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The current theory goes that dying peacefully in sleep is possible. Elizabeth Simpson of the Virginian-Pilot explored this question further and a nice little ar
by dragonquest 15y ago
The current theory goes that dying peacefully in sleep is possible. Elizabeth Simpson of the Virginian-Pilot explored this question further and a nice little article summarizing the excerpts from the AHCJ discussion can be found at: http://www.healthjournalism.org/blog/2011/07/reporter-explores-dying-peacefully-in-his-sleep/ http://www.healthjournalism.org/blog/2011/07/reporter-explor...
- jodrellblank 15y agoMy question is, given the existence of sleep paralysis which is both terrifying and plausibly able to leave "no evidence of thrashing about", if many people died "peacefully" but also awake and very scared.
- gwillen 15y agoAs a sufferer of sleep paralysis, I would think it almost impossible that sleep paralysis itself could persist through dying painfully, since pain or other external stimuli (or passage of time, usually less than a minute) will generally kick you out of it. That doesn't preclude the existence of some other paralysis mechanism, but I am not aware of any, so I think it's just wild speculation.