Being smothered is one of the most terrifying ways I can think of to die. Just knowing you're absolutely fucked and it's going to be a minute or two, or even more, and you'll be thinking about it until your brain finally starts to shut off from lack of oxygen
It's not so bad. After the surprisingly short struggle for air, it feels relatively calm. Then you pass into a dreamlike state until all thoughts become unfocused and stop.
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Source: I drowned on 13 November, 2011 and was resuscitated.
I hope it'd be like that, but I can hold my breath for almost three minutes (I basically grew up in a swimming pool) and if I get a full breath before getting smothered that's going to be three minutes of me freaking the fuck out
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Source: I drowned on 13 November, 2011 and was resuscitated.