Drowning: What Happens Moment by Moment

[@phalisitygermain391]

I lost my brother to the ocean. I couldn’t understand nor believe it because he was such a great swimmer. It was very difficult to watch this video but for the sake of understanding I am completely grateful.

[@theanatomylab]

Our sincerest condolences

[@carriefawcett9990]

So sorry for your loss😔😓🌸🌺💙

[@cillyhoney1892]

Having been yanked out to sea by a current I can assure you that it doesn't matter how good a swimmer you are, the ocean is a lot stronger. I'm sorry you lost your brother. That's heartbreaking. You have my sympathies.

[@phalisitygermain391]

Thank you all ❤️

[@siege-79]

Sorry for your loss 😔

[@daxjohnson5826]

I experienced this as a child. I remember every single second like it just happened. First was severe panic and terror. The second was the painful burn when I could no longer hold my breath and inhaled water for the first time. Then, there was a calmness that came over me as I'm looking up at the top of the water, but had no strength to even attempt to swing up. After this, it was the most feeling of euphoria. I watched as the bright daylight dimmed into darkness. Roughly 20 minutes later, I came to after a long process of CPR. I was very fortunate to have retained good brain function.

[@stephenjoans1102]

I don't know you, but I love you and am glad you survived!

[@jdc7050]

my experience was similar but when I inhaled the water I went unconscious and saw who took me out of the water, I saw my body taken out, i didnt feel pain until I came back to my body and pain in my chest my nose and throwing up and coughing. burning in my chest and nose, it was horrible. I was six now I am 38

[@em945]

@@jdc7050 wow! What an exoerience to have.

[@justpassingthrough9887]

@@jdc7050 I don't want to scare you but... you died. I was choked to death when I was in my twenties (bad choice in boyfriends). I watched him choke me.... and I watched my friend bite him on the back of his left bicep. You're right... it doesn't hurt to die... it's emotionally peaceful... fabulously calm... and the perfect temperature. We feel pure love and joy throughout our whole body... then we come back. I pray this is what my 13 year old nephew experienced as he drowned after being pushed into our local river by two other boys. He was deathly afraid of water. Even at the swimming pool he wouldn't get in unless he had a flotation vest on and would only go in enough to sit on the first step down... not even waist deep.

[@justpassingthrough9887]

@Dax... you died. Yes... the euphoria is so hard to describe.... it's like the word "euphoria" is even a weak description of the sensation of the experience... but fits the closest.

[@keithhinke3277]

My dad drowned as a kid. He said there was a lot of terror, but absolutely no pain. He lost consciousness but was rescued. He did not seem to suffer any lasting effects, he died at 94.

[@pegs1659]

I wonder if he had a NDE.

[@DenoThaDonGaming]

RIP

[@tesslichtman7302]

Interesting. So it’s possible to lose consciousness while drowning without suffering lasting brain damage if you’re brought up to the surface in time?

[@Big_Jo98]

@@tesslichtman7302 very limited time and the brain literally starts dying immediately. My understanding is after 2 minutes, the brain stops

[@tesslichtman7302]

@@Big_Jo98 Wow. So if somebody loses consciousnesses because they’ve been underwater, they would need to be brought up very quickly to avoid brain damage.

[@AutumnHaunts]

Working at a funeral home I cared for some deceased people who had drowned. One person was only 17 years old and drowned at the bottom of a lake. I kept talking to him as I dressed him. It’s so sad to think about. I’ve always had a fear of deep water.

[@eddiebeaty8150]

It only takes an inch of water to drown if you're face down in it. You can float or swim in water just as easy in 4 ft as in 5,000 ft. Fear is your biggest enemy in water.

[@fatman4346]

You kept talking to him as you dressed him?? Sounds rather unprofessional to we telling KZbin that. Also sounds creepy that you kept talking to a dead body

[@rumarin84]

@@fatman4346 I respect your opinion on that, but I personally don't think it's creepy or unprofessional at all. It was a human being after all and not an object. So talking to them is like giving them respect. But I guess opinions are different in that case. :)

[@fatman4346]

@@rumarin84 but putting it on KZbin? I believe not everything should be put on social media out of respect. Again I am not trying to argue.

[@SlowSpyder]

I can't imagine what that family had to go through. I'm glad you cared, for what it's worth.

[@roxiegs348]

This is horrifying to learn. My niece had a non-fatal drowning at 4 yrs of age. Thankfully my brother was in the navy and new CPR. He saved his little girl. She is now 25 and married. Please learn CPR. You never know when you'll need it.

[@AlekaiCottontail4711]

They made cpr qualification classes mandatory for graduation at my highschool

[@pm2886]

How did a four year old end up almost drowning? Kids that age should never be unsupervised (very very closely) around water. Not for a split second.

[@itsok2bwhiteendanti-whiteh548]

@@pm2886 Because it takes less than a split second for a child to end up in a life-threatening situation. Kids are stealthy and fast, and it’s impossible to keep your eyes on them every single second, of every minute, of every hour, of every day. That is why taking precautions is of the utmost importance, because doing so works as a second set of eyes-like a buffer-to prevent or lessen the trouble that little ones so easily get themselves into. Equally important is discipline and education. The better taught a child is, the more likely they are to refrain from danger. Just don’t overteach them to fear everything or you’ll fill them with all sorts of phobias.

[@roxiegs348]

@@pm2886 It's called an accident. Kids get away from you in split second. Are you a parent?

[@gmaildoglover911]

@@pm2886 are you delusional? have you ever met a kid? they run around like crazy, and when you have multiple, its hard to keep an eye on each one. do better smh

[@JazzyCelery]

I had a non-fatal drowning a few years back, and this is pretty accurate, but he did not mention that period of time where it is absolute peace. When you are exhausted and out of oxygen you exit that state of panic and go into what I call a trance, it was during this time that I knew I was drowning, but did not care. I was rescued shortly after and I still think about that moment sometimes.

[@ormand3000]

Is there life after death?

[@yugen8195]

@@ormand3000 uh , they didn’t die-

[@skyricaura1834]

I think its acceptance over death unlike most people will desperately try which will probably put more panic, however some might see its not worth and just ya know give up.. so they feel peace

[@Kenny-Alpha]

@@skyricaura1834 I doubt it has anything to do with "acceptance". The body literally can't fight anymore and goes into a trance like state on the verge of death. It's like tryna fight sleep. It just overcomes you whether you accept it or not

[@SimonaZav]

I had a similar experience

[@bradhuggins7063]

It's crazy to know that the brain sitting on the table was a single person's entire life. From the moment they were born it was every breath, happiness, sadness, tear, emotion, reaction, word, sight, smell, taste and everything they heard. Mindblowing.

[@kevinverduci7600]

crazy to know life is so small

[@tomasdoricak6475]

@@kevinverduci7600 yeah, lets hope there is something after life :D

[@peanutbutterman411]

@@tomasdoricak6475 don’t hope that there is something after life, do your best to get the best of the next world.

[@travissmith2056]

​ @Tomáš Dořičák @@peanutbutterman411 I have accepted this view for others but never for myself. Everybody seems to always be worried/ preoccupied, about what's "next". Heaven/ Hell/ Repeat (Human)/ Repeat (Other)/ (No)peat (Nothing just gone)/ (No)Peat (Energy but not just "gone"), etcetera. Stop worrying how you're going to get home from the greatest party of all time. Nobody knows when their party will end, so enjoy it & help others enjoy theirs as much as possible, while it lasts. I guarantee you, the party will end, weather you're ready, willing, prepared or not. The point of all this, isn't what happens next, AFTER the "end" of it all. (Your unknowable, "next" party?) Why waste the limited time, this party will last, trying to plan for another one, that may never happen. The point of a party, is to party, not to make plans for a different hypothetical party. I can also guarantee, your beliefs, will not effect whatever our "next" is.

[@onemanarmyoma0155]

@@travissmith2056 On behalf of Jesus I invite you to the Neverending Afterparty. All you have to do is acknowledge Him and let Him know you want to be there. And the beauty is, that He makes Life so much better too.

[@femaleantagonist1530]

My tennis partner in 7th grade died by drowning in her backyard pool. The filter suction at the bottom of the pool was so strong, it sucked in her hair and she never resurfaced alive. It's horrible to know what she went through. I'll never forget Marissa Smiley

[@niie1091]

Damn that must have been terrifying

[@tomaswater5850]

I drowned like that in a hotel pool when I was 5. If it weren't for my older stepsister Bridget jumping in, pulling me out, and doing cpr, I wouldn't be here.

[@wendellhoward884]

Tragically to late for your friend, this is why newer pools require double drains now.

[@MISNM0]

🕊🫂☀️

[@mayzee240]

@@tomaswater5850 now THAT is an amazing story to pass on.

[@JonathanYeets]

My Dad almost fatally drowned when he was a teenager. He was being stupid with a bunch of friends driving around after a massive rain, with FIVE people on a fourwheeler. The thing is, this wasn't an average big open stretch of road with puddles, this was hills on hills with valleys full of water. So, they were going along way too fast and they hit this deep valley, but because they were going so fast their front tires made it out, but with five people its back end it was way to heavy. Thing is, this was right before a very steep hill. So as per the laws of physics and gravity in general they flipped. My Dad was on the very back. Four people and a four wheeler slammed down on top of him. Needless to say all of the air in his lungs peaced out. He always says that he could see everyone on top of him trying to get up and out and inadvertently pushing him into the ground. He remembers black creeping in from the sides of his vision and thinking that this is how he was going to die. As to how he survived...That is thanks to his best friend who was on a different four wheeler. Five foot nothing with a runners build, he busted off of their four wheeler, ran over and LIFTED the four wheeler up and off of them with no help. My Dad remembers sudden relief of pressure and then being pulled out of the water by his best friend. People always talk about the mom picking up the car to save her baby. Life long best friends can do the exact same thing.

[@Brind-amour]

OMG!

[@trashmix2184]

If it was me, the others aren't my friends anymore

[@margaretszuky7065]

**YES, JOHNATHAN YEETS, IT'S CALLED "ADRENALINE" + "LOVE" LOVE CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS, MY FRIEND!!

[@divinaflores6250]

This gave me the chills... Thank God your dad survived 🙏🏼 thank his best friend too 🤞🏼

[@ImperialLemon]

There are some good fiction writers in this guys comment section

[@cleojom3233]

My sister passed away in August. She went tubing with her bf and they were both thrown off due to high tide. I can’t imagine what she went through in her last moments. It kills me inside and I just had to know

[@123sasuke122]

I’m so sorry. I can’t even imagine what you are going through. I’m sending you a virtual hug.

[@Noelliuss]

💔

[@cj808012521]

I’m so sorry for your loss 😞😞

[@kruszer]

If they were "thown off" (sounds like something rapid) were they being towed behind a boat or something? If they were thrown any significant distance, then it's entirely possible for them to have been knocked unconscious from hitting the water (happens a lot of people who do water sports), in which case they may have felt nothing while the drowning process was happening. Either way, sorry for your loss!

[@cleojom3233]

@@kruszer I didn’t want to fully say the story in detail but I guess it had rained the day prior and so the River was really high and rapid. There definitely is the possibility of her being unconscious before drowning but from what we know ,after being thrown off, she was entangled underneath a fallen tree. Thank you for your condolences

[@aeong_bread]

At the age of either three or four years old, I had a non-fatal drowning. My parents brought me and my sister to an adult friend's party, so basically that means we were two little kids surrounded by drunk adults who definitely weren't sober enough to watch us properly. No one was keeping an eye on me, and at some point I must have gone into the pool and started drowning. I don't know how long I was under, but by the time anyone noticed, I was already unconscious. A retired firefighter had also attended the party, saw me and immediately dived in to save me. He performed CPR and soon I was conscious and alert again, crying nonetheless. I'm turning 21 this year, which would have never happened if that man wasn't there that evening. Although I have no recollection of the events myself and was retold them by my mom and sister, I still get scared thinking about it. I never learned his name or who he was, but now as an adult I wish I could thank him 1000 times over. If anyone is reading this and hasn't learned how to do CPR, I highly recommend you do if you have the time. You truly never know what could happen, you might just save someone's life.

[@aeong_bread]

@AnimeOnline 791 • 0.5 mins ago god i hate that i know what ur talking about lol

[@granbma]

It disappoints me that parents could be so irresponsible. I have never drowned, but I know the panic of not being able to keep yourself above water. Be grateful you don’t remember the feeling :)

[@SweeteaDove]

I took a babysitting course for a week during the summer and they have us basic emergency medicine training and stuff But one thing they told us when watching the kids is to NEVER let them be around a body of water if a parent or guardian isn't there. No pools, no baths. If the parent asks you to take them to the pool or give a bath to a young one, then say you're not comfortable watching them around water. And make sure you watch the young ones when they go to the bathroom to make sure that they don't drown in the toilet. So the fact that all these adult brought you to such a dangerous area for such a little kid, nevermind themselves, and ALL (or most) of them incapacitated themselves so that they couldn't be responsible for themselves either and NO ONE thought "hey, there's young children here, maybe this isn't a good idea" ESPECIALLY your parents, was VERY irresponsible

[@aeong_bread]

@@SweeteaDove It makes me think, which I am sure many others feel, that parents should have some basic parenting course that they have to take when expecting a child. Of course every child is different, but basic safety training and accident/injury prevention seems simple enough, considering a vulnerable human life is on the line. No one tells people this stuff, which leads parents to endangering their child’s life over things that can easily be prevented, mostly things that are common sense anyways. Every child deserves a parent, but not all adults deserve a child. I am pretty much proof of that.

