Have you ever seen a dead body?

[zoe2187]

How did you cope?

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No negative responses. I found my mom dead. Rude answers are unwelcome.

[Youryeodongsaeng]

(2017) I saw a dead puppy once. He was ours, the family's. Apparently, he died by eating the brownie crumbs that I ate in my room and my stepsister (who was around 6 at the time) fed him a starburst or two.

I was asleep and my little brother woke everyone up (I'm not sure if everyone was asleep. I knew I was, but his dad wasn't and he was helping the little brother with something.) I opened my door, he announced our puppy to be dead and took him out the garbage bag, holding him up. My mom told him to put it back in the bag because the corpse smelled. I didn't smell it and it was disappointing because I want to smell the smell of a corpse... Animal or human. Since some people smelled a corpse, I'm curious. I've looked up what it smelled like but I couldn't figure out the smell because I've never smelled it before.


(2020) My family, excluding the stepdad and my sibling's friends all walked to the nearby store because we wanted something there. On a road I've been taken on by my aunt when I was a child, leading to her church, was a dead cat. My brother and his friends gathered around it. He said it's head is split open and I noped and kept walking straight to where the store is located.
I'm not a big fan of gore. I can look at it from time to time but mostly, it'll feel like the sun was in my eyes and I'll turn away and wipe my eyes because apparently it irritates my eyes so bad.



(2021) Before school ended, I was riding a bus and saw a dead deer on the grass on either side of the road. It was a highway and I was fancinated at the fact of how stiff the deer looked. (Do deers have white patterns on their bodies?) It was just there. Lifeless.



As far as me being close to a dead body, was my first stepdad at his funeral. I was 3 at the time. My mom had felt his pants and said that he peed and I believed it until recently that the wetness was probably those bodily fluid liquids they use for dead bodies when preparing them for their funeral. I've known years ago that once you die, if you had to pee or poop, it comes straight out because your body is just fully relaxed and lifeless.

Another funeral I went when I was little was some girl my aunt knew, my aunt who died in 2018(? I honestly can't remember) and my grandmother's, who passed in... 2018.

I hadn't been to a funeral since.


As far as a corpse, nope. But I want to.

[DocJones]

You need to seek help for your mental illness

[Youryeodongsaeng]

I already am. It doesn't work.

[DocJones]

Well at least you tried

[SaoirseS]

I’m so sorry for your loss, Zoe. I’m a funeral home owner/operator so I see human remains all the time. I cannot possibly feel how you feel, but coping when seeing the remains of a loved one after they’ve passed unexpectedly is tougher than coping with the death of one who has passed after living a full life. As I commented on another post, despite dealing with death care as a matter of routine, I can handle most anything emotionally but suicides get to me. Getting through it is emotionally tough, and the unanswered question “why” still lingers on in our minds. But to cope, don’t second-guess yourself. There is nothing that can be done for her remains but handle them with care. Don’t have a viewing or open casket, leave her to Rest In Peace. Above all, take care of yourself and the family, look out for each other. If it helps seek grief counseling, through whatever support group you may have or ask the funeral director to point you in the right direction. Focus on the positive impact she had. The experience of finding her will be etched in your mind for a long time, it’s unavoidable. In time you will get through it. I’ll be thinking of you.

[ohshee]

This is a hard question to answer because I've seen three one of them I brought back but eight months later died again and I couldn't bring them back the two other ones for both in car accidents I brought one of them back didn't have a pulse but I thought he he was dead someone else said he was dead but I just felt that they were dead and I got them to come back and the other one was dead there's no way bringing them back the first one I'm talking about was my step dad he had died eight different times somehow we always brought him back this last time I live in Reno he live in California and in the middle of the night I woke up and I had to go see him after partying all night so the next day I went got to see him I got there talked to him for about 10-15 minutes went to get my little brother got back to the house he was walking in the kitchen fell down to the floor and we couldn't bring him back it's traumatic what's even more upsetting is when they die and all the strange things start happening 120 gallon air compressor got pushed over there was a car on top of a car you got pushed over off of the car it was just weird but yes I have and it sucks

[Lliam]

When I was a kid, my family and my grandfather were driving in the desert. There was a place where the two lane highway dipped to go under a railroad bridge. We came upon a head on collision that had just happened. No cops yet. Steam still coming from the radiators. A volvo was rolled into a ball with two girls inside. The other car was a station wagon with an older Mexican couple inside. My dad, grandfather and I walked up the side of the road and looked down from the level of the bridge. We didn't go up to the cars or anything. But we could see that there were no survivors. I wasn't super traumatized at the time. More fascinated because I was quite young. But the image stuck with me.

My mom died in her own bed at night after a log bout with cancer. It was expected. My dad was there. I got a call very early in the morning. By the time I got there, my sister had also arrived.
I went in knelt over my mom, kissed her and cried really hard. She was cold.
It was very difficult. I was in my early 40s.

