Thoughts get confused
It is known that the last to die is the brain and a person, even practically at death withhears how they address him. He may even try to respond back, but his thoughts will be confused and his speech will become incoherent. But you still need to continue talking with him, so that even at this moment he understands that he is loved.
The breath changes
A person may begin to breathe more slowly, gasp for air, breathe with long pauses. As a rule, this does not cause pain, but the doctor should monitor the situation.
The pain gets worse
This is the hardest thing: to see how a loved one suffering from severe pain – and this happens often, especially if it is an oncological disease. In this case, it is better to discuss in advance the options for painkillers that will alleviate the patient’s condition.
hallucinations appear
This is normal for a dying person. He can seem to fall into childhood, to be at this moment with relatives who have long died. Although it looks disturbing from the outside, think that these visions make the transition easier.
By the way, earlier psychiatrist Kirill Sychev toldthat most often people are afraid of death before going to bed. And in general, the fear of death is normal, unless it develops into a panic state – thanatophobia. This may partly explain our fear of communicating with a dying person.
“A person tries in every possible way to avoid talking regarding death, switches films in which there are scenes on this topic, is afraid to read books where heroes die,” the expert explained. – As a result, avoiding everything that concerns one’s own fear leads to the fact that a person begins to be afraid even more.