[@SweeteaDove]

@@aeong_bread Very much so. People assume that once you have a child, you automatically know what you're doing. But no- they don't. Who they were before they had the child doesn't change after. Sure they may feel a sense if responsibility, but they don't automatically gain the knowledge they need to apply that effectively. They don't know emergency first aid, they don't have an in depth understanding of the human brain and development, they don't automatically know how to pick the right doctor, how to help them emotionally, how to take them into account when paying for things, what is and isn't dangerous to someone so helpless and small They definitely need a basic childcare course if they're planning to have a child or know that they're expecting, or even after they have the child I also think all parents should go to therapy. They themselves don't neccasarily know of any mental issues they have, nor do they know how those may negatively affect their child. It's kinda like...a therapist needs to have their own therapist, because they're in charge of another person's mental and emotional health ... Well, a parent is in charge of their children's mental and emotional health, so shouldn't they make sure they know what they're doing and that they know how to do it effectively, as well as making sure that they're not making their own issues the child's problem? If you have mental issues that make you unnecessarily angry, it's not your child's job to deal with that. It's your job to make sure you get help for that so that you don't damage your kid Does any of that make sense?

[@atifayaz3495]

I lost 2 of my best friends on 21st September 2013. We all were 14 years old. A group of my friends left the school during lunch break and went to the river. I came back home and was eating when I heard my another friend's voice, who had survived (along with 3 or more survivors). He was panting and crying when he yelled my name outside my house. I went out and then he told me everything. I remember those times so clearly. I didn't knew how to respond after losing someone so close. After that I had tried sinking my head in the bucket to feel how they would've felt when they drowned. And this is one of my biggest fear. One of those 2 guys was so brilliant and ahead of all of us. In just short period of time, I had learnt alot from him, and I still miss him.

[@TheFalseShepphard]

Başın sağolsun.

[@stibiumowl]

My condolences. Especialy sad it happenend twice.

[@zeddikusss]

womp womp

[@cryinsquirrel]

Poor second guy not getting credit

[@9_of_Swords]

My husband is a Marine and I heard all KINDS of stories about this, swim training, learning how to rescue drowning people, all sorts of water shenanigans.

[@awkwardautistic]

My brother in law cheated through his swim training in the Marines lol.

[@alnewlf1788]

@@awkwardautistic The fact that someone could cheat just swim training makes me confused, how do you cheat swimming-?

[@awkwardautistic]

@@alnewlf1788 using foam under all your gear.. and in your backpack or whatever else. They knew he couldn't really swim though...so on the boat to Afghanistan he was put in the very bottom with the rest who couldn't swim.

[@mkolodenko]

​@AnimeOnline 791 • 0.5 mins ago Why oh why did I let myself get sucked into the world of Minecraft.

[@woolfy02]

I remember the feeling of almost drowning. It started out as pain in my lungs, bet then went to no pain at all. I was literally breathing water and I felt nothing but peace. It was really strange.

[@epajarjestys9981]

Sounds nice. Maybe I will try it. (joking) I guess it will vary a lot how people feel when facing imminent death. Did you go unconscious or were you pulled out before that? And if you were still conscious, how did that process feel?

[@jasxchantel]

@@epajarjestys9981 same (not joking)

[@epajarjestys9981]

@@jasxchantel Mkay, y tho? I think it's not a good idea. You could probably have a decent life. And if you drown you can't have that. So why do you think this would be a good idea?

[@indighost6623]

I almost passed out when getting my blood drawn when I was 13 and it was so peaceful it was really nice

[@ucrella7741]

@@epajarjestys9981 He was joking 💀

[@charlesmclemore3835]

I fell in a river when I was 5 years old. I remember grasping at the side of the bank under water and clumps of soil tearing away as I frantically fought to survive. By the grace of God my uncle heard a splash and jumped in and saved me. The funny thing is, my uncle was an alcoholic but that day he wasn’t drinking.

[@Amii.Parrero]

God is good! God bless your uncle💗

[@pm2886]

How is it that no one was watching you?

[@KeKe4Christ]

Wow! God is GOOD! So happy you’re still here. God loves you!

[@KingLouisDaSaint]

@@pm2886 they were on a beer run

[@normalinternaut1638]

I bath in a river since i was small One time a baby was coming from the river wooo he was going so my cousin (he knows how to swim better than me because since he was little he used to swin alot in that river) he got that baby and gave it to that babys sister and yea

[@elibenaron]

I was anxious just watching this video, dude. Can't imagine the panic drowning victims actually experience.

[@ronjones-6977]

Excuse me, but the internet says you must blame something. The phrase they prefer is "it gave me anxiety." Remember, NOTHING is your fault.

[@aldxbaran]

@@ronjones-6977 Woah! Epic ownage on those woke libs amirite!? It seriously must be tiring living with your constantly defensive mindset

[@BOLOCHRONICLES]

yh its a bit peak

[@bobnunyabiznz4917]

@@aldxbaran Speaking of being defensive, you might want to take a look at yourself. Your comment is the classic example of projecting.

[@Roseberry606]

Yeah man..i'm pretty much fine with the thought of dying itself but i absolutely REFUSE to die by drowning out of all things Diseases, fire, poison, injuries? That's all fine but drowning?? hell no

[@Mischiefism]

I'm honestly surprised that you didnt mention pulmonary edema, or secondary drowning. In really rough laymans terms....when you get fluid into your lungs it can basically turn that fluid, with the gas and blood, into a sort of foam....this causes you to drown hours or even days after a near drowning (or non fatal drowning as you described it).

[@Larxtine]

Oh wow I don’t think I’ve heard of that. Is that something that can be monitored and kind of prevented even after the fact? Or is it just out of the blue after a couple days?

[@Mischiefism]

@@Larxtine I learned about it during my lifeguard training, also why anyone with any kind of near drowning should be checked at the hospital afterwards.

[@KshipsinKchups]

I learnt.this by boiling a cow's lung to eat

[@kiwishbj1]

@@KshipsinKchups Not even me joking.. you seem so sweet.

[@KidNamedToasty]

he only mentioned the ones that can happen in seconds and or minutes

[@29nature]

*Can we just apperciate how much effort he puts in making these cool videos*

[@udayvarma756]

Bot

[@jolantaozimek7437]

Yes,absolutely l love his videos

[@Adriana.Gabriela]

*they

[@eugenetswong]

**AND** appreciate the fact that he was saved and that he survived. Both of them are such assets to many communities.

[@kingsleyabhulimen8118]

I absolutely agree 🤝

[@clarissematique]

I just want to take a moment and send love to all the people who lost their loved ones due drowning and also sending courrage to the ones who almost drowned. I hope y’all are ok. Thank you for sharing these stories 🙏🏾❣️

[@haroldbrown6630]

Amen

[@carolnahigian9518]

I am so sorry for their Loss.

[@BestPlconEarth50]

Your love means every thing to me and I thank you for that!

[@KateBates22zabu]

Thank you. Your kindness is deeply appreciated 💛 I lost my brother 💔 and miss him wish he was here.

[@thumper_the_protagonist2815]

Im 43 and my father drowned when i was 8. The pain feels like it was just yesterday. Thank you so much for your kind words.

[@JoyCrown]

Here is my testimony from a “near-fatal drowning” 2 years ago- and this is the first time i searched up what actually happens to our body when drowning. Thank you for creating this video. I was under water for 7 mins, i was standing by the beach at the ocean late at night with friends when a huge wave came over me and under my feet dragging me in, I remember encouraging myself to keep swimming, i was frantic, trying my hardest to swim and hold my breath. Then two or more big waves followed taking me in and i lost consciousness. My last thoughts were “God get me back to shore” and miraculously enough the water spit me back out and doctors were around and two of them gave me cpr, they rushed me to the hospital, apparently i was foaming in the mouth when getting cpr- which im not sure why or how that happens. And ALL GLORY TO GOD because i recovered from the pain on my chest and the water in my lungs in RECORD TIME. No damage to my organs, and all the doctors were in complete amazement. It truly was a miracle ❤

[@gameswitheli]

Oml- im glad u made it out tho

[@Autonomous126T-G]

All glory to The God 🙏 🙏

[@oksanaweaver2843]

Praise God! Thanks for sharing. God saved my brother out of water too. He said, he asked God to save him in his thoughts, as he was going down in the still, but deep water and he felt strong hand of God pulled him to the top where he was picked up... Glory to God!

[@YoNeener]

Which god? There have been so many. This sounds like Neptune's work.

[@chrisking6695]

So two doctors saved you and the people at the hospital yet you thank god an invisible being that you can’t even demonstrate to exist? What is wrong with you people? Also how many people who believe in god end up drowning or dying in horrible accidents? What makes you so special? SMH.

[@RandomFBIguy]

The feeling of almost drowning...is a feeling you really can't describe perfectly. It's both calming and horrifying.

[@Titan_R1]

It's only horrifying

[@Xolito505]

Aye yo open up I’m at yo door mane🥷

[@Th3lov3virus]

My experience it was horrifying. I'm so horrified til this day I know how to swim now but will not go in the deep end🤦🏾‍♀️

[@Pancawkes]

Hi fbi

[@hlonni_chelsea6711]

I almost. And i decided that i will never swim in the ocean. Moving water is very dangerous.

[@rachrach35]

He’s so passionate about his studies that he probably doesn’t even realize he’s smiling while describing such a horrible process

[@spacep0d]

Nothing wrong with that. He's passionate about the info/process and teaching those watching.

[@skelliex2572]

That’s okay

[@Sean.David.Artworks]

Yet you did.

[@peacefuljeffrey]

He also reminds me a lot of Mitch Pritchett from “Modern Family”! 😄

[@Ihearturmomfrl]

@@spacep0d that’s literally what they said..

[@Salman_Alotaibi]

Went to a cousins chalet and they had a swimming pool. I saw their maid drowning while swimming and no one helped. I jumped upon arrival and saved her and her baby while she was pregnant. She named her baby after me. Always act first when you see someone who’s in need of help. Do not wait because you think someone else is going to act, in most cases everyone thinks that too!

[@dannyrunny]

Cool story habibi

[@basil1400]

@@dannyrunny habibi!

[@NB-lx6gz]

Wow

[@klattalexis]

God Bless you!!!

[@cessactdm]

what you are preaching about is to never fall victim to the "bystander effect", which is a very very real thing.

[@Manduhai.....]

I nearly drowned, long time ago and can not forget the experience. I dove into a wave, hoping to come out on the other side of the water, instead it took me under. The water was murky and I could not tell which side was up or down. Trying to figure it out, I was loosing time but not thinking about it. Never had panic or thought I was dying. All of a sudden I stopped and calmness came over me. I never felt such peace in my life, then I saw my body undulating in the water. There was no panic or fear, then the next thing I know I was slammed on the shore. My bathing suit was on my ankles, etc. My panic was did anyone saw me. I pulled the fabric up, while coughing, in a few minutes I was fine. I went to tell people I was with, they were playing ball, and they told me, not now, not now. I walked away. I don't know how long water kept me but my brain was fine or has been, hopefully.

[@mrmrwayne9850]

That was your guardian Angel !!

[@sadafwizared4797]

Hey guys, I almost died .. NOT NOW NOT NOW , WE BUSY ..... sad sounds 🤣💜💜💜💜

[@Camibug]

I’m sorry the people you’re with completely ignored you but I’m so happy you’re okay!

[@carolynmitri6642]

Zee Deford-- God had you for a short time!

[@mohamedshaban3174]

Did you felt any pain ?

[@ramonaloco]

When I was about 10 yrs old, my father, who was a dentist, was at a convention where a young child drowned in the pool at the hotel. He had advanced life support training and was able to save her. He said that she vomited all over him, and it was the best thing ever! He's been gone for over 10 years, but he was a remarkable man! I miss him every day.

[@miah5040]

What an amazing man. ❤️ I’ve heard literal EMT’s talk about saving people from OD’s with naloxone and complaining about when the patient puked on them.

[@phero2]

love it

[@ramonaloco]

@@miah5040 Thank you! He really was!

[@rainbowgirl949494]

@@miah5040insane! I rather have someone puke on me than see them dead. heck I would be so happy. I can take a shower but seeing someone die in my arms would be the worst

[@spvillano]

@@miah5040 yeah, as an Army medic, I've had to administer morphine, then clean the vomit from my boots. If that was the worst that got on my that day, it was a slow day. Wouldn't have minded getting amniotic fluid on me, I'd have been helping deliver an infant. Instead, I was half-expecting to next get hemolymph on me and have to get on the radio and declare, "Zed, we have a bug"... Yeah, we develop a bit of an interesting sense of humor in EMS, especially military EMS.

[@soulechelon2643]

I got anxiety while watching this as drowning is one of my bigger fears. However I'm a writer and knowing the stages will help me explain how one of my characters is feeling as he's drowning (Don't worry, he survives). Very educational. Thank you!

