day and went to the Hospital, got put in a nursing home of the high class variety and she told us she didnt want to be brought back she wanted to see her husband and aunt susie and she was jus "god damn sick of being blind deaf old and sick" She was 97 She was the best RiP rene Dont worry If my granny got to the jus let me go point, I'm sure we all will

[@vickiweber4718]

Exactly. I'm not afraid of the end result of dying. I'm afraid of a slow, painful death.

[@alfredtaylor1076]

My dad died from covid in November 2020. Two weeks, isolated in a hospital not allowed to be with the people who loved him. The first week he thought he was getting better until all of a sudden he didn't know where he was. He wasn't getting oxygen in his lungs. He was sedated and eventually put on a respirator. Knowing how terrified of hospitals he was in the first place, then to not have his wits about him and not being able to be there for him as he had been when I was hurt as a kid still makes me cry.

[@gobuns2]

may he rest in peace, sad

[@Hellbrunn]

So very tragic. I am so sorry

[@sunflower28668]

I think there were many of us, those that died and those of us that carried on, that walked this same road. My daughter died in September 2020 from COVID19 after 18 days from contracting it. We could not see her either. She was alone except for the nurses. Her father made a cassette tape and they played it for her over and over. Her father singing to her was the last things she heard as she passed on. My only wish was to hold her in my arms one more time; to hold her hand and let her know we were there so she knew she was not alone. It was gut whencing that we could not be there for her in her final moments. I understand your tears as one that continues to feel the tragic unexpected sudden lose of someone we love years later.

[@alfredtaylor1076]

@@sunflower28668 That's horrible. I'm very sorry.

[@ulalaFrugilega]

I'm so sorry for you. He did find peace of course, so please think of his happy times, when you think of him. And help other people instead, if you can. Friendly vibes over space and time...

[@Coopdizzle]

I have terminal cancer and my fear is that my pain will be so horrible in the end. I'm not scared of dying, I'm scared of suffering with this illness.

[@PurpleWolfer]

+Coopdizzle I don't know what this means to you, but I will pray for you

[@chillemijn7385]

I have thought about that a lot. First of all, I hope your pain and suffering stays to a minimum. I can imagine one doesnt want to suffer, but you do want to fight and stick around as long as possible, for you and your loved ones, but as an ilness progresses, where does one draw the line? That must be one tough decision. One I am fortunate enough not to even have to consider personally, but I cant help but think about stuff like that. I hope there are options out there for you. How are you doing now?

[@Coopdizzle]

Chille Mijn Currently doing radiation Mon-Fri. I have lymph node in my chest that are closing a wind pipe and causing me to cough and not breathe as easy. It sucks. When I am done with this I will start a new chemo. Just trying to stay afloat for my 2 boys and hubby.

[@chillemijn7385]

+Coopdizzle Sounds like youre pretty damn tough. Is chemo as rough as I think it is? I hope your husband and two boys are extra sweet to you on the days when your supply of tough is running low.

[@Coopdizzle]

Chille Mijn Yes chemo is very rough. Some are worse than others. The last chemo I was on was not "as" bad as last years. I don't know what the next chemo will do to me but I don't care as long as it gives me more time. My 3 men do spoil me with hugs and kisses. I fight for them for sure!

[@SepherStar]

My cat will eat my dead body but not the $100 worth of expensive cat food I just bought him (which, by the way, he loved last month).

[@Froggywentawandering]

+SepherStar mewww

[@e.starling141]

SepherStar Story of my life. My cat is over his food after about a month or so. He's like "Eh, I'm bored with this. Get me some new shit."

[@johndavidson2365]

SepherStar it will if it gets hungry enough

[@atlasnut]

I give my cat full permission to eat me, if it keeps him alive long enough to be rescued. It's not like I'll be doing anything with mine anymore anyway.

[@goodnight_loveyou]

Seneca Shore Agreed.

[@docputer]

My wife died a few months ago. She had a terminal illness, and I was very afraid that it was going to be a horrible lingering death for her. Fortunately, she died at a weekly doctor's visit, after having one of her best days ever. She was in the middle of telling the receptionist what a great day and meal she had the previous day and fell silent. The staff quickly took her to an exam room and determined she had passed and was a no-code. They let me sit with her until the mortuary was there to collect her.

[@shayleigh9892]

I'm so sorry. 🫂

[@ulalaFrugilega]

So good for her! Good byes would have been too hard for both of you, I'm sure.

[@navyeodguy1605]

I’m not afraid of death. As a combat vet I’ve seen more than my fair share. My prayer is that I will live one breath longer than my disabled wife. I hope that God will let me have that one blessing.

[@ourfamilychannel4458]

✝️🙏

[@ElizaBXX]

My husband isn't disabled, but I have always said that I hope and pray our Love will take us away together. ♡ One breath longer than him sounds pretty good to me.

[@heather000burton]

Got me in the feels.

[@ulalaFrugilega]

I pray that for you, too!

[@lynn.d1015]

Dying doesn’t scare me. It’s the pain and suffering that comes first

[@gregdiamond5355]

Lynn .D not necessarily. My dad’s heart failed rapidly. He slipped under, had a dnr, and peacefully slipped away with no pain. He didn’t suffer.

[@jmbthegreat]

@@gregdiamond5355 I think what Lynn's trying to say is the worst deaths are the long-drawn-out painful deaths where the suffering really amounted to nothing. Where they started suffering with the hopes that they will get better but in the end nothing really changed other than the fact they suffered more.

[@sadetucker2094]

That's my only fear with death. I'd rather die pain free and feel as if I'm slipping into a deep sleep. Everyone deserves that, but life is so cruel.

[@AsTheWheelsTurn]

@@sadetucker2094 so weird to me, I would rather die a slow painful death than to die in my sleep. I want to KNOW I am dying; I want to have time to recognize that and say my farewells. pain is something I have always known in one way or another, I do not fear it, I do not fear death either but I would hate for it to sneek up on me in my sleep . I want to be fully aware of it when I die and see it coming for at least days if not months.

[@nellynoodles2784]

@@AsTheWheelsTurn why would you want that? Having seen someone die slowly of cancer, bedridden and reduced to a skin and bones shadow of their former self and in immense pain,I wouldn't wish this on anyone. Nobody deserves to suffer like that,far better to fade away peacefully and without pain... Everyone has a right to a opinion, but having seen someone go through all they did,i can't imagine anyone wanting something like that.

[@Argeaux2]

In defence of "dumb ways to die", it was a catchy way of warning people how to avoid accidents around trains.

[@petertocher6845]

That's right. It was a pretty cool campaign about safety around trains in Melbourne, Australia.

[@robertr9188]

Correct and the animation seemed geared for children as the audience. The biggest drawback or problem in my opinion: it showed the 'dead' characters all singing the song along together which could be misinterpreted to 'see, they are all mangled and missing parts but are still happy and alive' and not actually dead never to do anything again. Whoever came up with the campaign was dazzled by the 'brilliance' to not see it from a child's POV

[@petertocher6845]

@@robertr9188 Yes, I hadn't thought of it from that perspective. At the time I thought it was piggybacking on the ultra violent Happy Tree Friends cartoons which, frankly, were not suitable for anyone under 14

[@robertr9188]

@@petertocher6845 The level of violence is about the same, the difference is one trying to convey a 'message' while the other is just ultra violent entertainment (yes, I love Happy Tree Friends) and only one shows the now mangled, burned, impaled or parts missing cute characters doing a group sing-along. The other actually shows the 'dead' characters not being all happy, ever again. One episode of Happy Tree Friends at the amusement park should scare young children from ever going to one again!

[@petertocher6845]

@@robertr9188 Lol! The roundabout one with the body parts tearing off ! Brutal.

[@pgannon1948]

I'm surprised you didn't mention impalement, as in Vlad the Impaler. An experienced impaler would miss arteries and you could live in agony for 3 days. The cruelty of some people knows no bounds.

[@Burning_Dwarf]

Longer if they kept you fed and hydrated.