Aside from that, I've been to some open casket funerals.

[zoe2187]

I’m so sorry you had to see your mom like that. It’s damn hard

[Lliam]

I'm glad I was there to say goodby in private. But yeah, I was torn up. I loved my mom dearly.

[Apple1996]

Only 3 and those were all funerals so I dont think it counts

[Leavesbound]

Yes. When I was around 5 I watched helplessly as the little kid down the street was backed over by a steam roller. At 7 I went to my grandmother's wake when they had an open casket. At 11 I saw a car accident and the people were burnt up inside. At 16 my Dad died and I saw him at the open casket wake. At 27 I watched a women jump to her death from about 20 stories up. She landed about 20 feet from me. Oh and they don't go splat they go BANG! when they hit the pavement. At 46 I worked at a crematorium and saw dead bodies from time to time though mostly they came in boxes and bags. Five years ago I found a dead homeless guy at the park. Two years ago the cops killed an unarmed Black guy in front of me. I now only have an emotional response if it's someone close to me. Sadly, seeing random dead strangers does not cause me to have any kind of emotional response unless I can smell them. Though I am sure I would react more strongly if it was a dead kid which thankfully I've only seen that one time.

[hailiegirl12]

Yes.
On July 12, 2018, tragedy struck my family. My aunt, Kristal Kennedy, had been going to nursing school because she wanted to become a nurse. She had 4 children, Nevaeh 11, Giovonni 7, Donte 5, and Shaylynn 15 months. As you read on please keep in mind that her then 7 year old had Cystic Fibrosis, better known as CF. Anyway, my aunt left to go to nursing school. At around 6 pm, my aunt got a call from her 11 year old daughter Nevaeh. Nevaeh had said that her 15 month old sister Shaylynn had fallen into their pool and wasn't breathing. She had tried CPR, but it didn't work. My aunt rushed to the hospital Shaylynn was at. Later, she got news that sadly Shaylynn hadn't made it.
My aunt called my parents and told them. Later that week, we drove out to Arizona to go to Shaylynn's funeral. My aunt flat out said that she thought she'd have to bury her 7 year old son before any of her other children ((remember why)). Before we had Shaylynn's funeral, my aunt, dad, 6 year old ((at the time)) brother, and me ((i was 10)) got to see Shaylynn at the funeral home. then we got to see her again at the funeral because it was open casket. I even touched her and she felt like a rubber doll... RIP Shaylynn Leeanne Elizabeth Kennedy March 14, 2017-July 12, 2018
Search this up if you want to learn more- Shaylynn Kennedy. if you want DM me to let me know what you think.

[PaynefulPleasures]

My deepest condolences 🙏 I'm so sorry you had to witness that prayers 🕊️
As to your question yes I have being retired from the medical field I've seen my share
My son I was very young at the time who passed away of S. I. D. S
Two close friends committed suicide, one I found, the other in front of me
Then taking my late husband off of life support crushing I'm still dealing with that matter
Medical field didn't effect me ( I mean it effected me) but not as much as someone I love deeply or someone I know well
Take care ✌️

[Pasiton5]

That's funny, your joking though right, i grew up in the hood, saw more than i cared to, but what do you do cry, turn into a babbling nut, just keep going to much other crap to avoid being like the poor soul now deceased to dwell on it and back then you think cops are out of control today, these guys are girl scouts compared to the shit they got away with, and more than likely, they caused that death and didn't give s damn who saw them do it, and these protest today black lives matter shit they would not have made it out the front door to go protest a damn thing, would have been too terrified to leave the house yeah i seen lot worse than a dead body, is the smell you never forget as it is decaying,

[jennifer_bloom]

I did once at a funeral and once when a guy got a heart attack during a trip to the mall and fell on the floor. The funeral wasn’t too upsetting because my grandma had been properly set up for display by the funeral staff and her clothes and the flowers and the procession was beautiful and was a positive way to remember a life well lived. The sudden death at the mall was tougher because it was unexpected and the guy looked young, less than 60 years old, I closed my eyes and asked my friend to take me by the hand and lead me outside so I would not have to look. One thing that comforts me is knowing that when somebody dies a painful death, there chances of going to Heaven are a lot higher because they already suffered on earth.