[@plokilup]

I'm making a character who suffers a non-fatal drowning, too, nice to see I'm not the only one :)

[@sylviaisafoot6570]

I’ve written a scene where the character does die and this video will definitely help me as well when I edit. Cool to see so many writers.

[@badybady6704]

I drowned before. you don't know what's happening. you look up, you see the light. it isn't getting closer. you realize. You panic trying your best to get to the light, your heart is pounding. The question Someone please pull me up please pull me up please pull me out. Nobody. You fight as your running of breath, beating the water as fast as you can. Am i gonna die? No I'm not going to stop fighting. Thats my drowning story

[@seesikopter]

Feel you. I’m so scared of drowning

[@RetroGradeYT]

@@badybady6704 I've had the same experience. When I was a kid, we would take our boat to the lake and fish/swim. One time I jumped off the side and didn't start swimming towards the surface immediately, not realizing how deep down I was going. I remember looking up and seeing the light fade in the distance and I was already close to being out of breath. I remember panicking and desperately swimming towards the light and realizing that I was seconds away from inhaling water. I made it to the surface just before/just after inhaling water(can't remember), but the experience stuck with me all of these years later. Wear your lifejackets kids. Even if you're a great swimmer.

[@relic4989ify]

11 years in the Coast Guard here. I can tell you that there is nothing peaceful about drowning and it can happen so fast. I’ve responded to calls for help and gotten on scene within minutes and still haven’t been able to save the victim. Really the time window to actually save a victim is about one to one and a half minutes. It’s a very small window of time, especially when you factor in current or sinking. Please, respect the water and respect Mother Nature.

[@archieanderson2945]

Thank you for your services, Respectfully, Archie, Grafton, Ontario, Canada

[@Kenny-Alpha]

How is it nothing peaceful about drowning? Sure one would struggle, panic and fight. But after you're exhausted, you have no choice but to be at peace and die. So I'm not sure if I misunderstood you, but

[@mikiautiso]

L

[@loganthesaint]

@@Kenny-Alpha I used to set beaver traps, one I used to believe drowning was peaceful like everyone else did. One day I happened to be next to the trap when beaver went in... I timed it and watched it, he struggled for so long, when I had enough and was going to let him out it was already half too late and I didn’t have a gun with me. After witnessing that I never trapped again. Then I watched some videos ISIS put out... the wasn’t anything peaceful about that.

[@RetroFan]

People can and have been saved after drowning minutes after. If it's in cold water I've read a study that it can happen even an hour after.

[@ThylerXD]

this video unlocked a memory of me (and my cousins) almost drowning in a pool because of my cousins clinging on to me when i was 13. that was such a scary experience. i was struggling to keep afloat because there were three kids clinging on to me and we were going towards deeper waters. luckily an adult saw us and brought us back to the shallow parts of the pool. the feeling of me gasping for air, me panicking, and my lungs hurting because i'm struggling is something i never want to experience again.

[@dazaioioi]

To be honest, I'd kick them off, kick, punch, yell or bite they're getting tf off me.

[@PeptoAbismol]

I would've fought for my life if I had 3 people clinging onto me while submerged in water

[@sadako8559]

The way I would've get rid of them while struggling to keep afloat

[@Merip1214]

I had someone grab me in a pool as well. We had been practicing diving to the bottom, so I had come up needing air, and then as soon as I surfaced I got grabbed around the shoulders and it pulled me back under. Fortunately she got taken off me pretty swiftly, (or let go, idk) but it's something that made me struggle with putting my face fully underwater since.

[@HumanPeeler]

The same thing happened to me when I was 16. For context, one of our neighbors had a pool and there were kids of all ages in the neighborhood (I was the oldest). My younger brother wanted to go to this pool party they were hosting, so I took him (he was not involved in the following events) There is no feeling like being forced under the water after drifting into the deep end, inhaling water, and desperately fighting for your life while a bunch of 8-12 year olds with three brain cells between them still think they are playing. I was only able to escape by walking along the bottom of the pool. (I first tried throwing them off and even trying to punch them, but the drag from the water, combined with their mutant pain tolerance and intellect rivaling that of the smartest mice made them think it was only play and encouraged them). I was then able to pull myself out of the pool by the ledge. There were like 4-6 adults present, and not a single one of them was watching the pool. I'm pretty sure there may have been alcohol present, too. Tldr: neighborhood kids almost drowned me in a pool. It is just as ridiculous as it sounds.

[@12thDecember]

There's a myth that drowning is a "peaceful" death. I don't see anything peaceful about it, especially not after watching this video. I have an extreme irrational fear of drowning. Like many others, that fear arises from a childhood incident. Great video, thank you. I was hoping you would mention the rare event of secondary/delayed drowning, when someone appears to have recovered from drowning but dies later, up to within 24 hours. This is why it's so important to get the person to the hospital, just to make sure there is absolutely no water in the lungs.

[@EdwinVTube]

There are circumstances that can make it "peaceful" in a way. For example if you hyperventilate at the surface, go down pretty deep, wait untill you feel a strong urge to breathe, and swim up, you can lose consciousness before water gets into the lungs. So technically you wouldn't feel the drowning.

[@lakedog3616]

My friend had a non fatal drowning. He said it was not a bad way to go . He said after the first big gulp of water he was just SO exhausted he just went to sleep.

[@Frossiart]

I drown and was revived by an EMT who was watching thought I was just playing around because I was 8 years old. once I gasped water I blacked out, it's not a bad way to go....

[@psyience3213]

I think that's mostly in regards to salt water. Something about salt water hitting the lungs that makes you hallucinate or something?

[@SoCalRegisteredNurse]

My friend drowned after falling off a raft in a level 4 rafting trip (I guess the waters were pretty rough 🤷🏼‍♀️ level 4). She said the feeling of peace was nothing like she felt before. She also said that when she was brought back she was upset about it; she wanted to stay in that peace. That secondary/delayed drowning is called dry drowning and I was hoping he would talk about that, too

[@SimplyBritishBitches]

Two old friends of mine went missing in Australia in 2019 (Was on their news/UK news), its believed they drowned in the rough waters. Really sad that they had such a horrific end to their lives. Rest in peace Hugo and Erwan, we will never forget you. ❤

[@elixtido1448]

they're ok. The minute or so of discomfort was nothing compared to the full life they had led, and the the impact of their legacy to many still here. Don't worry about them. Think of those living that were affected by them having blessed their lives.

[@VanillaEarth744]

Condolences to you and there families. May they be with OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST and God Willing you guys will see them again ☝️🙏✝️

[@kaynicholls9066]

@Veronica A. I live in Australia not far from where Harold Holt went missing & it is a very dangerous passage of water. The most ironic thing is they built a memorial indoor/outdoor swimming pool in his honour!!

[@brokenpencil57]

@Veronica A. Maybe the swimming pool with teach many to swim and have respect for water, saving many lives and tragedy?

[@nilen]

rest in peace 💘

[@scherre]

A close friend of my daughter's fatally drowned just a few weeks ago. It's really frightening how quickly irreversible damage can occur when our air supply is compromised, especially when compared to how long we can survive in other states of injury or with very little food or water. I also lost my cousin when I was 15, due to an asthma attack where bronchospasm had occurred, so it was interesting to see those parts of the lung and understand how that process can be damaging. Definitely a sombre topic for this video but still fascinating and educational as always.

[@micalah8282]

I am so sorry…

[@michaelpaulzdaone]

Lost my son this year to a drowning accident - this video was hard to watch but well explained

[@BOLOCHRONICLES]

damn man rest his soul🙏🙏

[@tamsmith6751]

My sympathies Sir

[@tomaswater5850]

So sorry to hear that God bless him 🙏

[@missrosalind7044]

Sorry for you loss

[@glowilk5377]

Mike, condolences. You are a brave man to mention your loss. Respect. I lost my brother to drowning, I know. I know.

[@lr9376]

I've struggled with asthma my entire life. I was told I would "outgrow" it, but unfortunately that never happened. Watching the breathing section really helped me understand why when I would have an asthma attack, my mother would bring me to the ER (before we had an in home nebulizer) and the doctors would listen to my upper chest and say I was faking it. Then as I sat there, feeling as if I were breathing through a clogged straw, and my skin beginning to turn purple because my body wasn't able to diffuse the oxygen in my blood, I was literally sitting there slowly suffocating and THAT'S when they realized they hadn't listened hard enough. It happened almost every time. The feeling of your alveoli NOT expanding with every breath is the equivalent of feeling like someone has a grip on the outside of your lungs and they are just holding it as tight as they can. Add to that the feeling of every breath feeling like it's going through a clogged straw... Asthma can be really frightening and watching this video made me realize it's kind of similar to drowning. :( And COPD, Emphysema, Pulmonary Edema, it must be so awful. I have much empathy for anyone going through any of that.

[@MidnightLadyCrow]

Having asthma my whole life, mine was similar. The doctors didn't believe me because I would NEVER audibly wheeze but my oximeter always proved them wrong. This is the reason drowning will always be one of my greatest fears, I would never want to feel as if I'm suffocating when I pass. I do love swimming though, so its iffy lol.

[@lisanmc4536]

my 9 yr old is severely asthmatic & he always said it felt like a huge hand was squeezing his chest…I have total compassion for asthmatics

[@MidnightLadyCrow]

@Bella I'm so sorry for your losses, those are all so scary. My sister's ex had a pulmonary embolism but they caught it on time. My heart truly goes out to you.

[@MidnightLadyCrow]

@@lisanmc4536 I'm sorry your son has to deal with it and thank you on behalf of all asthmatics ❤️

[@lr9376]

@Bella I'm so sorry you have to go through all that.

[@jeskanicole8770]

I lost my dad to drowning when he was 36 years old. I was 5 years old. I've struggled with losing him all my life. I am extra cautious around water especially with my children.

[@brounwynsmith848]

I'm so sorry.

[@jeskanicole8770]

@@brounwynsmith848 thank you so much

[@Mikedenison195]

@@jeskanicole8770 Hi dear how’re you doing?

[@tupakkaonhyvaa]

@@Mikedenison195 🥵

[@Myemnhk]

Then i recommend you do your best to teach them and yourself how to swim. Because the worst thing you can do is let them never learn to swim and hw unable to save themselves

[@shelbiyoung8572]

I had a non-fatal drowning when I was 18 from the ocean. I wasn’t even in ankle deep water when a wave came up behind me and pulled me under and out. I tried to come up and got hit with another wave that pulled me back under. The pain in my lungs from the salt water was so horrendous. I spent the whole day trying to calm down from it and I kept coughing up salty water.

[@Alex-fc8xn]

I had a similar experience at an indoor wave pool when I was 7 or so. The waves were why I was drowning, but they also saved me by pushing me to the shallow end

[@3601christopher]

Had a giant wave pull me from the shore at the beach once when I was 7 or so . Feels like death is literally pulling you away… while I’m not scared of the water I am extremely careful around any body of water

[@tmhtpo]

I was 15. I was trying to swim to pass the swim test. I should have been able to pass it, like the many times I had before. My legs just stopped on me. And my lower half became dead weight. I remember trying to keep my head above water and get the attention of the lifeguard that was there. No sound came out and I went down. Worst feeling ever.

[@UlrikValen]

LMAO

[@joshyoung1440]

​@@UlrikValen what the hell is wrong with you

[@differentone_p]

i love how smiley you are and how positive music when you're talking about drowning, like there's nothing like absolute horror that people experience during those stages☺️

[@cupiditeas]

I nearly drowned when I was a little kid. I didn't remember what led up to my drowning as I blacked out underwater. But when I woke up underwater, nothing could compare to the peacefulness I felt that day. I opened my eyes and saw the sky. It was such a deep blue and I could see the water rippling above me. I had no worries, no fear, no panic, no thoughts. I only remember feeling peace. Though it was horrifying to know that I nearly died that day, it brings me peace to know that my uncle (who died from drowning) probably felt that same calmness instead of fear that day.

[@WireWeHere]

Thanks for sharing that. I've been wondering what was the truth since I watched The Prestige movie. The actor offered a description of drowning as part of a eulogy. Something along the lines of a peaceful drifting off to sleep sort of thing but later he said that he had lied earlier and that drowning was sheer terror. Movies with scientific accuracy as a top priority is an Interstellar possibility.

[@cupiditeas]

@@WireWeHere Yeah no problem! I know near drowning experiences vary from person to person but it is possible to feel peace. I do feel bad for those whove had to endure a painful drowning

[@jankirschke7425]

Yes, I had a similar experience when I was five years old. I could see the green ocean water above me. I remember ‘breathing’ and being perfectly at peace. It was 60 years ago and I remember that tranquil feeling as if it was yesterday.

[@eniryuuoke7446]

I’m glad to see comments like this. When I drowned I felt that same calmness and have always felt weird about sharing that because people think it’s bizarre to feel calm because drowning is… well you know.. *drowning * I didn’t know this was a fairly common thing amongst people who have drowned before Maybe it’s our body’s way of trying to prolong life by making us not panic(which I’m sure puts more strain on the heart) or waste extra valuable energy on struggling to escape That’s my theory anyways 🤷‍♀️ I know nothing about science

[@jankirschke7425]

@@eniryuuoke7446 I understand not wanting to share your story. It’s quite impossible to explain the strange phenomenon to others. Until I began reading these comments I thought my experience was unique.

