Does a human being know they’re dead once they die?

My grandmother died in the middle of the night when I was five years old. She came into my room and woke me and sat on the edge of the bed and told me that my mother was going to go through a ve…   Top stories for {NAME} [Quora](   [Does a human being know they’re dead once they die?]( Wendy Mitchell-Ross, Retired • [Answered August 19]( [My grandmother died in the middle of the night when I was five years old. She came into my room and woke me and sat on the edge of the bed and told me that my mother was go... Read more » [Upvote] 17.2K [Comment] 1.4K](   [Why can't my son turn off Minecraft?]( Oktay Şen, I hosted my own server once. • [Updated March 7, 2017]( [I'll try to explain this with an analogy. Suppose you're cooking some steak in your kitchen, and someone demands that you immediately stop what you're doing and leave the ho... Read more » [Upvote] 10.9K [Comment] 417](   [Why is desert sand not used for construction?]( Li Ming, studied at Luoyang Institute of Science and Technology (2012) • [Answered August 25]( [There is a high demand for sand globally and it is widely used in many industries, especially construction. Since deserts are full of sand, it is easy to mistake sand for a... Read more » [Upvote] 7.2K [Comment] 425](   [If a woman hates her period so much, why not just get a hysterectomy instead of living with the pain?]( Kali Rainwater, Possesses a uterus • [Updated July 1]( [I had extremely painful periods for years. Like, to the point that I had a miscarriage and just thought it was a normal period until I was in the bathroom afterwards and sa... Read more » [Upvote] 4K [Comment] 443](   [Would Avada Kedavra work on Hagrid?]( Gordon Alexander Fallon, Restaurant and Banquet Manager at Hospitality Management (2019-present) • [Updated December 28, 2020]( [This is a tough question. Here is the reason why. In canon, Hagrid was hit by multiple wizards and shrugged off their spells. Now this is said to be because of Hagrid being ... Read more » [Upvote] 2.7K [Comment] 142](   [What baby name immediately makes you lose all respect for the parents and why?]( YaNayNay • [Answered October 31, 2023]( [I used to be a school bus driver. One day doing an unfamiliar route, I stopped at my next kids house to pick up for school. I did a double take at the girls name on my clip... Read more » [Upvote] 5.3K [Comment] 802](   [What caused Elvis Presley to become so fat?]( Jeff Schrembs, Recognized by Graceland for my Elvis Presley Fan Club World • [Answered August 27]( [Being honest about the life of Elvis Presley includes addressing the fact that, starting in 1973, Elvis gained far too much weight and in 1977 he was… enormous. There are m... Read more » [Upvote] 997 [Comment] 111](   [What do teen boys find attractive about girls (not sexually)?]( Raiden Page, studied at Glenfield College • [Answered November 22, 2017]( [I'm not exactly teen anymore but I think it still applies. Yesterday I was walking in a friend group with this girl. We had just head out from our local pizza shop and she'd... Read more » [Upvote] 16.8K [Comment] 541](   [Is seeing 11:11 and 111 a good sign for twin flames?]( Pramod Tejra, B.tech from Indian Institutes of Information Technology (2025) • [Answered May 19]( [Is 11:11 stalking you too? I remember those days when I used to think of my twin flame every time I saw 11:11. I never connected much with 111, but 888 and 333 appeared fre... Read more » [Upvote] 722 [Comment] 53](   [Do narcissists go silent for long times?]( Asked in Mental Debate: Narcissism • Answered by Jackie • [August 15]( [Yes. You’ve been temporarily discarded, in favor of someone new. They’ll ignore you until they’ve successfully hooked the new person, emotionally. What’s happening is they’... Read more » [Upvote] 489 [Comment] 37](   [Is chemotherapy a fraud?]( Heather Davidson, Director, Clinical Operations, Oncology & Vaccines at Pfizer • [Answered October 29, 2018]( [In 2017 I received 16 cycles of chemotherapy for early breast cancer. My tumor was almost 4cm and had a recurrence score of .8 (out of 1), so it was very, very likely to re... Read more » [Upvote] 5.2K [Comment] 366](   [Can you pull over a cop?]( Rick Orlando, lives in Central Florida • [Answered January 7]( [Years ago I was traveling on a rural two lane road near my house when I was pulled over. He said I was doing 46 (mph) in a 30 mph zone. I asked him how long he had been pat... Read more » [Upvote] 4.4K [Comment] 199]( [Read more in your feed]( Never miss a story. Designed for readers on the go.   [Download on the App Store]( it on Google Play](   Missing out on Quora emails? Be sure to add us to your primary inbox. This email was sent by Quora (605 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive this type of email in the future, please [unsubscribe](.