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As a compliment to the thread about near death experiences I'd really like hearing people's experiences of losing consciousness under general anesthesia and what's it like coming back.

Also interested of things anesthetists may have noticed about this during their career.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There are forms of anesthesia which give you a sense of passing time and allow for dreaming. It is given for small operations or when you were nauseous from the other missing-time one.

I had the light one when I had a teeth operation. I dreamt about nokia phones, how strong they are and that you can feel its toughness in your jaw when putting it towards your ears. Your theory is correct. How did the dream end? I ended up selling the nokia because it was too strong for me :D

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Mine was also dental, so that checks out. My dream ended with a volcano for some reason.