[@mikeholland7093]

I drove the "dead truck" in my county for seventeen years. Picked up dead deer, skunks, raccoons, the odd goat Averaged 2,000 deer in that time. Makes you think a lot about death. Often, I had occasion to hold the head of a freshly killed deer. Sometimes the skull under the skin was crushed into shards. Saw how quick life can turn into no life.

[@TheSeptemberRose]

Interestingly, my ex drove a truck like that when he was working for the National Park Service and he said he saw some horrors....like the deer that had been hit by a transport truck and then dragged for miles......a long streak of blood and deer parts strewn along the highway.

[@itsmenala9087]

Did the truck stink?

[@mikeholland7093]

@@itsmenala9087 No, I washed the pickup bed out with a long handled brush and kennel cleaning soap every day. I mean, it smelled like the Dead Truck generally, but I washed the necrotic smell out at end of each shift.

[@TheCivildecay]

I'm always amazed at how creative humanity is when it comes to inventing new ways to torture others

[@esmeraldasantana1022]

I agree

[@serpentinewolf7085]

Yep. And the reasons we’ll do it. Fucking religions are great jokes at that. Deuteronomy is my favorite.

[@armelburgess8651]

@@serpentinewolf7085 You don't have to agree with religion, not saying any religion does that, but you don't have to disrespect it either.

[@annnee6818]

We're just the biggest aholes of the animal kingdom

[@TheCivildecay]

@@annnee6818 Not as long as cats and geese exist ;)

[@sitchreapotere1073]

My wife's grandmother died when my wife was 8 years old. Her grandmother had been in the hospital for a few days and, although the parents knew her grandmother's time was up, my wife did not. Staying overnight in the hospital, my wife climbed into bed with her grandmother and asked her to read her a story. So she did, just like she had every hot Florida summer before. Then, they went to sleep. In the morning, she was gone. My wife wasn't old enough to realize what had happened, but now looking back, we both agree that her grandmother had the best death anyone can hope to have. I hope I am that lucky.

[@imanacer]

Thank you, Sitchrea. That is a beautiful account

[@lyndsaybrown8471]

That's so sweet! Best way to go, for sure.

[@lindsay9587]

Definitely the best way to go.

[@janetcarl3578]

My heart is full of ❤️ love. She wasn’t alone, than you Lord.

[@whereisCarmenSandiego]

There is no death I could ever imagine being more peaceful. Just snuggling your sweet grand baby in your final moments knowing you are in the arms of the one you love most.

[@ttestates1]

Buried Alive in a Casket. BTW, I was 2 blocks from ground Zero on 9/11. Saw both planed hit but, I will never forget people that jumped to get away from fire and smoke. I still have nightmares 20 years later. Also, after collapse, I saw body parts everywhere behind FBI tape. Never goes away. I took photos all day that were published in a magazine in Norway and Denmark

[@davidepool5884]

New subscriber. I was scalded over a large area of the front of my body from below my neck to my knees by a pressure cooker incident when I was 11 or 12 years old. I’ve never felt pain worse than that steam burn. My fear is being burnt to death by fire or anything else that’s really hot. I’m 61 years old now and I’m still afraid of pressure cookers. I won’t even go in a kitchen if one is being used.

[@emagneticfield]

I have been working at nursing homes for 20 years. A bad death can also be dying alone having out lived everyone you remembered from your life. Sure there may be great grandchildren but they are people you can barely relate to. Some people die totally alone in their little room or apartment and are only found when the mail piles up or the neighbors complain of a bad smell and no one recalls seeing you for a while. I myself am 68 years old and I have already outlived all my old friends and most of my relations. My twin sons are still alive but everyone else is gone. It’s hard to go out and meet new people especially with covid 19 still not under control.

[@cu1728]

Online chat groups!

[@Priscila98245]

@@cu1728 Just be aware if they ask for money!

[@rebeccahicks2392]

That's the specially horrific thing about this pandemic. So many of the extremely elderly people who died from it also spent the last months of their life alone because of it.

[@janiznick]

@@rebeccahicks2392 there is no pandemic, the politicians are using it as a political tool to keep you in fear and divide us. I've been working, shopping going camping and to the beach several times this summer, all without the muzzle on and no one around me or myself has been sick. Please open your eyes and take off the politicians muzzle. Have a great day.

[@georginax5919]

@@janiznick ohhh you haven’t seen it so it must not be real then!

[@cougarchopsluv]

Live burial, being trapped in a sinking car, pulled into machinery (wood chipper etc.) or being eaten alive (rat torture or necrotising fasciitis), would be the worst. Anything where you are fully aware of what is happening but are powerless to prevent it. NOPE

[@cougarchopsluv]

@Ligeia D.Aurevilly I 100% agree! This is one striking thing about working in forensic pathology, you get a pretty hands on exposure to the worst deaths imaginable (trust me when this is only the start of my list).

[@cindysue5474]

Crazy you bring up wood chipper.A guy I knew here in Az. did landscaping and one of the crew jumped into a chipper to off himself it was over in a few seconds just spray everywhere so its fast.

[@cougarchopsluv]

Oh wow that would be utterly horrific. ​There was one in Goomboorian (Queensland) 2 years ago. The decedent was said to have fallen into the industrial chipper whilst helping out a female friend clear some branches. Since then it seems like the whole thing may have been a murder plot orchestrated by his two best mates who had both been dating his former partner. Absolutely awful.

[@cindysue5474]

One thing that pissed my friend off was he had to take the rest of the day off with out pay.

[@blondego56]

@@cindysue5474 Immature twit..Grow up 😒

[@justiny.1352]

The guy thrown into a manhole and boiled alive was Sean Doyle :( so tragic that he wasn’t helped as he was screaming in agony. He never received justice either as the guy that killed him (Michael Wright) was never charged.

[@vickiweber4718]

Seriously? I would think manslaughter charges at the very least.

[@rdwright6708]

Why was there boiling water in the manhole?

[@theautisticartist9370]

@@rdwright6708 better question: Why tf was it open??

[@Romy---]

All your info is wrong. Those were not their real names. They were changed for a book. The real names are Kyle McGarity and Keith Masters. Also Masters WAS charged. BUT the charges were dropped... I guess they decided it was an accident, I don't know. The real Justin Y. would've probably gotten the facts right.

[@jvsperoni]

@@rdwright6708 Answering your 2 month old question. There are steam pipes beneath some New York City streets, to provide steam heat to skyscrapers. When a steam pipe leaks the hot water ends up in the storm sewers. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_steam_system

[@marywalls4301]

I lost my mother to cancer in 2001. During the time I spent with her she suffered terribly. I wouldn't wish that kind of suffering on anyone. She did slip into a coma at the end, but the suffering she went through was rough. Due to the pain meds that she was on, she had bouts where she was incoherent. I told my family after finding out that I too had cancer that when the time came that was unable to take care of myself I was going to sign myself into a nursing home. I am not afraid to die, I just hope when it comes my time to pass on I will still remember who my loved ones are.

[@cutehumor]

my sister passed away in 2021 of cancer. she went to the hospital and they moved to her a nursing home and she passed in less than 3 weeks later. she was 49 yrs old.

[@crazybrit-nasafan]

I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandad, not screaming in terror like his passengers. Thanks for the 11K plus likes folks. Just read all the comments. I know this joke is far from original,

[@ebinuyasha1]

Crazy Brit Nasa Fan that’s dark hahahahah

[@downbntout]

Made me smile

[@giabuterakos]

My friends mom used to tell us kids that joke and it never got old whenever a new kid came over to my friends house with us and heard that joke for the first time. To see how different kids handled the joke was so amusing lol

[@folio2068]

Very morbid

[@dennisburgess2940]

Crazy Brit Nasa Fan ha

[@tealover9063]

At my funeral there will be an 1000 question kahoot. Whoever wins gets all my possessions and debt 😂

[@daina4849]

You really are taking down everyone with you, aren't you?