[@luniette]

can you do one on asphyxiation? my mom passed waiting for the ambulance for 20 minutes suffocating with an inhaler in her hand…i can’t imagine what she went through her last final moments and i just want to understand

[@plaguedoctor03]

My condolences

[@savymavi]

Very sorry for your loss.

[@hat.kid-]

I’m so sorry for your loss, Hope your okay.

[@nanaperez6081]

I guess it's similar or the same. Lack of oxygen

[@nanaperez6081]

Sorry for your loss

[@larabrandt6678]

I had to drag my friend out of a river who had drowned, he was drinking a lot and we have no idea what happened, but he didn't make it, this video was very hard to get through, many flashbacks and regrets followed but I believe this has lessons to learn. Anyone who has lost someone to water might find some answers to the questions they might have in this video, so thank you for making this

[@HoyaSaxaSD]

Wow, very sorry to hear that, and sorry for your loss. That must’ve been terrifying and traumatic for you; I can’t even imagine. I hope you are doing well now,

[@lamiah.2938]

Wait- till dis day u don't know how he got in there..?

[@larabrandt6678]

@@HoyaSaxaSD It was horrific, I never thought I'd lose a friend like that, let alone have to get him out and find out he wasn't gonna make it, it's torn my heart out and it's going to take a long time to recover but, I'm doing alright for now, thank you 💜

[@larabrandt6678]

@@lamiah.2938 We know he obviously went swimming but we don't know why he went without us around, or how he ended up at the bottom of the river...

[@kimberlycarey6893]

Just lost my grandson in October he drowned in the Niagara River 15 year old fishing with his dad he wasn't supposed to be there period

[@broannoying8765]

My close cousin died of drowning just 5 months ago. Rest in peace, Sharim ❤, may Allah grant you Jannah.

[@somerandomcube]

i'm sorry for your loss :(

[@gd_gd_gd_gd]

heh… noob!

[@trashbin2]

@@gd_gd_gd_gd tryna bait?

[@MZS22]

inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un.

[@elevensixpm]

Inalilah wa Ina ilaihi Rojiun, rest in peace Sharim ... 😢

[@daveysodyssey9990]

USA swim coach, lifeguard, and swim instructor here…. This is an incredibly informative video. I spend my whole life teaching people how to swim. I have saved numerous people.

[@theanatomylab]

Truly, thank you for what you do!

[@evabakker]

I nearly fatally drowned when I was 11, a classmate (we were on a school trip) pulled me out and saved me but it made me so scared of water and I gave up swimming altogether. That feeling of panic, disorientation and not being able to breathe (but doing it anyway and inhaling what feels like gallons of water) I'll never, ever forget. However, I faced my fears 23(!) years later and went to the local swimming pool determined to at least learn to get comfortable in the water. I was very lucky meeting a swim instructor there who taught me how to SWIM instead of simply trying to not panic/die. He helped me get rid of my fear and now I swim every single day. I don't think he'll ever know how grateful I am for that. Drowning was the scariest thing I've ever experienced, that urban myth about it being totally serene and that you won't know you're gonna die - FALSE!

[@evabakker]

@Rlasco25 she was the only one who noticed something was wrong. It was 20+ years ago, the supervision at school camp was really crap. The teachers knew I couldn't swim but they just said 'so you just don't swim, but you have to come'. But you know kids, some other kid pushed me into the pool..

[@scoob.productions]

Same thing happened to me...thank god my cousin was there to pull me out

[@norbert.kiszka]

"...that urban myth about it being totally serene..." - people made many myths still today. Some years ago, there was crafts and dark magic. Time changed, but people still are stupid same as 3000 years ago.

[@Megadextrious]

Duuude that’s gnarly!!! I had a really bad experience with the ocean once when I was like 14 or so; I got stuck in a super strong rip current and had to fight like hell to get outta there!! I just kept swimming and swimming and felt like I was getting nowhere. I was so exhausted by the time I got back onto the shore that I swore I would never go deeper than I could stand ever again. That was one of the scariest things I’ve ever been through

[@girlpower4589]

@@scoob.productions Wow, that happen to me when i was young my cousin saved me. That same cousin saved my brother from drawning as well. Cousins are special.

[@dariaaugustine2426]

I lost my closest cousin to the ocean. throughout this video, I cried so much. I always wondered if he had suffered when he was drowning I never had the strength to look it up. Even though this video didn't give me the answers I wanted to hear or hoped to hear it gave me the information that is true and that I needed to hear. So Thank You

[@MrCmon113]

Hold your breath. How many contractions can you take?

[@tanya1353]

Some people suffer more than others when they are drowing. There is no way to know how they felt in that moment. Though I will say even if it was a "peaceful" drowing, it was certainly not fun. So to answer your question, your cousin at the very least suffered some amount of pain/discomfort.

[@Orbixas]

My father lost one of his older brothers to drowning when he was a child. He keeps telling me to be careful whenever I'm going near water to this day - I am 22 years old. Rest in peace, Jan.

[@McNighthawk750]

This is a very real story about an incident that had happened to me. Many years ago, at 19 years of age, I had a near death experience (NDE). I was swimming in a lake. I became exhausted. I yelled for help, flailing my arms but then started sinking. I was terrified. As I was sinking I asked God to please save me. Upon descending deeper, I came to the realization (thinking) that I guess this is how I am going to die. All of a sudden I could "see" underwater. Everything was clear like I was wearing a dive mask. It was weird also as I was not breathing. I felt no urge (like when you get the wind knocked out of you) and I was completely at ease/ peaceful. I was on the bottom now and remember seeing the weeds. I also saw a slow motion slide-show of my younger years. I was fascinated with it. Then there was an extremely bright light (tunnel?) to my right. I thought, "No, I'm not going to look at it" because it meant the end for me. However, it kept getting larger and larger. I was trying to ignore it but sort of looked at it with the corner of my eye because it was so mesmerizing. Then, all of a sudden I remember gasping for air and panicking again. I realized, confused, that I was at the surface. Now I am about to drown again. Terrified, I'm flailing and flopping again. However, someone was there with me too. I tried to climb on top of him. He thumped me on the back of the neck. I suddenly realized I had better relax or I would get thumped again or they would leave me or I would drown him too. My mind was racing. So I calmed myself and floated on my back as he pulled me to a dock. I held onto the dock gasping for air now. It had to be either a very long 5 minutes or 15 minutes. After catching my breath, I had thanked him over and over. I had asked him where he came from and he told me he was sun tanning on the dock and heard my yelling. He was a retired RCMP officer. I did not have any water in my lungs but was just out of breath and very fatigued. I would not ever want to repeat that again but still cannot get over how peaceful it was at the bottom during that episode. I know God is real and he came through for me that day.

[@SalwanHilali]

Experienced the exact same thing! realizing I'm too exhausted, my body basically took over and kept flailing with the little strength left, I went into a peaceful state looking at what my life was like and realizing there were things I wanted to do that I didn't do yet but I was ok with that, I was happy with where I got to in life. Then a friend who saw me from a distance grabbed my hand and pulled it up and dragged me towards the beach with great difficulty cause I kept pulling him down.. I will never forget the inner peace I felt then.

[@budgetcrypto120]

So the guy come save you and you thank god? 💀

[@Dylan-bj4fx]

@@budgetcrypto120 Because God saved him through the guy duh. God works in mysterious ways

[@earthing3696]

@@Dylan-bj4fx so when nobody came god didn't save them.. gotcha

[@Dylan-bj4fx]

@@earthing3696 or maybe He did. Maybe it was just their time or God might’ve needed them for something. Think outside the box

[@ashm4938]

There is an extremely rare brain disorder that prevents people from feeling fear. There is on example I recall on tests being done to these indivuals. One woman had it and she displayed no fear response at anything, even instinctually humans process fear when seeing brightly coloured animals that are poisonous, when they are leaning off edge of somewhere high etc. This woman didn't process it at all. However, on a simulated drowning, it was the first time the woman experience true fear that registered.

[@ratmasterlei]

That is extremely fascinating! I'd love to do more research on this topic.

[@Val-le6fj]

Brain disorder could be alexithymia

[@skrimper]

@@Val-le6fj who is Alex and why are you talking crap bout him

[@fatouscup3264]

@@Val-le6fj cool.

[@Val-le6fj]

@@skrimper lol it's an actual disorder hahah

[@LivingForAir]

My boyfriend and his big brother both drowned in 2016 in a big river in Oklahoma. I always hoped he didn’t suffer that much. This was hard to watch but very informative. Thank you

[@whocares269]

@Nimbuzz S delete this comment. Not the place. What monster raised you to be such an unempathetic monster?

[@whocares269]

@Nimbuzz S nobody gives a shit if you almost drowned, your experience is not universal and the last thing this poor person needs is you telling them their loved ones last moments on earth were full of terror and pain. If you can't understand why this is inappropriate, stay off the Internet and stay away from people, absolutely heartless.

[@delcarmen1377]

@@whocares269 Seriously. @nimbuzz is so consoling saying that and they r so edgy 🙄

[@chillingpotato1355]

@Nimbuzz S explain how drowing is painful?

[@Nikita-zo4gp]

@@whocares269 Isn't that rather egoistic to deny that the beloved one possibly went through horror? I'd prefer to hear all kinds of experiences, nicer ones, horrific ones, because they are all: REAL. So I wouldn't take the easy way out = imagining a Disney Version of the last moments of my beloved one. But rather would want to know the truth and honor what this person fought bravely and had to go through: die to death. Imagine the buddy survives, wakes up, with slight brain damage and other medical issues, and I tell him: "Oh it wasn't that bad, was it? Guess you were all in Peace-Out-Mode, weren't you, at least that's what I prefer to imagine so don't bother me with your reality, please." He would feel alone. And he would have died alone, if I don't dive into his last moments and understand them, see them.

[@AuroraDeLirio]

Thanks for this information and for opening up a space to talk about these experiences. I could've drowned 7 years ago: I was Hydrospeeding (swimming in river rapids with floating equipment) but at some point I was hit by another swimmer, lost the hold of my floating board, I tried to swim towards it but no matter how hard I tried swimming forwards I went backwards: I was being sucked into a whirpool. By the moment I dared open my eyes I realized the surface looked far away (although, mind you, it was hard to really tell with all the movement). I tried swimming up but despite having a life vest and swimming equipment I just couldn't find my way up. I was sure I was going to die, and I felt that weird peace that some people are describing here in the comments. I really thought that had been just me but after reading people's drowning experiences I have learnt it's a thing. I was, thankfully, eventually pushed out of the whirpool (I wonder if it wasn't really as big as I felt it). I was told that what really, really helped me was that I only swallowed water but didn't breath it. I think this was a response from a childhood experience I had, which was was getting bronchospasms while in my swimming classes. It happened often at some point of my life, I was thought to have asthma but turned out to be some sort of allergy.

[@exquisicy5429]

My cousin drowned a few years ago in a lake, and knowing that she went through this completely changed my perspective. Thank you

[@skymoonlightbruh]

why will you say that???

[@sensid-iwnl-5201]

@@skymoonlightbruh I know right? like what the heck

[@lnelson5704]

I think she meant that it wasn't as bad as she had thought

[@exquisicy5429]

@@lnelson5704 Yes sorry if people take it a different way

[@KateBates22zabu]

My brother drowned one hot July after the bars closed swim. People said he was visibly intoxicated n I know he had a Valium prescription. It was I never wanted to imagine what he suffered. I think of my brother every day lately I really wish he was here RIP

[@NicoleJosephMusic]

I almost drowned at 5 years old and still remember every part of it. I remember a short moment of panic but mostly a part where I totally accepted the fact that I was going to die. I was just floating in nothingness, not feeling the need to breath, see or cough anymore. I was under water for almost ten minutes before everything turned black. Soon I woke up with pain in my chest and coughing up loads of water. Doctors think the bubbles of the jacuzzi saved my life. The fact that I accepted to die and didn't feel any pain/fear at all, makes death a lot less scarier.

[@Luna-ii4mx]

Wasnt it painful to breathe in the water?

[@drarryoclock]

I had nearly the exact same experience at the same age as you. We were on holiday and the shallow pool was connected to the big pool. There was no bars or anything to warn me, just a big drop. As I was walking in the shallow end, my body suddenly dropped underneath the water and I struggled and tried to climb out for a while. It was strange, because although I was so young, I sort of just closed my eyes and thought to myself “okay, I’m going to die now.” . No struggle, no pain, no nothing. Luckily, someone came and pulled me out just as I was blacking out. I count myself as extremely lucky, but the experience makes me slightly less scared of dying, if you know what I mean.