[exitseven]

I have been to so many wakes and funerals I cannot count. The worst experience I had was when my father died. I got a call that he had some kind of event at work so I drove in to the hospital and when I asked about him the ER attendant told me to sit down, I knew then it was bad news and he tole me then my father didn't make it.
I sked t see him and he was lying on a table. There were still pieces of plastic tubing and wrappers lying around. I took hold of his hand was surprised at how cold he already was. It was a real train wreck.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

I'm sorry about your loss, thankfully I never found anyone dead, I think you never recover from seeing a dead body, I know my late Mom was going through some health concerns I found her one Sunday not responsive and I believe it was due to her diabetes I called an ambulance and they took her to the local hospital and It wasn't
long I got a call she was okay so she never told me what happened but I suspect
it was her diabetes, My Mom was in a deep depression and I think she was sick
but didn't want to get the help I miss her but I got live on for her

[Quidthonian]

A work colleague suffered a fatal stroke when on a company outing. I didn't think much of it; my geeky side linked his blue lips with what I have been taught in Flight training school.
During the debrief with a police psychologist who visited the company, I kind of giggled (probably as my personalised reaction) through the session. This was highly offensive to another work colleague. I wasn't doing that on purpose: I guess it was my method of coping. I tried to personally apologise, but they were rejected.

[Prettygurl12]

I have seen a number of dead bodies in various stages of decomposition. I'm sure finding a loved one unexpectedly deceased would be much different than a stranger.

I am able to compartmentalize what I'm seeing and I don't hold onto it. Again, finding a loved one dead would probably shock my system because it'd be personal then.

[ThePolishKnight37]

I have seen more than I would like. I worked at a cemetery and saw a few dead bodies, some that had been in the ground for a while. I also worked at a health club and was involved in CPR on 3 people one died the other two survived. all 3 were dead when I started CPR.

[Trainborn35]

I am so sorry. I have seen many dead bodies (did a month at coroner’s office). I truly believe the soul has left the body and the body itself is like the cocoon for the soul. There is a weird unreal ness to the body at that point. It is hard but you just detach your mind from any further thinking about it.

[Slartybartfast]

Lol, me standing in a room full to the ceiling with them...

(I'm working in a hospital morgue room )

I've seen a few outside as well, when I was five a women fell off the trapeze at the circus, I had gotten separated from my kindergarten class and she landed like a sack of potatoes on the concrete right in front of me.

[Leavesbound]

When I was five years old I watched as a little kid my age fell into freshly laid asphalt and a steam roller backed over him. I had been watching the construction from three doors down through binoculars. They couldn't hear my screams. My Mom ran upstairs to my room to find out what I was screaming about and by then I was catatonic and stayed that way for almost two days. I just completely shut down mentally and emotionally for those two days. No matter how loudly I screamed the driver of that steam roller couldn't hear me. They didn't notice until they had backed all the way to the other side and saw him laying there completely flattened unrecognizable as ever having been human. It took about a minute for them to roll over him and for him to come out the other side and that's how long it took for my mother to get upstairs and yank the binoculars out of my hand and then look at what I was looking at then she started screaming.

I've seen too many dead people. What really made me numb to it was working at a crematorium in my 40's. But when I was 27 a woman jumped to her death from about 20 stories and landed about 20 feet in front of me. People always talk about bodies going splat but they don't they go BANG! like you described a sack of potatoes but from really high up. Funny she didn't scream coming down. But she made a very loud outcry the moment she hit the pavement but was dead I am sure before she was done making that sound. She might not have been conscious as she did. She landed all twisted up with bones sticking out and her head was pretty smashed. I had nightmares for weeks after that.

[FilmGuy93]

Several times. I don't know why, but it never especially bothered me. Maybe because I didn't have any connection with the person? Whatever the reason though, I just sort took note of what happened to the person (now clearly dead) and went about my day.

[magiusX26]

dozens of them. mostly at funerals/funeral homes (used to rent some property from a big cemetary here with its own funeral home on their property and the entire cemetary was considered a part of our yard too) . i too found my mom dead and was the one to call 911 for it. she had died in her sleep. as a side note, try to never live near a crematorium, the smell sucks.

[ChattyGuy43]

I saw my dads deads body at a funeral home after he had been enbalmed and dressed, it didn't look like him.

I cried my eyes out as I couldnt believe he wasn't alive anymore yet 3 weeks before hand he was alive and talking.

I've also seen my gran-dad shortly after he had a heart attack and died in hospital.

[KrakenAttackin]

Hell yes. Seen several. Had one guy who out a double barrel shotgun in his mouth and pulled the second (both barrel) trigger. Blew his head to little pieces. I entered the house and saw his neck/shoulders with only a little brain tissue clinging to the spinal cord.

Have seen several people who hanged themselves. Natural causes and car accidents.

[DeeDeeDeVour]

During a wake and a funeral, in the hospital, on the street, in a war zone, etc.

[InfobotLives]

I just put it under the floorboards with the others. It's only when they start to stink that it gets awkward 🤔

[FoxnEagle]

Just say a raccoon died underneath and you haven't been able to find it yet.

[Anonymous]

Seeing the dead body of someone who passed in their sleep isn't scary, it feels normal to see your grandparents dead like that.

However I've seen suicide victims in real life when I was barely a teenager. That hurts a lot more to look at. Ragdoll bodies and bloody body parts on the concrete feel a lot different. Sucks to live in tall apartment buildings.