[@bbybo]

Looks like you have won this comment from someone else too You must be very good at kahoots

[@destini8690]

LMFAOOOOOO

[@kittycon4857]

Just imagine your mother only getting like 5 out of 1000 ..oof

[@gratitud31]

possession as in items or... GHOOOOOUUUUOOOOSSSSSTSSSS WOOOOOOOOOO!!! WOooooOoOOOOoOO..... ok ill leave

[@5050kas]

A mortician once told me, you do not remember being born, and you won't remember dying

[@floydiandreamscapes5145]

Watched a video about two brothers who went caving, one crawled in this narrow shift that was on a downward slant.he got jammed in there and no one could get him out. His body is still there. THAT for me would be a horrific way to die and I get comfort knowing I'll never put myself in that position.

[@smokejc]

John Edward Jones. yeah, that was awful.

[@sophiebentz2456]

I think I found my new favourite person. She handles difficult situations with maturity and respect but includes hedgehogs so I don’t feel overwhelmed. I needed the hedgehog.

[@patrickwall8517]

You need Ron Jeremy?

[@SlavicUnionGaming]

Amy Gilbo you must be mistaken, she is kinda very immature in some of her videos, it actually bothers me

[@jordanpasek]

Idk what you're talking about. She's really immature. Probably what makes it possible for her to disassociate with the awful things that she has to deal with tbh

[@jordanpasek]

@The Real Deal hmmm. Agreed! Off I go!

[@ellamills5716]

Russian Federation being humorous and lighthearted when talking about disturbing and uncomfortable topics isn’t the same as being immature. in every video i’ve seen of hers she handles sensitive subjects respectfully and gives useful information so idk where you’re getting immaturity from

[@karhukivi]

One of my relatives had a heart attack watching a rugby final on TV and clutching a pint of beer, not a bad way to go!

[@Griff00]

did their team win at least?

[@karhukivi]

@@Griff00 Don't know, but the game must have been too exciting!

[@soulsearcher7759]

@@laurengriffin608 wonderful speech

[@laurengriffin608]

@@soulsearcher7759 I'm so sorry my daughter grab my phone and was bloody playing with it lol... i will delete the comment now.x

[@erinathanassiou617]

Sounds like they had their version of a good death

[@therainbowwillow4453]

I feel bad for my dad because he was only 54 when he died. He died of cardiac arrest though, so his death was relatively quick. Miss you, dad! It’s been an entire year now.

[@ambrabridges2161]

My great-grandfather committed suicide by setting himself on fire. I always thought that or being mauled to death by an animal would be the worst ways to die.

[@sarahsander785]

For the animal I actually don't think it is as worse as one imagines. If you listen to survivors of animal attacks (at least by big predatory animals) they all tell you that the adrenaline rush kicks in pretty quickly, making it so you don't feel the pain. My mother told me this as well, after she got attacked by a dog. If you are mauled by an animal that's going to directly kill you (like a tiger, leopard, lion or posibly a feral dog) I think your shock reaction will take care of the situation pretty well. Not so much with bears, so, as it's said that they have a tendency to keep you alive for some days even. Don't think adrenaline will keep up with that.

[@viccasaur]

Drowning and being burned alive is pretty scary, but I think the one that really freaks me the fuck out is being crushed slowly.

[@terryjones573]

Crooked cat I guess a slight positive to that is I’m sure not far into this crushing a major organ would be punctured or crushed, killing you. Though I’m no forensic pathologist or doctor.

[@LadyAngela678]

My gosh. Youve thought about this. Lmao

[@terryjones573]

I suppose I did think too far into it, didn't I? But, I think KNOWING that you're about to be crushed is terrifying enough, even if the death itself is quick/not as painful. I think I'm more afraid of the imminence of my death, rather than the event alone. Having a gun pointed in your face, then being shot has got to be worse than being shot from behind, without your knowledge. Thinking too much again, as always.

[@TaylorandthePhoenixY]

"More Weight..." -Giles Corey

[@draygoes]

When being crushed, death tends to occur when the breastplate and ribs break puncturing the heart, lungs, or both at the same time. Its important to note that in cases where your diaphragm can still expand, the pain can last as long as the bones can hold out. This effectively means that if done carefully enough, one can be crushed for days before death. Happy nightmares.

[@1129buttons]

That guy that died stuck, upside down, in a cave hole, knowing that rescuers just gave up. That is my worst. Edit: I think it’s about time I explain ;) I wrote my comment after watching just 1 video about this horrible incident. That KZbinr didn’t explain go into as much detail as there is now about it. They literally used the words “gave up”. I assure you, I know they tried everything.

[@_swesters_]

at that point I would've just asked them to shoot me in the head like damn. Just gonna leave me here?

[@1129buttons]

@@_swesters_ if they could get to his head maybe they would have. They couldn’t see passed his knees :((

[@_swesters_]

@@1129buttons maybe they could've done a lethal injection? Idk. Just sounds like a terrifying way to go

[@1129buttons]

@@_swesters_ true

[@lagatita1623]

@@_swesters_ if it makes you feel better he died after passing out ,and they were still trying to rescue him. They didnt give up while he was alive but did leave his body there in the end

[@PumkinSyrup]

I think Ivan McGuires death was probably one of the worse ways to go. Not only did he forget a parachute before he jumped off but he thought he had one on which turned out to be his recording equipment, cus he was recording the jump to be used for training videos but he ended up recording his own death and final minutes/seconds on film. How awful it’d be to realized that your getting closer and closer to the ground with no way to prevent your death but I’m personally so scared of heights that this incident freaks me out even more.

[@ex-engineer6657]

Thanks for the snuggle break, I actually took a deep breath and relaxed. I had a 16 year old dog I rescued, she died 3 years later, running and playing, barking, enjoying life. she took a break in the shade and that was it. I want to go like that; playing and barking!

[@strangerdanger1271]

Burning alive haunts me. When I was in 7th grade my friend and I were going fishing with his dad. We had just turned into the highway and came upon a crash where a woman and her grandson were in a minivan that had slammed into the back of a grain truck. The woman was trapped in the van and the engine compartment was burning. Men were trying desperately to rip the door off with a chain and truck but the fire flared up and consumed the van. I am now 42 and can still remember the horrible screaming and sounds she made as she burned to death. It seemed to go on forever. I was hoping for her sake she would just die to end the suffering. It was awful.

[@lisamarkley2981]

I am so sorry you had to witness that. I hope her family can find some peace.

[@pinkscorpion3295]

Scott Baker that’s very awful and I would not want to be alive in the hospital recovering from something that traumatic. I heard it’s so bad when they have to clean and care for the wounds.Little can they do for the patient in that type of excruciating pain. I can’t imagine working in a burnt unit . It would really mess me up .

[@TheKonga88]

Sounds like you were a fish and a queen ant was laying eggs in your brain.. 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐠🐠🐠🐠🐟🐟🐟👑👑👸👸👸🐜🐜🐜🐜🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃

[@sherrynevis-baltzer734]

How horrible. Sorry you had to see that.

[@summahthevegan3796]

These are the times when kt would be kinder for someone to shoot them in the head. Seriously, as soon as it became apparent they couldn't be saved they should have been shot. That way it wouldn't be so fucked and last so long. I think that mercy killings in these cases should be legal.

[@dalehoyt7833]

I'm not afraid of dying I just don't want to be there when it happens.

[@Ididntaskforahandleyoutube]

--Woody Allen

[@BloodyBay]

@@Ididntaskforahandleyoutube Also: "I don't want to achieve immortality through my works. I want to achieve it by not dying." - Woody Allen

[@applesthecat]

Don’t worry, you won’t be there for long

[@catherinebittner2110]

I love your videos. My grandpa was a hearse driver. He delivered a casket for a home viewing. While carrying the casket up the front steps the guy in front holding lost his grip. The casket contained a very heavy woman. The casket hit my grandfather in the chest. They got the casket set up in the home for the viewing. My grandfather did not feel well and went to rest in the driver's seat of the hearse. When the viewing was over the other funeral worker went to get my grandfather to help carry the casket back to the hearse. My grandfather was found dead slumped over the steering wheel of the hearse. The impact of the casket caused a blood clot to dislodge and died of a coronary thrombosis.

[@Anurepa]

My biggest fear will be that I die trying to protect someone I care about, and that my final thought will be the realization that it wasn’t enough. Sure, I don’t wanna go painfully. Nobody does. But more than anything else, if I go first, I want to know that the people I love are safe, and that they’ll be okay. The alternative is terrifying.