[@A_random_NPC]

Same thing happened to me in a pool, I remember thinking I’ll never see my family again. Very strange feeling

[@kalirodriguez1618]

It’s true last month I almost drowned in a lake, at first I was panicking so bad and then once I started to realize my air was running out and I was still in the situation, I guess I kinda just accepted the fact I was going to die. Luckily I was pulled out of the water like seconds before passing out, it was honestly scary and it also happened like two days before graduation so I was in shock

[@trinitytet]

same here actually, once i started breathing in the water i just gave up and accepted that im gonna die now, i felt no pain at all but for some reason i tried getting to the surface one last time and it worked

[@smellthefrizz]

When I was in high school a kid fell through ice checking his beaver traps and died. I was (luckily) seeing a therapist at the time as well. I remember telling her "I can't imagine how scary it must be to drown" and she said "I know it sounds strange, but there are many reports of people claiming to feel an immense sense of peace when they drown" I've read many comments of people who say they also experienced peace when drowning. Interesting stuff

[@Fauntazee]

I guess it makes since when you think how we developed in and breathed amniotic fluid :)

[@johnsanchez8232]

Yeah when I was drowing for a few seconds even tho it felt wayy longer I felt at peace and I actually saw the under water and I also remember I wasn't losing air? Like I could breath under water maybe its because I wasn't in the water that long

[@kalirodriguez1618]

It’s true last month I almost drowned in a lake, at first I was panicking so bad and then once I started to realize my air was running out and I was still in the situation, I guess I kinda just accepted the fact I was going to die. Luckily I was pulled out of the water like seconds before passing out, it was honestly scary and it also happened like two days before graduation so I was in shock

[@alantaylor6691]

@@kalirodriguez1618 Did you inhale water?

[@MrCmon113]

Most people stop holding their breath at the first contraction. So I call bullshit.

[@Jojo-pw2li]

This unlocked my experience of almost drowning when I was attempting to learn how to surf. I almost drowned twice and gave up. It was so scary I can almost feel it when I think about it. My feet could not find the bottom to push myself to the Surface as the waves kept crushing on me and keeping me down. The board pulled my feet up and I was almost giving up when i finally found the bottom.

[@faceless-x-abberation8400]

Dang that's scary!

[@olbrocko]

Every surfer has a story like that, myself included. Im sorry to hear though. The ocean will humble a person and needs to be respected. Learning more about surfing and breathing techniques will help you. Consider a good surf instructor and Look up “box breathing.”

[@CoarseFisher15]

I really am able to connect with both Justin and Jonathan. This is the beauty of this channel, in amongst all the learning!

[@theanatomylab]

Thank you! We truly appreciate hearing that!

[@miarosales2316]

in october of 2019, my uncle drowned unexpectedly on the job while cleaning a pool. he had a seizure and fell in and…well, drowned. i can still remember my scream when i found out to me questioning how i, nor my family, ever thought of this happening. thank you for somewhat of closure. i’ve always told myself how it was a hot day, he must’ve felt relief at the cold water surrounding him but, now i really know what must’ve happened. i just pray he didn’t suffer. i just know he might’ve because his seizures always gave him pain. note; his seizures were cause by a head injury as a kid. he fell off a skateboard :( miss you ton ron, still thinking of you.

[@lizforbes8022]

😢

[@Whocares158]

At least he isn't In pain anymore.

[@LuigiTheSqueegy]

I’m really sorry

[@lizforbes8022]

I’m so sorry for your loss 🥲 & sad ❤️ May God comfort u🙏

[@haroldbrown6630]

I am so sorry

[@Locdinwithdr_]

i lost a friend to a drowning incident and i tried to save him 😞😔🥺i was traumatised for months to a year.this video helped me to understand better of what really happens,thank you

[@bakerinthehouse5346]

I'm so sorry for your friend. Love to you.

[@barbwhitcomb8395]

wow! I lost my son due to a tragic accident over 25 years ago. He had drowned in an open septic hole. I have always felt so bad becuz I imagined how scared he must have been! But after reading this, I suppose, or rather hope, that he had a calmness surround him during that time.

[@truckerstruckingwithtrucks522]

@@barbwhitcomb8395 heart breaking 😢

[@colt5189]

I woke up a month ago in the middle of the night drowning in stomach acid. As acid had flooded the back of my throat while I was sleeping, and I suffocated for 10-15 seconds before my airway opened up. I've started taking Proton Pump Inhibitors.

[@kcm4511]

Last time I was in Florida, I had a non-fatal drowning experience. I want to start out by saying the ONLY reason I survived was because I had been swimming my entire life and had recently took up running as a hobby. So I was in pretty good shape. Ended up getting caught up in a rip tide and I don't care how many times you have been told to swim parallel to the beach. When your panic kicks in and it kicks in HARD, you will want to go directly to shore while actively being pulled out by the current. I fought the current for a while and got exhausted quickly and realized I was just being pulled further and further out. You also find yourself losing hope at that point, realizing the struggle was for nothing. I was about 100 yards from the shore (football field length) and I realized what was going on and right away I started to talk to myself to calm down and swim parallel to shore. I don't remember how long it took to get back to shore but once I felt the current stop, I swam to shore and the last few meters, I relied on the waves to bring me in. I was too exhausted to continue. So, I ended up getting pummeled against the shore by a pretty big wave, but I was happy to have made it back. I had to crawl my way out of the water and the waves and sit there exhausted but alive. I haven't gone back into the ocean since then, but I plan on going to the beach and staying only in knee high water, so I can quickly get out. if I feel a current pulling me.

[@dianecelento4974]

Glad you made it.

[@nextdoornikkixoxo9806]

My son was swept away from ankle deep water . It’s really scary. I’m happy you made it !

[@Aritul]

Very happy that you were able to calm yourself and eventually get back to the shore.

[@angelasutherland-bruce3519]

I've recently been swimming at a beach with strong rip tides and undercurrents. I'm a 71 year old female, a little overweight however I can swim. I moved parallel along waist height waves, dipping deeper or shallower at times. My reasoning was to exercise my knees. For a while I was quite happy doing this, until somebody suggested I be careful. Then I stopped going to the beach, read up on google how to swim in these conditions, and found that I had been doing all the right things, such as lifting my feet when the swell below was strong and not being afraid. I discovered that people who panic or can't swim are the most likely to drown and that it's not the sea that kills but the way you deal with the situation. I haven't been back yet but I know that my fear of returning probably arose from not knowing whether or not I was doing the right thing. I shall continue to be careful when I do return.

[@suzanneorr323]

Being in shape and a good swimmer means nothing. An Olympic swimmer could still have a fatal drowning. Was pure luck tbh.

[@pipinanaC8]

I drowned in a pool when I was 8 - my baby sister pulled my head underwater and I got trapped. Drowning is terrifying and painful, and it is probably the closest I've ever been to death. I think that was the most visceral panic I have ever felt, especially after the first few inhales of water and how much it hurts your lungs. I blocked it out for several years but remembered it after someone asked me what I thought drowning was like and I was able to give a detailed description and I confused myself about how I knew haha, and the memories came flooding back. It's an unforgettable type of fear.

[@Christian-Pickles]

Repressed memories are a real thing.

[@Wolf_90702]

Weird. When I almost drowned at the age of 11, inhaling water didn't feel painful at all. It felt liberating cause I wanted to breath so badly and I couldn't hold my breath anymore. When the water rushed in, I thought I could breath underwater. Then I started to lose consciousness and my vision got hazy. My friends mom pulled me up by the arm from the pool before I lost consciousness and I coughed up water when I got out of the pool.

[@ImperialLemon]

Have you ever thought about writing fiction?

[@andrewe.2464]

@@Wolf_90702 Maybe the water you inhaled wasn’t chlorinated, but the poster was drowning in chlorinated water? I’m not entirely sure

[@pipinanaC8]

@@Wolf_90702 That's so interesting! I've heard a few people say this, and I'm not entirely sure why this is. I know there can be a pain and cough response that is triggered if fluid hits your trachea, so maybe that's why it hurt for me. It felt like to me when you swallow wrong, but 10 times worse. I have to mention too that I was able to get air at one point when I was drowning but as my sister was a baby, she shoved me back under. Perhaps the extra air made it worse? I really don't know why but thanks for sharing your experience with me, I'm happy you survived too.

[@debishaw9355]

My father died in a drowning accident when he was 56. He had on waders as he was fishing. I don’t think I’ve gotten over it. It’s been over 30 plus years…. My heart still hurts. I am here to see this because I used to only imagine it

[@steventhehistorian]

I'm sorry for your loss. That must have been and must still be very painful. God bless.

[@josukebutmature2399]

There are usually signs that say no wading he could have avoided his fate if he didn’t do it

[@steventhehistorian]

@@josukebutmature2399 thanks for that useful and not at all ignorant commentary

[@josukebutmature2399]

@@steventhehistorian can’t tell if ur sarcastic but thanks

[@josukebutmature2399]

@@steventhehistorian tho I am speaking a fact not a wrong I don’t want to be mean but it’s the truth

[@ooppetal2183]

I was very little and over at my parent's friend's house when I drowned. They had a pool in their backyard and I was left to play alone. I saw a toy in the water and wanted it badly, but I couldn't swim. I thought it'd be a wonderful idea to hang onto the pool's edge and grab it while holding on. Unfortunately, when I reached for the toy, I lost my grip. I could see the adults inside as I desperately thrashed to keep myself afloat. I yelled for help, occasionally swallowing water, but they didn't hear me. I went under. I blacked out. Next thing I remember is lying on my back and vomiting water with a man above me. He'd given me CPR and saved my life. I was extremely young, and still, I remember it. Despite this, I love swimming and am a very good swimmer. I was in my highschool swim team during my Sophomore year. My coach always tried to get me onto the diving team, but looking at the 12-foot-deep diving pool made me nervous. He also tried to get me a job as a lifeguard, but to get certified you have to swim to the bottom of the diving pool and pull a 5lb weight up with you. I never tried out for either. Drowning is terrifying. The panic that sets in is so fucking real. You run out of air, and realize that if you don't come up.. you die. You can see the surface but no matter how hard you try, you can't pull yourself up. I wouldn't wish drowning on my worst enemy.

[@Hoocuspoocus]

My younger brother and I were caught in a rip off a Sydney beach when I was 11. Every time I managed to get my head above the surface I'd have just enough time to take a breath before another wave submerged me again. I was exhausted and can honestly say that the only reason I didn't give up was because I was trying to keep my brother's head above the water. It was the most terrifying experience. Im 59 now and still only ever go into the water up to my waist.

[@fawlteemontee3118]

Leanne Marie... August 8-th 2021, myself and my youngest one(10 year old boy) both got dragged and swept away by a rip current. Said to my son: "hang on, son, i'll get you out in a blink of an eye, don't worry!" Little did I know that it was going to be the longest 5 minutes of our lives. I am a very good swimmer, but... once he got over my head and pulled/pushed me down below, then the struggle and fighting for a breath started big time. Just like you did, dived and pushed my legs against the bottom in order to keep his head above the surface. Then, in a matter of seconds, the panic, the horror seing my son disappear and not being able to breathe as the effort and fight proved to be overwhelming. Imagine: I came to that moment and thought and said to myself: if I lose him and he goes, then I won't leave him drown alone, I will go too. That was the most terifying moment and thought i've had. Pulled myself together and somehow managed to push him towards the shore, in safe enough waters. Hearing my son: "daddy, don't let me die here, daddy, do something and help me, daddy, are we going to die today?" Drowning isn't noisy, people around us thought we were playing, didn't realise until the very last moment what we've been through. Swallowed so much salty water, mouth went dry as a desert, fell off my legs as I reached the shore, of exhaustion. One of the most disturbing things to see: my son's eyeballs grew big as onions, because of panic, fear and exhaustion. The the hysterical crying, body shaking, vomiting... We were lucky to make it alive, I must say. Can't tell we made it because I am a good swimmer, or simply wasn't our day to go that way, then and there. As most of you may already know, there's no way to fight a rip current. It's the panic, the fear that freezes your senses, your brain, and from there to a quick death... Thank you for sharing your experience, it's just so similar in most details with mine. I am also saddened to read so many other comments of people who lost someone to drowning. I believe it's a painful way to go, but from what i've experienced, it surely is quiet. Wish you all a better year of 2022, stay safe and respect oceans, rivers, lakes, pools, etc. They have no mercy, they're always hungry and thirsty. God bless you all around!

[@Hoocuspoocus]

@@fawlteemontee3118 I had the same thoughts as I struggled to keep my brothers head above the water, 'If he drowns, I'm going with him.' My Uncle and Aunt had taken us to the beach that day and I couldn't bare the thought of telling my parents I couldn't save him. Being a child I didn't consider how devastating it would have been for them losing not one, but both of their children. We'd been dragged out so far there was no way we'd have had the strength to get back to shore. I remember seeing my Aunt standing on the edge of the water with her hands over her mouth. I thought, this is it, this is how I die. Then I heard, "Does anybody need a hand?" and saw my Uncle appear over a wave on his surfboard. I'd never been so happy to see anyone in my life. If he hadn't arrived at that moment I really dont know if I'd still be here.

[@natalieueno]

@@Hoocuspoocus wow. i have no words!