[@MrShadowpanther3]

When I read the story of the young man who went caving, crawled a little too far in then slid headfirst down an incline till he became stuck. He was stuck like that for days as the rescuers tried in vain to pull him out. Their only viable option, given the shape of the hole he was in, was to break his legs so they could make it around the bend he had slid through. Stuck in that head down position, he died before they tried that. Just watching those caving videos where people are squeeeezing themselves through these tiny holes, where if they got stuck, they were done, sends my stress through the roof.

[@donnaabrams2570]

MrShadowpanther3 - Yes I read that story also and had nightmares for several days! I still wonder why they didn’t break his legs sooner to have some chance of getting him out alive.

[@MrShadowpanther3]

@@donnaabrams2570 if I remember correctly it was a very difficult spot for the rescue team to do anything.

[@pancake_ninja7964]

@@donnaabrams2570 happened at nutty putty cave in Utah , and they never considered breaking his legs , they said it would of put his body into shock and he would of died faster that way... The body of John is still in the cave , stuck in the same spot ... They cemented off all the entrances and its considered his final resting spot

[@robryan2440]

This is by far my worst nightmare death. Head down in a confined space. Add darkness & water to make it worse. I'll take fire instead.

[@robryan2440]

Or buried alive with my arms and legs pinned...

[@jasonokeefe6545]

Dying doesn’t scare me at all. My health issues are going to kill me within the next 12 months maximum. My death is going to be very painful over a 4-5 day period, as I’ve decided to stay at home, rather than spend anymore time in hospital than I already have, I’ve been in a hospital bed just shy of 12 years over the last 18 years. I just wish that Australia would change its views on a dying persons choice to tap out before they die, and give us a choice on how to exit from the world. I do how ever feel like I’m very blessed, as I’m lucky enough to be able to spend quality time with my family, friends and loved ones, and at least get to say goodbye and thank everyone for the amazing lives that we’ve had with each other, so many people never get that, they leave for work in the morning, and they never see their loved ones ever again, so as I said, I feel very blessed for that to happen. A lot of people don’t understand that with the terminally ill, death isn’t always the worst option. God bless everyone and stay healthy in this time of uncertainty. Keep up with these fantastic video’s, as I believe death is something that should be talked about openly, as we are all going to go through it sooner or later, death shouldn’t be this taboo subject in life, not in this day and age. Learning more about death and it’s processes are very fascinating I believe. Peace everyone, and much love, from me to you.

[@mikkykyluc5804]

Peace to you too Jason, best of luck to you and yours!

[@gracejuice]

wishing you well, jason!

[@nicoanon]

did you die?

[@ThatGuy-ng7et]

8 months left according to when this comment was posted, hope you can make the most out of them. It’s really just sad some people have a set, mostly clear time limit, but it also strangely seems relieving. You can prepare for months, sometimes even years, on how you will face something so serious and literally life-changing. Of course it also sounds horrible, but this is just my outsider view of it.

[@5targazing]

You are an amazing person who deserves better! Back in the 80's my own mother asked me to assist her in dying sooner so she felt the same way you do. Having come across your comment, you have inspired me to make it my mission to make sure that they do allow this in the very near future in Australia. Sending love from Brisbane 😊❤

[@ruthhale1414]

I have read all your books! They were great! Thank you for your honesty, your compassion and demystifying a subject the some find taboo.

[@ruthhale1414]

@@trevorjennings721 I am fine, how are you? Do I know you?

[@ruthhale1414]

Great and you?@@trevorjennings721

[@ruthhale1414]

@@trevorjennings721 it is kind of you to care. Thank you give me your email and I will email you.

[@ruthhale1414]

Ok? We are only as safe as we are.

[@ruthhale1414]

@@trevorjennings721 Trevor Jennings there are 10 men with your name

[@scubasteve7303]

I’m not afraid of dying, but I’m terrified at the idea of my son growing up without his Dad.

[@Vspot2pointO]

Suffocating/drowning. Whenever my asthma acts up I get so scared. Anything involving not being able to breath scares the shit out of me.

[@jermwerm2575]

I am not scared of dying. I am scared of dying slowly

[@faolair3320]

Dying slowly wouldn't be a problem for me but a slow AND painful death is my worst nightmare

[@Abs0lut3Cyner]

You literally ARE slowly dying. Everyone is from the moment they're born.

[@lemonii3223]

I'm scared of dying alone and being found when it's too late

[@ITZeppelin]

Exactly.

[@Tatjana-_-]

Living is just a slow way of dying tho

[@garymichaelson2111]

I'm ever so thankful to you for this episode. Let me explain... I am often haunted by what might become of my cat, if I die in my home and am not readily found. Now I know that my cat will eat me and won't starve! This is a great relief to me. Plus I live on through my cat! I'm serious this does give me a lot of comfort.

[@vypr8846]

Being flayed alive, kept alive as long as possible, and as death approaches having the scalp and face peeled down over the skull so it is one of the last things seen.

[@QueenKatz8]

Being hung, drawn, and quartered would be pretty horrific, as happened to William Wallace (Braveheart). It was a common execution method back in medieval times.

[@andysutcliffe3915]

Honestly, back when I was suicidal, one of the main things which put me off was thinking how I’d do it. Many of them came back to I wouldn’t want to suffocate/drown, or feel my life slowly drain due to bleeding, get brain damage and not actually die, see the ground approaching and potentially have minutes of pain after impact. Finally realising that if I was that bothered about bleeding out and feeling cold, then I still really preferred life

[@stormisuedonym4599]

Same here.

[@ilovemydressinggown9715]

So glad you choose life my friend. Big hugs xxxxx

[@eddenoy321]

Fight to live, make that your purpose, Andy.

[@grattata4364]

@@eddenoy321 Well said sir.

[@brenttesterman1198]

I've, unfortunately, been exposed to more suicide than I care to remember. not to sound harsh but, it's a big fuck you to everyone that cares about you.

[@longtail4711]

This video really highlights mine. Death is a concept I'm totally ok with. It's the idea of having a lingering dying process in terror and pain that I fear.

[@rabeccainouye980]

longtail4711 of

[@marishanameyer6132]

Best way to die according to a survey of coroners is a gun shot to the head, quick and painless. Worst way ...burning to death

[@jenniferrojas7024]

marishana meyer I think death by pentobarbital or secobarbital is the most painless, I tried to euthanize myself twice in 2004-2006 using a certain benzodiazepine and 2 different opioid and it was painless, in fact I didn't even remember passing out I only remember waking up in the hospital days later and when I woke I thought I had been there for a few hours but it was days.

[@lilshopdeb]

a painful, lingering death ....like from stage 4 cancer of the bone.....

[@cwileybutler9698]

I was depressed then watched this video. Started laughing, can't stop. Feel better. I could die laughing. Thank you. Great therapy. 😂

[@brendonducharme3527]

To answer you question, my most feared way to die, is torture by the hands someone who doesnt intend on killing me quickly. It strange to me, because I live a life where I'm more likely to win a fist fight with a Grizzly, than somehow end up in a position where I'm being tortured

[@dragoneye6652]

For me, one of the worst ways to die is through one of the many variations of dementia. Something about slowly losing the ability to express yourself, remember, and function as a living human being until youre essentially a vegetable, deeply terrifies me. To add the cherry on top of this existential dread sundae, i am most likely neurodivergent, (autism, adhd, etc.) And aleready struggle with short term memory issues. neurodivergent people have a higher chance of getting some form of dementia (mainly alzhimers) in old age. Aside from that though, i dont really have a reason to really fear it now. Im 18 years old, theres a possibility i wont even get in old age, both sides of my family have never had cases of dementia, and more than likely by the time im old enough to truly worry about it, there will be better treatment options or even a cure for it.

[@alejandrarosales7836]

I want to die in such a hilariously ridiculous way that my loved ones won't be able keep from laughing at my wake... like "yeah even her death is so her!"

[@DawnKellyPhotography]

Yeessssss lol!!

[@tuesdaywithanh]

Oh my goodness yes that would be lovely I want this

[@tonyadurst-scarlett1542]

😁😁😁💜💜💜

[@cjcampbell4799]

death by snoo snoo

[@coodoritos]

**on a hot air balloon** “WATCH ME DO A BACKFLIP” **starts falling to inevitable death**

[@Jess140594]

I either want to die peacefully in my sleep or so so so quickly while I’m awake that I won’t feel anything.

[@NoItDoesntChange]

JessicaAmy145 gun to the head

[@d-rocker26]

Same here.

[@EvelynDayless]

Same I want to die sleeping like my Grandpa, not screaming like the people in the back of his car.

[@AlanHirschenhoferII]

Munashiimaru That's a classic...love it, never gets old

[@Corvid]

Most people die very quickly, and don't know it's coming. The process leading up to cardiac arrest might not feel that nice, you'll probably feel pretty sick from the heart attack or stroke or whatever, but once your heart stops you've got about 10 seconds of "Hey, I feel really weird..." before it's lights out upstairs. You're still aware on some level, but not in a human sense, so you won't really feel any pain or anxiety. I've known some people remember going unconscious, and being just simply "aware", and able to hear us planning the resuscitation. Then oxygen levels get too low in the brain, and memories stop being "recorded". Really creepy when someone who was theoretically totally unconscious tells you "I heard you defibrillate me, and say you needed someone to get more oxygen"! The memories usually seem to be very disembodied, which ties up with a LOT of spiritual and religious beliefs about consciousness and the "soul" if that's what you believe. Even looking at it scientifically, there's ongoing research into awareness during cardiac arrest, very interesting stuff! It seems to me like most deaths are pretty peaceful, the end comes quickly and towards the end all you feel is your body trying to survive. You lose a lot of awareness anyway during any major medical problem like massive blood loss, or heart attack.

[@alexavierherbert2481]

after knowing about my uncle's experience I am a big supporter of MAID (medical assistance in dying). He got to speak to every loved one before death and get everything he wanted to say out. He got to choose his time and date who was there. He died peacefully, in no pain, in his own bed, surrounded by loved ones, fully prepared, and in control.

[@92jaxs]

I honestly wished my mom had this option. She had stage 4 stomach cancer and it was horrible.

[@Cubs-Den-Reactions]

Thank you for mentioning the jumping on September 11th being psychologically relevant… and traumatizing… I resemble that remark. My worst death would be something long and painful. As a person with excessive trauma and chronic pain… quick and painless death I pray sincerely for. No more pain 😢

[@nickvancapelleveen3750]

I have 4 cats. I would be gone in no time. The way they eat.

[@jessicafaber7672]

Its almost nice to think that my eyes wont be a total waste and my cats wont starve

[@shadowwalker117]

My Fuzzy Masters are more than welcome to consume my remains, I am a good slave and desire nothing more than to continue to serve them even after my death.

[@tiffprendergast]

Beatrice Flowers same

[@rahkinrah1963]

wouldn't have to worry about feeding them anymore.

[@thebullqueen]

I have 2, and one cries if theres no food in the bowl

[@nicolalocke5409]

I am thankful that my cat has learned to open his dry food tub.....

[@AskAMortician]

Nicola Locke That is indeed a blessing.

[@silverbees]

Ask A Mortician See, I'm not so sure being eaten by my cat(s) would be such a bad thing. I'm dead so I don't know it's happening. They're getting food so if I'm not found right away they might survive. Just a thought.

[@NeonYellowTeddyBears]

Nicola Locke tru lol my cat does that all the time

[@psyklops00]

SpaceCatandtheKittens Ask A Mortician I knew this fact about cats vs. dogs, and I'm now interested in turning my body into animal feed of some sort. If my Zelda outlives me, I'd love for her to obtain the benefits of my nutrients.

[@98Zai]

Jason Brough I agree, becoming food would be awesome. I'm thinking Buddhist sky burial though, to be part of a greater chain.

[@MotherOPearl]

I had to read about the triangle shirt waist fire for school, and it was so sad, because it all could have been prevented.

[@elenaderoet4926]

I just don't want pain when I die. I do not want to die in agony. Life is hard enough.

[@johno9507]

The worst death was that young man who got stuck upside down in the narrow Nutty Putty cave and couldn't be removed. Or the boy who fell down a chimney in a deserted cabin in the woods and wasn't found for years.

[@portias_point_of_view9180]

John O totally the Nutty Putty cave. Broke my heart reading about that.

[@davidhintz1]

Definatly Nutty Putty. Really sad.

[@Geckobane]

Gah.

[@patearl4036]

O or the young man in the rolled up rug...yep

[@patearl4036]

or that couple that was robbed of their yacht and tied together and thrown off alive into the ocean with weights by that pukey ex power rangers actor

[@rainab4303]

When i studied palliative care they told us that our brain releases chemicals when we are dying which makes it a peaceful experience for us. I always think back to that and I hope it is true

[@mea1831]

Raina Faulkner you and me both.

[@manondesbiens8794]

me too

[@whiskeymann5961]

No kidding.

[@Stopthisrightnow560]

DMT- Look it up. It's super peaceful.

[@maxies4090]

Raina Faulkner Hopefully it's true

[@LEVENINZWEDEN]

That little boy Rayan in Marocco who fel the 5th of februari 2022 down a narrow hole 35 meters deep and sat there with broken bones for 6 days, slowly dying... That made me cry for days...

[@midoann]

Lock in syndrome, coffin, tortured, suffocation… thanks love your book, activism and videos. Love from 🇯🇵

[@emmareese4520]

I think the worst way to die that I've ever heard of was a woman who disappeared from inside her own home. People were completely baffled. It was like she had just vanished into thin air. Just, poof, gone, with no trace left behind. Until...a smell started to come from a room. Her family moved a dresser, and found the corpse of the woman behind it. The weird thing about the way she was position was that she was upside-down, and pinned against the wall by this dresser. Turns out, she had dropped a remote behind this dresser, and was attempting to get it out when she somehow got trapped. The way she was positioned meant that she had slowly suffocated to death. It took her a long time to die. She would not have had the air to cry for help, but she likely would have been able to hear her family moving around the rest of the house. The thought of slowly dying like that, and not being able to scream for help, while still being able to hear your family in the background....ugh. I'm good

[@buttarain27]

Damn

[@Alexandru8846]

that doesn't sound scary, maybe shitty for her loved ones tho.

[@Shy__wolf]

Emma Reese this broke my heart

[@serenityhatesyou5553]

What the fucking shit

[@infamoussilence1423]

That is freaky

[@ahabtheplant]

My idiot cat keeps trying to nom on me before I'm dead. I guess he likes his meat fresh.

[@animetrash146]

ahabtheplant same

[@tiff2106]

ahabtheplant he or she does not want to miss the right moment! 😂

[@lmoore3rd]

My cat too, much to his disappointment he's just checking to see if I'm ready to serve. =)

[@crazybrit-nasafan]

Well, cats will be cats. Our cat Sylverster will nibble the odd finger but the one he tries to eat is the dog. Usually after bitchslapping him across the face.

[@ericscaillet2232]

Out of all my cats, I'm certain of one for sure,that big ginger garfield looking one 😂

[@biancachristie]

I used to have a few weird phobias, especially of electricity, tornados, a few other common things. I made it to middle age, and they're all pretty much gone. Maybe it's just that my meds are working. At this point, my fears are more about some of the things that could happen along the way rather than the means of death itself. When I first started watching this video, I was specifically thinking about that guy who steamed alive when this video started, and then you mentioned him. I cooked professionally for quite a while, and I can attest to the pain and destruction of steam burns; it is the nastiest way to go if we're talking about a single, most painful situation. Awful, but highly unlikely. That horrible Persian milk-and-honey drown-in-the-poop sounds horrific . . . and boring, at least until infection sets in. Also awful, but highly unlikely.

[@vernabryant2894]

I remember about 35 years ago hearing about a car wreck in my area where 3 young boys ran off into a deep ditch and they slowly suffocated by drowning in mud.