[@svmmyb0i220]

I was rescued from a non fatal drowning when I was 13. My best mate, who was a much better swimmer than me, found me 2m under water, just sucking water into my lungs, pretty much committing to my fate at that point. He dragged me back to shore and made sure I was okay, and I've never forgotten it. 11 years later, we're still best friends, to the point my gf gets jealous, but weirdly enough, my life or death moment is the one event he has no memory of whatsoever 😂

[@RomeoMontagueidv]

Bruh. Jealous girlfriend? Jealousy is such a bad trait. I would've chosen my rescuer who is also my best friend over her. Like you've been together for longer right? If people are jealous they shouldn't even come near me lol but thats just me. It just.. idk man. Seems a bit controlling or possessive. Or even both. Jealousy is toxicity. My experience.

[@svmmyb0i220]

@@RomeoMontagueidv haha I kinda threw that in as a joke to keep things light, she's not actually a jealous person at all, but sometimes my mate and I joke around about being in love with each other just to get a rise out of her 😂

[@bethanydavis9023]

@@svmmyb0i220 she's envious of you closeness with each other. Lots of people would want such a close & good relationship with someone, even when it's just friendship.

[@RomeoMontagueidv]

@@svmmyb0i220 pffft 😂😂😂

[@gaysonorthotdaughta]

i think i know the reason why your buddy would probably not remember that well. he found out your close friend (you) was drowning, his first instinct was to go save you, without even thinking twice. he probably doesn’t remember it because he wasn’t thinking about anything else but making sure you were ok. You obviously have an amazing friend! :)

[@AndrewUnruh]

I briefly got into a stage two situation and I was terrified. My son had dropped his goggles while snorkeling and I went down to retrieve them. The water was a lot deeper than I thought, and I pushed hard to get to them. When I picked them up, I was already craving oxygen, but thought that getting to the surface would be no problem. The panic set in when I was about six feet from the surface. Just before I broke the surface, I simply couldn't take it anymore and tried to breathe. I came up coughing desperately and feeling really dumb because everything I did, I did voluntarily. Previous to this, I had practiced holding my breath many times and was pretty good at it. What I learned is that holding your breath while trying to relax as much as possible is totally different from trying to hold your breath and kick up to the surface.

[@ironlake8944]

You're lucky to be alive

[@Koakoa45]

When I was 13 I drowned in a swimming pool as my swim teacher thought the "sink or swim" method would work on me. My sister jumped in and pulled me up, so I was not under there very long. I don't remember coughing but I don't remember the entire event. They did CPR on me for 8 minutes. I can tell you it is a very peaceful way to die. I mean at first you panic and try to save yourself but once you get exhausted, very quickly, you get warm all over, then BAM you fall unconscious. For me I sunk to the bottom of the pool fully awake, sat on the bottom, looked around and then that was that. It took under 1 minute for this to all happen.

[@billmoran3812]

As a young boy, I was an active swimmer and eventually became a scuba diver. Also when I was in the Coast Guard we had a lot of training about drowning and what happens to people who become exhausted while swimming or are in extremely cold water. Both of these experiences taught me a lot about drowning. Sadly, I’ve witnessed several fatal and non fatal drownings. Often a person might be rescued apparently in time that they appear to recover, only to actually drown hours later at home. The effects of that water can cause a secondary drowning inside the lungs, especially in the case of salt water. This was a very well presented video. I hope it is used as a teaching tool for life saving professionals who need to understand the mechanism of drowning.

[@chuckcawthon3370]

It’s so fascinating to learn about these subjects in an entertaining way. The Hosts make the presentation and my comprehension work.

[@Rayh423]

Yes, it is a pleasure watching Jonathan and Justin in these videos.

[@royaltmusicc]

#johnnyx100

[@davidimhoff2118]

What a great topic. I have a fear of drowning and this ticked it up a notch more lol. It's scary you had a non fatal drowning. I'm glad you are ok. You can see you still have a slight form of PTSD just talking about it. It's like me telling people the day I coded and my AICD shocked me 6 times and then I was knocked unconscious. I get just a little bit of anxiety discussing it. My dad died of brain death and it took 26 seconds for him to die when I took him off the ventilator. He then turned instant purple from the gasses of carbon dioxide.

[@benrussell460]

I had a broken charger on my gaming pc and ended up getting electrocuted 4 times in the course of a week before I decommissioned it. Humans are stubborn but nowadays I always check the chord and make sure it’s functional.

[@r3tr0253]

@@benrussell460 Either ur really dumb or ur using the term "electrocuted" pretty lightly. Who in their right mind would even touch, let alone keep using, a wire thats injured them multiple times within a short time frame.

[@benrussell460]

@@r3tr0253 it was enough to make my body go rigid for a split second and it would electrify certain parts of my pc so I tried to avoid it

[@cipher1167]

@@benrussell460 you were SHOCKED, not electrocuted. Electrocution is usually when the person dies or gets severe injuries, getting shocked is just when you feel the electricity and it stunts you, or it hurts your hand or body part that made contact with the energized object. It’s rare to die of an electric shock, although not impossible.

[@DannoAviation]

Guys, shocked or electrocuted… WHO CARES… IT STILL ISN’T NICE

[@kelliecordes124]

I had a handful of non fatal drownings as a kids. One was caused by my stepbrother holding my head underwater. I remember when he was holding me under I was trying to push away from him but he was way taller and stronger than me. I eventually blacked out and when I came to I someone told me a random lady saved me. I was at a water park and the lifeguards didn’t even notice what was going on. I never got to thank her for saving me. I still remember the peace I felt each time that I had a non fatal drowning but that was the only time I blacked out. I was just lucky the lady saved me. I just randomly think about that peace I felt during it. Just wish I could find that peace without almost dying. Looking up at the surface as the waves move and seeing the sunlight l. The view was pretty and peaceful. The fear I felt wasn’t that I was going to die it was just not being able to breathe. I knew as a little kid people die and came to terms that one day I will too. Fear of death was never an issue for me. I was able to stay mostly calm but not being able to move away from someone trying to drown you is hard. I am just happy that the lady saved me.

[@increbidel4685]

That’s attempted murder

[@Herbie-Went-Bananas-Then-Split]

That was a fascinating insight into the process of drowning, thank you for making that video. My stepfather was an incredibly healthy man, 6'5, swam every day regardless of the UK weather, rarely had colds/ailments. One day, he announced he was going swimming, he hadn't long had his lunch - he always waited to have lunch AFTER swimming, so in hindsight we think he perhaps had a mini stroke which caused him to alter his pattern. Despite our concerns, he said he'd chance it and off he went. Approx. 90 minutes later, police were at our door explaining they were calling regarding my stepfather and my mother and I needed to get to the hospital urgently - he would not explain further. We arrived at the hospital to be taken into a side room and notified that my stepfather had aspirated while swimming and had subsequently drowned, someone had seen his body in the water, pulled him to the edge and called for an ambulance - the paramedics that attended had actually known my stepfather, which makes this story even weirder. The nurse informing us that my stepfather had drowned, said that he had already been attended by two doctors who had pronounced him and that we could go through to say our goodbyes before they prepared him for going down to the morgue. We were shown through, he was there on the gurney, sheet covering him, a doctor came through, said something to the nurse before disappearing back through the curtain and I could hear him discussing the brain scan of my stepfather - brain stem dead. The doctor then came through and gave the nurse permission to start the preparation process. At that point, the nurse said it was best if we left as part of the process would entail pumping the sea water from his lungs. This is where it gets weird and it is all documented. He had been on that gurney for over an hour at the hospital. We had been at the hospital for approx. 20 minutes. My mother left to go sit in the waiting room while someone brought her a cup of tea - nothing quite like an English cup of tea to make any situation right. I told the nurse I would remain through the process as I worked in the health care sector. The nurse inserted a tube and started extracting the seawater - she explained that as soon as the tube went in, nerves would make the body involuntarily spasm, sometimes quite violently, and she wanted to assure me that did not mean he was alive. So that process started, indeed his body began spasming as the seawater was extracted. This is now the weird part. He woke up. He actually came round. That man was pronounced brain dead, had had that sea water in his lungs for over an hour, and the moment it was removed he woke up. It was the most surreal/bizarre experience of my life, and his. Two hours later he was sitting on a ward eating a roast lamb dinner. The doctors came to see us again, taking us to one side so that my stepfather couldn't hear us. He explained that while he was alive, it would be very short lived due to the corrosion of the salt water in his lungs, which could be a matter of hours, days, weeks, they couldn't gauge. As I was leaving the hospital to go collect some items from home for my stepdad, I saw the two paramedics that had brought him in. They came over, gave me a hug and said how sorry they were at his passing. I told them he wasn't dead and he was okay, they looked at me as if I was in complete denial. I assured him they could go up to the ward to see him, which they promptly did and couldn't believe their eyes. He lived for another 18 months approx. before eventually dying from the damage to his lungs, vocal chords & oesophagus, his brain was also damaged which of course affected his short term memory and he was no longer able to speak except a few whispered words which were difficult to understand. The doctors were incredulous at him suddenly coming round during his body's prep for the morgue and could not explain medically how that occurred, the poor nurse must have needed therapy after that. But, we got another 18 months with him. Entirely true, no embellishment.

[@joshuabraxmeier]

Crazy stuff

[@n.c.pictures]

This is morbidly fascinating. Damn

[@Herbie-Went-Bananas-Then-Split]

@@n.c.pictures I'm quite sure the doctors, who had pronounced him dead, had to go change their underwear, and I'd love to have a chat with the paramedics now to find out what they think. If my mother (who has since died) was contacted by the hospital regarding that, she never said. But that alone should raise so many questions, there have been cases where people have been in deep comas for years and whose families have fought to keep them on life support even though doctors have assured them there is no possibility of recovery, only for them to awaken and start the path to rehabilitation. We are told 'brain death' is permanent and it is impossible for a person to recover from that, we also know human error occurs, but when multiple doctors examine brain scans, discern brain stem death has occurred, is that human error or.. It is the 'or' that fascinates me.

[@n.c.pictures]

@@Herbie-Went-Bananas-Then-Split my guess is your dad wasn't actually brain dead and the docs just misread the scan or it was hard to read or something. Probably the case with other supposedly brain dead people waking up again. I mean, if the brain is dead, it's dead. It's not coming back. And human errors can always happen. Not me trying to "scientifically" explain this 💀✌🏽

[@Herbie-Went-Bananas-Then-Split]

@@n.c.pictures Yep, I hear you. I am wondering if there are some processes that can mimic brain death. When we were told he was brain dead, my mother jokingly said "We've been telling him that for years, he's not dead", the doctor gained another's opinion from reviewing the scan, before finally certifying him as brain dead, handing him over to the nurse for prep for the morgue. As that happened to him, how many others? I have no doubt that had that sea water not been pumped from his lungs, stimulating his nervous system, he would have perished once down in the morgue - I doubt there's a recorded case of anyone living without a brain - except, perhaps, leading politicians ;) I would love to hear from a doctor regarding a possibility of the brain mimicking stem death in some situations. It's fascinating.

[@chrism.3325]

As a lifeguarding instructor I really appreciate the further info on how drowning works. We teach how to perform a rescue but there is very little incorporation of the science of drowning. Thank you, I will share this in my courses!

[@jennysroad]

My father died while scuba diving. Autopsy reports stated accidental death, sudden cardiac death due to strenuous exertion due to unusually strong current. :/ Hypertensive heart disease (untreated), secondary cause stigmata of saltwater drowning. That part has always gotten to me. They found pulmonary edema, bilateral pleural effusions, 7ml of water in the sphenoid sinus and watery gastric contents. He was conscious when the dive master got to him and kept telling him he was too tired to kick and swim back to the boat. The DM told him put the regulator on and lay back, he would pull him. By the time he got to the boat, his heart had stopped. The other thing I have always found odd is the DM never spoke to me. The owner of the company did. I thanked them for everything and apologized for what have been such a traumatic event for everyone on board, but the DM, the last person to speak to and hold my father never returned my call. I will always wonder, how sure they were it was untreated high blood pressure and not drowning. Thank you for this video.

[@2puffs770]

I am so very sorry for the loss of your father. I can't imagine the feelings you are going through, to this day. It is always so much harder around holidays. Your comment got me to wondering why a physical exam and bloodwork wouldn't be required to become certified in using S.C.U.B.A.. I skipped going to doctor's for DECADES, as far as taking a physical, yet, those happenstance encounters, every single doctor said my blood pressure was high. I always felt just fine and no one pursued the subject. Thankfully, one day at a CVS pharmacy, waiting for my husband's meds, I stuck my arm in one of those machines, wow, oh wow, it was critically high. HBP has no symptoms, yet, so EASILY diagnosed and treatable. I was LUCKY! No heart damage had ensued (believe me, I was terrified about being sent to a heart clinic, Jesus, I'm only 59). Again, I am so sorry for the event that unfolded, taking him away from you. I think your comment just might get some people wondering about their young selves, and get to a doctor. I went 29 years (that I know of) untreated, but, as I stated, I was LUCKY!

[@supernova11711]

It’s terrible that that man couldn’t even take the time to call you back. I wonder if maybe he was just so traumatized by the experience? Maybe even blocked it out? It’s easy to fall into those rabbit holes and get obsessed about finding answers. It’s no different than the “what if” game or the “if only” one. From reading all of the comments, I have gathered that while drowning can be extremely painful, if you get to that point of exhaustion first before breathing it in, it’s relatively peaceful. It sounds like that’s where your dad was. I’m terribly sorry you had to lose your father like that and you’ll probably never know all of the details. He’s at peace now though and he would only want you to live your best life. What is done can’t be undone and you holding onto that one small moment in his life doesn’t help him and only hurts you. I hope you can find peace and try to remember the good memories some day instead. Blessings.