[@maryann729]

Drowning is not so bad, once it gets to a certain point. On my 9th birthday, I got caught underwater, and my feet were tangled, hanging me upside-down. The panic was the worst, but it only lasted less than a minute. Then I felt the cool water entering my lungs, and I felt cold from the inside, but my body relaxed. I could not even try to move, and I saw the world above me turn from the blue of the water, then to a deep blue, then faded to black. I still remember thinking, "So this is what drowning is. It's not so bad." And I felt peaceful as I drifted away. Obviously, I was rescued, waking up to my friend's Dad straddling me while I was face-down on the hot dirt. He was pushing hard on my back and I was puking up water. God bless him. Bad headache after that.

[@riverx6802]

Wow! This is a very dark but interesting story. I’m glad you’re okay. Thank you for sharing that.

[@fredeemoon6053]

My husband drowned this way as well....and wvwn he said it was the most peaceful experience ever

[@ShepardsLamb]

Eerily similar to my dads drowning story. Sometimes I hear people say drowning is up there as one of the painful ways to go but his story was the same. Panic, then a realization that you cant do anything and you give up. He also woke up with someone saving him and coughing up water lol

[@fredeemoon6053]

Amazing , isn't it Dan , Mary. Totally the same ......a little panic or confusion, then acceptance ....then the mellow feeling......never imagined drowning could be so pleasant for some....but even still im never tempted to try it out.....lol....as ive also read it is pretty much one of the most painful ways to die like you said Dan. Mary , thank you for sharing your story. My husband was quite young, and he remembers feeling disappointed that someone saved him....lol.....after that it was all a blur.

[@EmilyDickmesome]

I almost drowned once but I saved myself. The first part ofc was panic as everybody says and trying to stay above water but as the waves covered me relentlessly for a second I kinda gave up because I felt... tired? Idk lol. I know that it was just seconds but to me felt like whole minutes and was literally thinking amidst panic and all why isn't anybody seeing me and running to help me?

[@ed209inCA]

I worked as an EMT for 13 years and have been a first responder for over 30 years. Of all the ways I've seen people die, I would say dying in a fire has got to be the worst. I got a chemical burn on my finger once and it was incredibly painful. I hate to think was that sensation must feel like all over your entire body. Sheer agony until your body gives up. Radiation sickness runs a very close second. If I had a choice on how I would like to go, I would say I want to die in a nuclear explosion. You're vaporized before your brain cells can even register what's going on. Plus, there's no dignity in death. The last thing I want is to have my neighbors call the police because there's a terrible smell coming from my house, and then have the cops find my bloated body lying naked on the bed because I had a stroke after taking a shower. No thank you.

[@kimberlyf.4130]

As a prior LEO I feel ya man. No dignity when your found half melted on the sofa. I agree with you on the burning pain too. You take it easy out there, watch your six and take care of your mental health. God knows we need to in this profession

[@vrandall30]

Both of you are so so brave, I couldn't handle anything y'all have seen

[@kimberlyf.4130]

Thank you Vickie. I always felt like it was a privilege to help those in their worst moments. It's nice to see some people still appreciate and care ❤

[@AztecWarrior69]

Taking what you said, It surprises me that the way you would chose to die is also including thousands to taken right along with you. That is really fucked up. WOW! More so I would think that a person in the medical field would have chosen to die by a sudden brain aneurysm. They say when it happens suddenly there is no pain and the person die instantly. Back to that nuclear explosion. Why do you want so many to go with you when you die, why does everything have to be wiped out? What is it you are hiding that not only no one else around you will find out when the go clear out your living quarters? You want to completely destroy any evidence of whatever you are into... HUM?

[@ed209inCA]

@@AztecWarrior69 LOL. Turn off your reruns of "Murder She Wrote", and don't read into it any deeper than you need to. It's a hypothetical situation, and one I have zero control over; so, it's not like it's my choice to kill millions of people along with myself. I've seen people die in just about every method you can think of, except an explosion. Some people suffered in agony before their bodies finally gave out. Some were killed instantly from traumatic injuries. Others died peacefully in their sleep only to be found decomposing days or weeks later. Regardless, there's no dignified way to go. There's also no way to tell how deeply one person's death will affect other people they know or associate with. Either way, If some crazy dictator decided he wanted to start WWIII, I wouldn't have any say in the matter. If escape wasn't an option though, then why not die in a nuclear blast with 10 million of your closest friends and family? No one suffers the pain, no one feels the grief afterward, and no one will be left to clean up the mess. It's a win/win for everyone involved.

[@theparalexview785]

Laughed until I nearly cried 5:22 . Caitlin's videos made me realize my career path in the tissue bank and fatality investigations wasn't so weird after all.

[@DanaX09]

When I was young, working in construction, a welder who was replacing cutting edges on a huge push/pull machine over night was slowly cut in half as he did not weld the bucket in place as was custom for safety before sliding between the bottom cutting edge and the bucket operated by hydraulics. Unnoticed until it was too late the hydraulic system slowly lost compression and trapped him. Unable to escape or stop it from descending, he was tragically cut in literal half and his son found him in the morning. This scene has haunted me my entire life.

[@trevorjennings721]

Hello Dana, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus?

[@jimtownsend7899]

My great-grandfather, an Irishman, died at work in the Guinness brewery. He fell into the vat and drowned. It was not a swift death, however. In fact, he had to get out twice to pee.

[@lightning9279]

Obvious lie! A true Irishman would twice piss his pants and not bother getting out.

[@clo7135]

Falling into Guinness... wouldn't actually be a bad way to go, lol.

[@lightning9279]

@@clo7135 Ha, I would piss on one side and drink on the other. Sure, it would get complicated after awhile. But I would be too drunk to care.

[@peterkoller3761]

@@lightning9279 you would have died pissed either way.

[@233bedson]

LOL. Sharing!

[@facepalmmigraine9509]

My wife has promised me two things: I won't feel it, and I'll be buried in a scenic and remote location... What a sweetie!

[@redgringrumboldt8983]

What a considerate lady! 🤣

[@bornstndnupntalknbak]

Love her sense of humour 😂

[@Whowhatwherewhy]

Sounds like she’s got a plan…

[@ursamagickmt672]

I wouldn't take her hiking in the mountains 🙄

[@davesmith5656]

@@ursamagickmt672 ---- Nor to Hawaii, Fiji, or other island paradise. My fear is being divorced to death, that "permanent alimony" thing, while the wife finds another lover (or two) and you're feeding all of them.

[@GRACEAK01]

My worst fear is tetanus. Watched a movie about it ages ago and it left psychological scars lol

[@jillyancardona3793]

New subscriber here…and I gotta say, I’ve always always been terrified of the idea of death…but you are definitely making it a lot less scary the way you talk about it in your videos and I really appreciate that. It was near phobic levels for me, so to have you making it something I can wrap my head around now is a huge feat, so thank you, truly. Have a good Tuesday!

[@morganrobinson2436]

My brother was killed in a work place accident, smothering on concrete powder. The EMT,s couldn’t even preform a tracheotomy on him. My most intense death fears now revolve around suffocation, choking, and not being able to breathe.

[@loganjackson9456]

I'm so sorry for your loss. 😞

[@precious-oftheinternet1019]

Sorry for your loss

[@Erika-kw7ur]

Thank you for sharing. That is horrific and I can't imagine what that was like as his sister. Love from ohio

[@amandamorcan3330]

@Morgan Robinson I’m so sorry to hear that 😢 sending hugs 💖

[@cuberkid78]

What a tragedy. So sorry to hear about your brother. Sending love from Illinois.

[@anthonysabatino4317]

"I'm not scared of death. I just don't want to be there when it happens." - Woody Allen Can't agree more!

[@XatxiFly]

I do kind of want to be there when Woody Allen dies though

[@nonmihiseddeo4181]

"Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to go now." - Kenny Chesney

[@fricketyfracktraintrack]

@@XatxiFly I definitely want to

[@allenbooth5193]

@@XatxiFly Do you want to cause it?

[@leowu988]

I'm not scared of death, I just want to die as painless as possible...

[@ianski11]

The most haunting one for me was the 2007 collision between two news helicopters in Phoenix. The original audio recorded a scream as both aircraft plunged to the ground. Chilling to this day.

[@TheSeptemberRose]

OMG! I remember that!

[@candilynnn]

Biggest fear is burning alive. A girl I went to school with along with her siblings and mother were burned completely when their dad fell asleep drunk and smoking. The father did get to the door before passing out again but when fire dept got there they only were able to grab his arm and get him out though he died later. By the time they got flames controlled enough to get wh3re the other family was they were not able to tell the kids apart.

[@alfiemyers3596]

I normally boil my organs every time I have a bath

[@SboochieNoochies]

No you don't.

[@nasinnarcotics]

K- Dizzle r/woosh

[@Jediahbear]

I'm legit writing this from the bathtub and my organs are boiling. It smells like sweat pea.

[@howtowithelizabeth7513]

Put yours phone in a sandwich bag if h really use it in the tub it will make it waterproof incase u dropped it

[@hannahshark8080]

Especially with a bath bomb... Gosh I miss having a tub

[@bulmak]

All the teenagers who died trapped inside a ferry as it sunk to the ocean in Korea, because they followed the instructions of the captain that told them to stay put, help was coming. The captain on the other hand, jump to the water to safe himself. About 500 people died trapped inside. Many parents were still receiving text messages from their kids as the ferry was sinking and then silence. 😔

[@skymin963]

it’s incredibly heartbreaking, I can’t think about the disaster for too long because of how it makes me feel. I remember when I visited korea a few years back and saw a memorial dedicated to the victims. I wasn’t that much older than the kids at the time. I can’t imagine the pain that the parents and survivors went through.

[@YaosaysObjection]

It wasnt just the captain, the government actually did nothing, and then threatened people who tried to help. Civilian fisherman went there with their boats trying to rescue the children, but were turned away by the authorities on scene threatening them with arrests if they intervened with the professionals work...who sat around and waited for orders...

[@ladyhaha7548]

@@YaosaysObjection but... Why??

[@YaosaysObjection]

@@ladyhaha7548 1) In Asia, being told to standby and wait for orders basically means don't do anything at all until you're ordered to. Everyone kept waiting for a higher power to address the order (so they would take responsibility if something went wrong), it got all the way to the president who said keep an eye on it, and went back to sleep. 2) It would undermine the government if a bunch of civilians without training jumped in and saved the kids, even though the government was sitting on their ass.

[@ladyhaha7548]

@@YaosaysObjection i mean... Why didn't the government help them?

[@sarahmforever]

I can attest to the fact that not being able to experience certain parts of closure it does make sudden and tragic death even harder to deal with.

[@Mimer6]

I asked a doctor and she replied that it was Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Where you slowly suffocate for maybe 1 week until you die of suffocation. And the main cause of the disease is smoking.

[@Jo-chilin]

My biggest fear is drowning in the deep open ocean and my body never being found

[@menendez6218]

sound peacful to me lol

[@cutiejinki5748]

Ruby Føx drowning is very painful, you can feel your lungs burning, you feel the pain till you die. not to mention your body parts will separate from your body if it's floating for too long. it will be all gooey and disgusting

[@mgate01]

in the open ocean your more likely to meet the shark before you start trying to breath like a fishes.. on another note, a guy I work with ('MR' for now) says he drown when he was younger and told me he remembers taking two breaths then passed out and woke up puking water on the deck. I think death by fire would be quite unpleasant think Salem witch trials

[@jessicar4536]

If you had a life jacket on you would probably die of hypothermia, or dehydration

[@Kris-jt8hg]

that's my biggest fear too

[@t.l.1610]

For natural deaths, here’s my “worst”. I had a client recently with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva AKA Stoneman’s disease. All your soft tissues turn to bone over time. She told me “At some point, I’ll have to pick a position I want to be stuck in.” 😱Horrifying slow death.

[@amywebb4586]

I lost my mother and grandfather to cancer and I'm losing a grandmother to Alzheimer's, we lost my mother-in-law to toxic shock. All I know is I don't want to suffer. I want to be like my great grandmother (who almost made it to 100) she just laid down one day to take a nap and never woke back up.

[@tirebiter1680]

In Australia they might say that the worst death is getting stung by a box jellyfish, which they have down there.

[@austinjacob2412]

I have a massive fear of not being able to breathe. Suffocating or drowning would be the worst way for me to go.

[@albertvidal2320]

Ardissia Thompsom I read that story it’s actually in KZbin that’s has to be the most disturbing death anybody can face

[@chriswilson1968]

Trust me, youd rather drown or suffocate than die from the hands of the Mexican Cartel. They will hack off all your limbs, skin you alive with a machete, then decapitate you all while your still conscious.

[@davehoward22]

I once got stabbed and had a punctured lung and that is what it was like...gasping for breath is grim,specially out of a hole in your back

[@somethingbright4268]

I have asthma and it's hellish. Total panic attacks when it happens.

[@austinjacob2412]

I understand the asthma aspect. I have copd which is probably why the fear is in me. To an extent I do know what it feels like to not be able to breathe

[@mimismayhem7647]

My biggest fear is dying in childbirth. Having something so painful and personal he your final moments feel terrifying to me.

[@mimismayhem7647]

Hence why I don’t want babies XD

[@MollyMcBooter]

MimisMayhem it almost happened to me when I had my youngest son. I had been in induced labor for over 48 hours because the hospital staff was too shitty to have an ultrasound tech on duty to just simply look and see why my baby wasn’t coming out. Mine and his heart rates as well as my blood pressure dropped dangerously low. I remember laying there crying as the room got filled with nurses going crazy trying to figure out what was going on. I felt so heartbroken, I really thought that I was never going to see my older son ever again and never meet my newborn, and he may not live. Then finally the hospital got an ultrasound tech in there and they realized my baby was sideways, with his head stuck in my hip, also being strangled by his umbilical cord with each contraction, so I was rushed into the operating room for an emergency C-section. Luckily my baby did live but he is a bit mentally slow due to lack of oxygen for 2 days. If anyone is reading this and wonders what hospital it was, it was the Women’s Hospital of Greensboro, North Carolina. I warn everyone to stay clear of that place. They are understaffed and mostly only have students who aren’t real doctors on staff.

[@mimismayhem7647]

Molly Lenore you’re kidding! I’m moving to North Carolina soon! Thank you for the warning and I’m very happy for you and your son. You’re very very brave!!

[@joanmitra225]

Trust me, when you're in so much pain you would rather want to die. I experienced it from my natural birth with my daughter. I had no pain medication whatsoever so I felt EVERYTHING. I was in 3hrs active labor plus one hour. Yes I was crowning and my doctor made me wait another hour. I could literally feel her head coming out. I was shaking from pain and I actually thought I want to die instead of feel all the pain but then I snapped thinking, my baby needs me so I held on. I prayed to God that I take everything and see my baby. So I did it :)

[@niandraladie2953]

@@mimismayhem7647 God damn I'm 3 hours from there.

[@Ina-vy9ze]

I really appreciate the way you have decided to speak about this. Like your human choices . It seems like your values are important to you. That is a beautiful thing. 🥰🥰🥰

[@richardmundt7854]

I'm surprised you never mentioned my fear of being burned alive. A guy I spoke with years ago told me he wanted to be buried when he died. The reason he gave me was he told me he was actually afraid people who were cremated might feel their bodies being burned after death. As a child I used to wonder if a person who is buried, still might know what's going on around them. That would mean you would just lay day after day in total darkness in a casket for years and years until you eventually turned to dust. That childhood fear is probably why I decided to be cremated. Since unlike most people, I know I'd get bored laying around doing nothing for all eternity.

[@sonofbarnsey]

By God, if there is a more ideal way of going out then my great grandpa on my mom's side did, I'll be damned. Quite literally, he came back from an afternoon stroll around the farm and decided to take a nap on the couch. And just like that, he went. If there is anything after this, he basically just woke up there. How easy a departure is that?

[@suestoons]

My Mom went to bed. The cleaning lady found her dead in the morning. Neat bed covers pulled up to her chin, looked like she was still peacefully sleeping.

[@clydejohnson1714]

That's the best for him; but not for me: I kept waiting for the punchline.