[@jennysroad]

@@2puffs770 He always got medical clearance before dives. As a matter of fact, he was beside himself when he travelled to Australia and forgot to get one so he ended up on a boat ride, minus the dive.

[@platinumtouch583]

@@jennysroad I'm a PADI certified instructor master diver myself up here in Canada and due to liability and insurance reasons many instructor master divers are asked not to comment to family from the company owners that employ them. This may have been the case in your case by the sounds of it. Happy Holidays and I hope you remember the great times you spent with your father. I lost my pops 3 years ago to a fentanil overdose when I was 34 and he was only 58. Ughhhhhh. Love from Canada, Dylan Tremblay

[@echase416]

The lungs and heart work together. (Kidneys too.) When one is weak/impaired/damaged, the other is affected/compromised. I’m so sorry for your loss. 💔

[@TonyTylerDraws]

I almost drowned three times. Once as a kid and once as a teenager. And once as an adult. I have a deep fear and respect for the water. I’m certain it’ll be the end of me someday

[@plantyjourney]

I’d avoid water

[@BlueVelvet777]

Avoid water dude.

[@CatalinaFOIA]

Stay out of water.

[@victoriahernandez3900]

Yeaaaa let’s stay away from water

[@dawsonryba2627]

Sounds like you have an addiction to water, like me. If that’s the case, don’t listen to these comments, do what makes you happy g, just stay vigilant to dangers and keep a good head on your shoulders and you’ll be just fine. I’ve almost drowned numerous times from surfing yet I keep chasing that natural high because I’m full blown addicted. Keeps me grounded. Cheers brother

[@wolfwalkstalk]

Thank you for this video! I lost my brother in 2013 at the age of 26. I'm now 26 and miss him so much, but at the same time, I'm grateful to know that I have the most beautiful guardian Angel in my life as well as coming across this video. I like learning about strange things and as hard as this would be for my mom to watch, I'm the opposite and want to know what was happening to my brother's body while he was drowning or after he already drowned. Miss you John. My heart goes out to everyone else who has also lost a loved one to drowning. 🙏📿👼

[@yes8032]

My condolences bro 🙏🏾😔

[@mpauli12]

My son had a drowning accident when he was 6 years old. He’s now 13. His heart stopped under water and needed CPR. He told me the only thing he remembers is jumping in. He did experience some swelling to his brain, and also water in his lungs as well as lung damage from aspirating gastric fluid after cpr. But at 13 years old he is doing well now.

[@kathyd5225]

This was absolutely fascinating yet at the same time, I felt such anxiety and fear. The way you explain drowning is both informative and scary!!

[@NguyenNgocKhue-x8z]

Ôi mê ly! 🤩💯

[@NguyenNgocKhue-x8z]

Hấp dẫn! 💪📢

[@becccz]

I have almost drowned twice already (non-fatal), and the first time was the worst. I was very young, around 10 years old, and I was in a swimming pool. A child grabbed onto me from behind and wouldn't let me breathe. I started inhaling water, and the desperation was overwhelming. I can't describe it, but it's a horrible state of panic. Eventually, I started getting tired and knew I would die. It was a state of pure resignation, and I even remembered many things. Now, when I recall it, I remember it as calm, but I think I was on the verge of passing out. Someone saved me by falling on top of the child who was holding onto me and using me as a buoy. With the little strength I had left, I managed to get out and vomited all the water. I only remember a great relief. The second time, I was in the sea, and luckily, I had taken many swimming lessons by then, and I was 18 years old. A wave tumbled me, and when I tried to get up, another wave rolled me and dragged me further into the sea and downward. I could feel the current pulling me, and realizing the situation I was in, I stopped struggling to free myself. As I felt the familiar sensation of drowning, I relaxed and let it take me. Eventually, the sea brought me back (to the opposite side of the beach), and I felt like a champion for managing the panic this time and for being fortunate that the sea also brought me back. To this day, I love the water.

[@rondj1965]

Thanks for not dying fatal drowning! Mad respect to you for going through that process. Thanks for your service.

[@ratkutti]

Went to the deeper part of pool as a kid, it had a machine which made waves. I was fine when I went to the deep part as my head was above, the waves started and I drowned. Held the leg of some adult, they thankfully noticed and helped me get to a shallow part of the pool immediately. Will never forget that feeling for few seconds.

[@theIaurenshow]

A similar thing happened to me at Schlitterbahn as a kid, in the wave pool. I experienced something called undertow which normally happens in the ocean. It’s a strong current under the surface that is going either faster or in a different direction than the surface of the water. I was essentially taken by my ankle by the undertow and dragged under the water on my back of almost a full minute. I absolutely almost drowned. Ever since that happened, any time I was around moving water I kept track of everyone around me making sure they didn’t disappear under the water. It was terrible, and I think I was lucky because I had taken a large breath fairly close to when I went under.

[@romella_karmey]

Me I tried to go to other side of the pool where there wasn't a lot of people since it's a public pool. My ignorant self thinks it's the same level as with the feet that I can manage to step on.. Unbeknownst to me, the pool is structured from shallow to the deepest feet. So I almost got drowned. I panicked but managed to hop like a crazy kangaroo to safety. I managed to reach the pool gutter lol

[@Mariastarotjourneywithme]

@@romella_karmey lol

[@ahmet4093]

Went also to the deeper part of pool as a 6 year old child, when we had swimming lessons at school. I started panicking and swallowing water, then I noticed how something grabbed my arm and pulled me out of the pool, it was my teacher. 🙂

[@SusilRamarao]

Similar thing happened to me. Thank god before even going deeper i grabbed one person and he supported to get me to the land part

[@apike_72]

I drowned when I was 7 at a water park. Until this video I didn’t really understand or come to terms with what happened to me physically - I just know it was unpleasant. I was just entering Stage 3 when the lifeguard pulled me out - I recall the “lights going out” as he grabbed me. It’s an experience I’ll remember forever and it taught me to respect the water. In my early 20’s I worked as a boat cop for 5 years with the local sheriff’s department, and as our strongest swimmer I was often the crew member to jump in for water rescues. Those calls were always the hardest. Not only for the obvious traumatic experience but also because I could always relate in the back of my head.

[@GeneralAeon]

I drowned around a similar age in a pool, I remember struggling for breath and trying to tell for help, and the last thing I can recall is being grabbed, sadly I don't remember who or anything for the rest of the day, I don't think I went to hospital thankfully but seeing this I was probably pretty damn close. But after that I had years of swimming lessons along with my younger brother and confident enough to do laps in 2m+

[@FantasticBaby1224]

There was a girl I was getting to know in high school. I felt drawn to her bc she reminded me of my younger sister for some reason. The girl drowned 5 years ago and I’ve always been curious of what it was like for her. Thanks for this video.

[@alexandraw.4012]

This is utterly fascinating. I often watch documentaries on free divers. It is incredible how they can turn that mammalian panic for oxygen off.

[@MrKwyte]

I had a non-fatal (obviously) drowning when I was about 3 or 5 years old, to the point where I lost consciousness. Luckily my mother noticed before it was too late, but ever since then I'm deeply terrified of getting into even shallow water. Loved this video, like all the rest, nice to know what exactly happens throughout the whole situation

[@A_Dopamine_Molecule]

I almost drowned as a little kid when I fell into a river... I will never forget the feeling of dropping into the water and looking up as the sky got dimmer and dimmer. It was the worst panic I ever felt, especially because I couldn't even scream for help. It was some of the worst pain I ever felt, both physically and mentally. I am still amazed and very grateful that someone heard me and rescued me. Drowning is not fun, kids.

[@squintsquiby1295]

The closest I’ve been to drowning was when I was around 14-15. I went to a waterpark with my gf and some others. I was around 5’4” and I couldn’t swim. But being the teenager I was, I wanted to experience the coolest rides. There was a big one, with a distinct funnel shape. Kind of like a normal slide, but the ending is widens out like a toliet bowl that dumps you out vertically. Little to my knowledge, the pool at the bottom of the slide was 8 feet deep. I don’t know how I made it. I’ll never forget falling into the water and being frantic. I don’t know how I found a ledge, which was more than an arms length away. I guess I swam? But I had my eyes closed the entire time, I was just exerting myself trying to stay afloat. Nobody noticed me get out of the pool and I was coughing and whatnot. I’ll never forget the fight response from my body, despite having zero training with swimming

[@patrickstar1296]

I almost had a near fatal drowning experience at a water park when I was around 8 or 9. It was a cloudy day during the summer, my mom took me and my sister to our local park that had a water park for kids. There was a lot of people during that day, when we got there I told my mom that I will be at the water park while she goes along with my sister to the adult pool section. While I was playing at the water park by myself, a obnoxious kid jumped me out of nowhere, but never got me a straight answer why he attacked me. He headlocked me and put my head into the water, I was struggling to breathe underwater. I elbowed him to his stomach, I ran and shouted for help, but everyone ignored me and the kid jumped at me again. He was chocking me even more, dragging me into the deepest part of the water park, and putting my head into the water and making me hard to breathe, even worse. I was reaching my arms for help while I was being strangled, a woman with a wet white t shirt came to my rescue, dragging me out, and yelling at the kid. My mom and my sister saw the woman with a wet white t shirt yelling at the kid, and saw me struggling breathing for air on the ground near the water, they got out of the adult pool and ran towards me, and everyone at the water park even the adult pool stop what everyone was doing and went towards the water park, making a huge gathering. A lifeguard that was clueless and thought that I was playing around, but didn't know that I was actually being drown by a kid, and was giving me CPR. The mother from the kid came to the commotion, dragged him out and everyone was mad including my mom argued towards them while the kid's mother was apologizing. I regained my consciousness and everyone felt relieved, so my mom carried me out of the area. While everyone was still arguing with the kid's mother.

[@andymaciver1760]

Imagine if that kid had killed other kids that way?

[@patrickstar1296]

@@andymaciver1760 that will be the most tragic for any parents.

[@pegs1659]

That little bast*** needed to be committed to a hospital for the criminally insane.

[@binknbaby]

My friend's toddler experienced non-fatal drowning in some semi-shallow water at the beach. He was rescued by his big sister who saw him fall down into the water for only a few seconds. He didn't need resuscitation, he was awake and breathing, but something just seemed "off" about him. Mom followed her instincts and called an ambulance, even though he seemed "fine". Turned out he did have water in his lungs. He was fine in the end, everyone is happy and healthy now, but it serves as a cautionary tale. Even if a child doesn't have clear drowning symptoms--even if they don't need resuscitation, are awake and breathing, etc. doesn't mean they don't have water in their lungs. And even if the water does clear on its own, depending on the source, that could invite infection and a course of antibiotics, or at least close monitoring, may be necessary. Better to err on the side of caution in those cases.

[@maryshirkey3331]

I believe its called dry drowning. Never let someone go to bed w/out seeking medical attention if you suspect they swallowed water

[@livelovedaydream]

Absolutely, ANY TIME there is a close call involving water like this-- get medical attention. I had a non-fatal drowning 2 years ago and had aspiration pneumonia and burns to the lungs from the chlorine/coughing blood. Nightmare. I always get nervous around water now, which is a shame in ways but its good to be a bit cautious

[@Cruisinthrulife]

@@livelovedaydream So glad you survived, that's pretty scary.

[@tanyasteers4802]

Dry drowning is a thing kids die from every year

[@JoannaLamont333]

Absolutely fascinating. The more I watch of you guys, the more I learn. Seeing the organs makes understanding much clearer & the cross section, clearer still. I love your enthusiasm & I think your students are very lucky to have you. TY.

[@lemoneyesalt5513]

When I was 18 I was jumping on big slippery rocks at a tourist spot and fell in, I had a heavy cotton jacket, jeans, cotton checkered long sleeve shirt and converse shoes. I could barely swim and only barely managed to get onto a rock, you have no idea how hard it is to stay afloat when the waves against the rocks are pulling you down and this immense weight stops you from moving because of the water in your clothes, and because of the skinny shoes I couldn't barely use my legs to do anything, I immediately realised while climbing up this small rock, calm people live, hysterical people die, I took off my jacket and shirt, and threw them up onto the sheer rock face and then jumped as far as I could up onto it and barely managed to grab on. Water around rocks in the sea is a death sentence.

[@RaphaRaven]

Thank you so much this explains how when my son was born and had the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck and went without breathing for 6.5 minutes he went into an anoxic state and suffered some brain damage causing apraxia and cerebral palsy.

[@vonricter222]

Circulation is different for newborns. They’re receiving their oxygen via the umbilical cord, the lungs have never been filled with air prior to being out of the uterus, they don’t expand and fill with air until they’re born. So they can’t really drown in utero, but during labor and birth there can be oxygen deprivation from other causes, potentially a nuchal cord like you mentioned but could potentially other causes, I don’t know the details of his birth, but I am sorry to hear how it ended up affecting him :(.