[@beatlesrgear]

Hey, man, you're pretty fly for a guitar spy...... :)

[@wmnoffaith1]

Yes, that would be the best, but sometimes the timing makes it harder for the family. My uncle was dozing on the couch Christmas morning, and when my aunt came out of the kitchen after putting the turkey in the oven, she found him dead on the couch with his 2 dachshunds still in his lap. It was horrendous.

[@nikolatovar9884]

I used to think dying in your sleep was the way to go until my best friend was fighting cancer. He told me how afraid but relieved he would be to fall asleep and never wake up.

[@Tirya56]

As soon as I heard about the young man who'd gotten wedged upside down in the small cave only feet from the surface and slowly died after 48 hours despite all attempts to rescue him, I decided.... that. That's how I don't want to go.

[@kirstengyte548]

You referring to John Jones? Such an awful story. Crazy to think that his body is still there!

[@tesmith47]

Stay the hell out of stupid places like that

[@waywardgoddess7219]

That's why caves = NOPE

[@Alethiometer]

John Jones at nutty putty cave yeah that story caused me to have a panic attack first time in my life, the story was just so terrifying, and I went to bed after hearing it well it literally caused me to have a horrific panic attack I woke up couldn't breathe I had to take a friends pill kzbin.info/www/bejne/navSl5V8mdyDfrs

[@SwedBaben]

I JUST wrote a comment about that being my worst death too! 😣 Being stuck in a tunnel in complete darkness and also having emergency personnel being there thinking I will survive has to be one of the worst fates anyone could have

[@hannapoulina]

my current nightmare setting is about being crushed by concrete walls of seven floors above in my building while I'm sleeping and not hearing the air strike siren (I live in Ukraine). this fear is always somewhere on background. and it's also even bigger fear being crushed not finally to death, but being sticked between concrete debris and dieing slowly.

[@papasmurf9146]

"There's no way out from this parade of misery" reminded me of the line in Disney's Haunted House "There's always my way out" (said by the skeleton hanging from the rafters).

[@niina83]

As someone who has officially drowned and then resuscitated via CPR, i can tell you that drowning is not as bad as i was to believe. Apart from the panic that you get before you lose your muscle strength, inhaling water and then the tingly sensation on your extremities and then your vision slowly creeping away from the sides into the middle until all you see is darkness. After that it gets very quiet and you can't feel anything apart from the water current pushing you around and everything is just calm. And then i woke up coughing water continously with a man looking down upon me on the beach, my lungs hurt like hell and so did my chest/ribs. And that's how i know how scary it is in the beginning, but not so bad after the initial shock. (no i did not drown on purpose, and i was also very very young and didnt have much strength to fight the current)

[@LVLouisCyphre]

@Calian I'm going to have to disagree with you on that based on my experience with near fatal pneumonia. What probably made your experience not as bad as mine is you lost consciousness. I basically was being waterboarded for an extended period of time via pneumonia. Being aware and conscious and being kept alive and conscious was one of the worst experiences of my life. On the flip side, I had a cough syncope in 2011. I fainted from intense coughing. I became light headed and fainted. I had a very bad bout of bronchitis I couldn't get rid of. I vaguely remember hitting the floor fainting. It was painless. There was a momentary lack of blood and oxygen to my brain from the coughing fit. This is probably closer to your drowning experience. It wasn't drawn out with suffering like my near fatal bout of pneumonia two years later.

[@mrsfiat6521]

That’s exactly what happened to me, it’s just like falling asleep.

[@dcore64]

They say that is one of the easiest ways to go. Seems like it would be pretty scary. Guess you would know better than I would. Welcome back. 8^)

[@MrLucascanuto]

I lost a brother 19 years ago, he drowned during a trip with friends. I am happy that he didn't suffer as much as I thought he did. Thank you so much for sharing your experience.

[@CHRISMED2]

I almost died drowning in a hotel pool the day before going to Disneyland for the first time. I jumped in the deep end and just got caught on the bottom of the pool. I was panic & then an inner voice not my own told me ti relax & let go. Then I just remember giving up and starting to feel a deep calm and warmth then a light. I saw what I thought the hand of God coming to get me, but soon realized it was my brother in law reaching in to save me. I wish he were here now so I could thank him.

[@winstonairedale]

I worked in a burn unit For 28 years Let me tell you Burning to death is the worst way to die Drowning is probably the second

[@terrietackett8964]

I had a freind who dove into the water, and his foot became tangled in some fishing line. He said he could see the light above from the sun. He was struggling, and paddling to get to the surface. He began to run out of air, and he said he was panicking. Once he took in that first breath of water, he said that a perfect peace came over him, and he stopped struggling. He was looking up at the surface, and at the last moment before he lost conscience, he saw an arm reach down, and grabbed him by his hair, and jerk him up to the surface. My biggest fear is burning to death.

[@JaydenDimaio]

I drowned once and I can confirm it's actually weirdly peaceful

[@sarasorensen2650]

Thank you. Downing is a big fear of mine. My uncle's plane went down over a lake last December and the coroner found carbon monoxide in his lungs. He was fine before he hit the water. It brought me peace. Burning is terrifying to me

[@foreversimgirl828]

Jayden Dimaio nah it’s scary. I’ve had 2 situations where I’ve almost drowned. I never go in the deep ends without a pool noodle as silly as it looks.

[@samanthahilgeman6223]

Drowning is usually described by those who survived as somewhat euphoric, which occurs as your body is depleted of oxygen. Burning alive is horrific pain as your nerve endings melt away and you suffocate on smoke.

[@lissawoods4379]

This channel just keeps getting better! Yay!!! Patterning asap. Xxx

[@Lemon_tea104]

My greatest fear is hell For me the worst death isn't about how I die but where I go after I die

[@stitchedtogether88]

I have asthma and knowing how horrible it feels not being able to breathe makes me feel like any death where yu cant take in oxygen is an agonizing way to go

[@justinthyme8931]

I have to agree with you and I hope you rarely suffer those affects. When people die of an asthma attack it has to be excruciating and slow. They always defecate and pee themselves in the struggle to breath through a coffee stirrer sized hole.

[@grmpEqweer]

Asthma is sucky.

[@iamgroot6965]

I choked on a whole pickled egg once when I was younger,it was terrifying I was hysterical once the egg came out

[@iamgroot6965]

@Ligeia D.Aurevilly oh don't worry pickled eggs disgust me nowadays. One of my nephews suffered an asthma attack a few years ago thankfully I wasn't there but his parents were terrified but thankfully he recovered and is now as annoying as ever

[@azlibra7178]

Same girl!!

[@bonifaceawa]

My fear is dying in a nursing home, years after receiving my last visitor. Would rather die of exposure.

[@mamaoffour4623]

Yes. I have worked in nursing homes, with people just waiting to die.... no loved ones come to visit, just taking pills and being shuffled around all day for years on end.

[@pamelamichajlow287]

A lit if people say that.

[@soullessbunny666]

True. I worked in a nursing home where people laid in recliners all day. Feeding tubes, oxygen, unable to move. Alive, but not living.

[@redgreen82]

My Papaw spent his last year and a half in a nursing home/hospice care situation. I visited him every Friday, my mom would see him about 3 times a week and my sister and dad also saw him regularly. Probably one of his happiest moments was when my sister brought our parents dog to see him. They were so happy to see each other. He passed 2 weeks after his 93rd birthday and our dog died just last week.

[@bonifaceawa]

@@redgreen82 I saw my Aunt's last days in a nursing home. While I was in town (her last two months) I visited her at least twice a week, sometimes 3 or 4 times. Two of her children visited regularly, between them it was almost daily. She was far enough gone from Alzheimer's that she did not recognize me as being her nephew, though she did recognize I was a frequent visitor. Her daughter also hired a companion to be with her and care for her maybe 5 hours each weekday. Even with all this it was a pretty pathetic existence. The nursing home had once been a good place, but the quality of care declined a lot, and we had to be constantly after them. Without allies on the outside we are helpless against this. It is a real nightmare.

[@mrsphish96]

I’m incredibly claustrophobic. For me, being trapped in a small space and not being able to move like that guy that died in the cave would be horrible to me.

[@freescholar_familytree]

I absolutely love you. and like WOW the co-op Funeral Home was a neat find!!! Thank you!