[@missylee1539]

This man is so passionate about his career and field of knowledge that he makes drowning sound like an exciting event!! Not trying to trigger family who lost family in this way, I lost my brother to suicide, so I get it. He is just so passionate about his knowledge and it shows!! I’d actually be curious if they had a video regarding blunt force trauma death, as that’s how my brother took his life. He jumped from a bridge in winter onto a frozen solid river and I always wonder if he felt anything in his last moment, or if it just ended. I want to believe that it just ended.

[@nikkipassick9962]

I’m so sorry for your loss, I know what it feels like to lose a loved one and it’s absolutely horrible. A video about blunt force trauma would be very interesting

[@turtlesrprettycool3379]

I’m very sorry for your loss.

[@missylee1539]

Thank you both for your kind comments, this is a difficult time of year for me. In 6 days it would have been his 43rd birthday, then six days later on the 21st will be my 39th birthday, and then exactly one month later on February 21st is the 7th anniversary of his death. Time has eased the pain immensely, but my memories from that night and getting that phone call from my mom that Mikie had jumped off the bridge downtown are still so vivid. I don’t think they will ever fully go away. My heart just goes out to the poor 14 year old boy who watched it all unfold and called 911. I wish I could take his memories away of that night more so than my own. My brother was my best friend and his death absolutely floored and rocked my entire family. I was at work when I found out at 11PM and my dad showed up white as a ghost to retrieve me and take me to his house so I didn’t drive home from work and go home alone in shock. And my dad was not his biological father, we were siblings through our mother, but he loved Mikie very much and took care of him for many years after my parents divorced in 1985.

[@turtlesrprettycool3379]

@@missylee1539 I hope over more time that the pain from that night will ease off over more time, so you can be happy again.

[@pam4717]

I’m so sorry for your loss. Virtual hugs.

[@valdranne]

My wife’s friend had a tragic experience, he was caught on some brush at the bottom of a lake that he swam down to and started to drowned, his brother saved him however he was bed ridden for 6 months and ended up passing from organ failure, the water infected his kidneys, lungs, and liver and there was nothing they could do

[@texastea5686]

Oh God that's awful. =(

[@penncaprice8037]

6 months...sounds like a bad way to go. May he rest in peace

[@ToastFried]

are you talking about husband or wife?

[@laupeter4594]

Well what if the person chose to commit suicide through drowning?

[@FlatEarthKiller]

@@ToastFried No. wife’s friend

[@keirstenduren7188]

I had a laryngispasm on my to the ER years ago for GERD pain (didn’t know it at the time) and I thought I was gonna die. Literally pulled over and started praying to Jesus that I wasn’t ready to go yet.

[@Bexa-]

“People drown in bathtubs” Me watching this in a bathtub: “I’m in danger.”

[@scwelelutspeedis864]

About a month ago, I was swimming at the Yakima river. It was a little bit higher than usual but I didn't think much of it, and neither did my friend. We was checking out the land on the other side of the river and thought we could make it. In the past even kids could make it across to the other side. But wasn't what I expected at all. Me and my friend got out and floated down the current and all of a sudden the current picked up fast, causing me to spin around. I saw my friend get pulled under and right after he did the undertow pulled me down. I closed my eyes and took a breath and fought my way back to the surface. My friend was getting swept but he was lucky enough to get swept near shore and he grabbed a branch on a tree and pulled himself to shore. I didn't know tho. When I came back up I was only able to keep my nose above water, looking around for the shore for 5 seconds and I got sucked back under. This time I opened my eyes, and I saw the sun just fading away, I got about 3ft under and idk I couldn't feel the fast current, I didn't feel my heart pounding, just felt like I was floating for a moment. I snapped out of it and pushed my arms and legs as hard as I can and next thing I know I was on shower but my arms were dead, legs were shaking. My whole body felt numb. Took about 20 min to calm down. To this day I still just see the sun fading away while I got pulled under🤧really was a scary experience for me.

[@Maysonroyceee]

My father in law just passed away this weekend in soap lake Washington😭😭 I never witnessed anyone die and on Saturday I did it was traumatizing 😭😭😭 they just found his body an hour ago 🤍🕊😭

[@gooeymarshmallow]

I live right near Yakima :o and I've had a drowning experience of when my little brother was on a innertube in the lake and he didn't realize how far he went and I told him to stay on the inner tube and to paddle back safely and then all of a sudden he jumped right off of it and jumped on my shoulders and grabbed my arms so I had no possible way to get to the surface and the water was about 7ft right there and I'm only 13yrs old and I'm only 5 foot two, and I eventually gave up trying and almost passed out and then out of nowhere and guy grabbed my little brother and I floated back to the top and started swimming fine

[@spicyphilly]

@@Maysonroyceee I can empathize, in 2015 I watched my father die unexpectedly at age 67 and the experience changed me...hard to explain...I just haven't been the same since... I've lived in Central WA for 20 years and Dad loved to come visit from the coast so we could go on little adventures all over the state. One of our stops was Soap Lake. Since then I've taken many others out there to experience the unique features of the area and the water... The irony of life...how one place can be what both brings people together, and tears them apart.... I'm really not sure what to say, but I feel compelled to say something. Everyone's process through grieving is different. I just hope you can somehow find peace in spite of your experience, comfort from loved ones, and the love and compassion for yourself and those affected by this to get through the pain. My heart goes out to you and your family ❤️

[@bonitaobina2023]

I myself had just lost my brother to the ocean and he was a great diver, swimmer and mma fighter. I am still waiting for his autopsy results to come back but witnessing his death or now as I learned it fatal drowning I feel more at ease to know what could have or have gone wrong with him. It happened so quickly. I miss him very much and I just want to say thank you for blessing me with more knowledge of what have happened that day. Thank you for creating this very clear and wonderful explanation of the stages. Happy new year.

[@ikemeebuka4865]

May he Rest in Peace, sorry for your loss🙏🏾

[@Lauranessa1]

So sorry to hear that. May he rest in paradise 👏🏽

[@heidigiselle8413]

Sending you my condolences, sorry for your loss 💐

[@steven95N]

I've "Drowned" before. I was resucitated but weirdly, the time between my succession of respiration and my mither "resuscitating" me, I didn't lose consciousness. My vision started to fade but as soon as I threw up, I could move and breath again. No weird, out-of-body experience either. This will be a neat watch, I wonder if others have experienced that. I was only 7 but i still remember it like it wasn't too long ago. The first thing i told my mom, as she cried hysterically was "I'm done swimming, can I have another hotdog".

[@milliecastillo5682]

This was so painful to watch. I lost my 19 year old son last year due to drowning. He was a great swimmer and he was athletic. The weather also contributed to it since it was so cold outside. Seeing this video also taught me the stages he went through, he tried to save himself but at some point he no longer could. When rescue arrived he was already deceased. Thank you for this knowledge.

[@dmitry123456789012]

Please accept my condolences

[@channelbree]

Hope you can manage your pain friend, thank you for sharing your comment.

[@haroldbrown6630]

I am so so sorry.

[@milliecastillo5682]

@@channelbree Thank you so much.

[@milliecastillo5682]

@@haroldbrown6630 Thank you.

[@razheer100]

I was lucky to save my 11 year old from drowning about two weeks ago at edisto beach. The waves were crashing pretty hard that day and a rip current pulled him out further then I was. I thank my training as a navy corpsman and serving with marines for the reason I kept my calm and was not about to give up getting him out of there. It was reasons such as that as to why I try to keep myself in the best possible shape.

[@naturalnashuan]

And everyone should know that if you bet pulled by a rip current, get out of it by swimming away to one side instead of exhausting yourself swimming against it.

[@portfedh]

how do you help someone get out in a rough sea without flotation aids?

[@cillyhoney1892]

I have an almost drowning story. I was swimming off the beach at Fernandina Florida. We had gone to a park or something? Don't remember the exact location. There were showers and toilet facilities and a lot of people but no life guards and warning signs telling you there are no life guards there. Anyway, I was body surfing and having a good time when I was swimming out to catch a wave when I was yanked under by a current and pulled out. I was ass over teakettle and didn't know up from down in the current until I felt a scrape on my right shoulder. I flipped around and pushed up from the sea floor. I kept telling myself to not panic and to climb that wall of water as fast as I could. I got air hunger pretty bad at this point and though I hated to do it I let some air out. I immediately felt better and kept swimming. At some point I became aware that my arms were barely moving. I had nothing left to give but I still kept holding my breath. I thought to myself, I'm not going to make it. I'm not sure how much longer after that, it seemed immediate but I might have lost consciousness, my head broke the surface and I took a breath of air. At first I couldn't see, my vision had gone black but after a few minutes of treading water my vision came back in a reverse tunnel. I was about 50 feet away from a huge orange buoy. I was in the shipping lanes! I was so lucky not have come up under a huge cargo ship. I caught a strong wave and body surfed back to shore. It was an exhilarating ride back but I have never been in the sea again. I don't know if my experience counts as a drowning since I never inhaled water. I found out that I can control my panic response and hold my breath until I pass out. If I have too, I hope to never have too again. It was a terrifying experience and sometimes I can still feel the water pressing on me. The water felt thick and heavy when I first broke free from the current. I have no idea how deep the water was. I am an experienced swimmer and have been swimming all my life. I think that's what saved me. That and I'm chubby. Never in my life have I been so glad to be fat as I was that day. I floated like a cork to the surface once I couldn't swim anymore. It saved my life.

[@theanatomylab]

Wow!

[@Mirin_the_Witch]

I had a similar experience. Though mine started by being stupid and drinking and then jumping into water from high up into a lake. (Though admittedly I only had two beers. At no sleep). A badly calculated jump made me let go of all my air right before I submerged, but I allowed myself to get carried as low as it would go because it somehow didn't occur to me, until I was at the lowest point and realized I quite desperately need to breathe. I remember thinking that if I panic it's going to just make it worse and that if I stay calm, I'll be needing less air. I blocked my throat with the back of my tongue to stop myself from taking even an accidental breath and up I went. It was so slow and my chest hurt something awful. At one point I got massive cramps into my legs, eventually up to the thighs. I couldn't move them, so I just tried to relax them to make it hurt less and continued with just my arms. My body was trying to take a breath on it's own accord, but couldn't due to the seal in the back of my mouth. My ribcage was really painful at this point. I was getting pretty fuzzy, everything felt like warm static, my arms were all rubbery and felt funny and extremely long, I was having these weird memory-sensations of being a child and jumping into puddles and only imagining being underwater. Then almost like a physical barrier, I broke into a new warm layer which kind of woke me up and I took a breath because I thought I got out. I was still underwater. Now that did wake me up. Thankfully, I was just below the surface and it took only two or three strokes to surface properly, coughing it right back up. I then floated on my back for a while until I could move my legs. I got to shore and slept for almost an hour right there. I'm also a rather good swimmer, but because I'm a natural floater, I never really had any experience being underwater, I think that mostly made me misjudge the depth and air requirements. Going down felt awesome... until it didn't. And the beer helped. Funnily enough, I developed a fear of heights, but not a fear of water afterwards.

[@teresahaven9222]

@@Mirin_the_Witch I drowned once and nearly drowned another time. The first was swimming in the river behind our house growing up. Both shores were safe, as far as current, out about 10 feet and during the summer it wasn't real deep except for probably the 5 feet in the middle where the current was strong. I was there with a friend and a babysitter. I was MAYBE 7 years old and my friend was 10. She actually could swim. Anyhow, we were playing and she gave me a piggy back ride but fell....into the current. Do you think the babysitter was paying attention? Of course not. I got a good breath of water ND was fighting my friend and I drug her under water with me. If I hadn't panicked she could have gotten us out. Well, if I remember right, a guy that had just had knee surgery jumped off the bridge and got 1 of us and a woman that also wasn't supposed to be in the water came in from shore. Our family was well known in town and word got to my mom within minutes and the babysitter was fired that day. The near drowning was years later I was about 38 working an early morning job. I never in my life have liked mornings. I had to get up for work at 330 or 4 and I was lucky if I could get to sleep by 1. I came home from work 1 day and jumped in the tub. (It was a small tub, no way to slide under water). Well I fell asleep cold water woke me. I let most of the water out and refilled with hot. Did this a couple times, well the last time I was leaning forward when I fell asleep. My face hit the water just as I inhaled. I sat up quick and there was water everywhere, bathroom TOTALLY flooded. I must have been asleep awhile. I still hit lakes and pools any chance I get. It was years after the tub incident before I took a bath again

[@amahrabp200]

Is sucking in water going to keep you concious for longer? If i ever drowned do u think it would be best to just relax and try and hold my breath for as long..hopefully pass out?

[@cillyhoney1892]

@@amahrabp200 No sucking in water will not keep you conscious longer. If your drowning I recommend swimming for the surface as fast as you can and hold your breath as long as you can and if you feel a lot of air hunger let a little bit of air out, you are building up CO2 and need to get rid of it. Don't breath in ever under water. Why in the world would you relax if you're drowning? No, a thousand times no.

[@Maryspetsittinginthepacificnw]

When I was 15, a close family friend drowned. He was only 2 years old and I had babysat him a few times. It affected me profoundly when I saw him in his little casket. Once I became a mother, I was very paranoid with my kids being around water. I still am.