Losing a loved one can be a scary and painful experience. Ultimately, it leaves us feeling defeated and hopeless as we deal with the devastating effects it has on our mental, emotional and spiritual well-being. It is important to recognize that recovery from such a severe loss does not happen overnight.
Healing the painful parts of our lives caused by the loss of a loved one takes time and effort. Even now, the mental trauma from that time can take years to fully heal. Some don’t think it’s a coincidence, others believe that people have the ability to sense when the time is near.
We often try to make sense of the death of someone we care about or try to guess what happened in their final moments. Scientists have discovered that when a person dies, the body begins a process of decomposition.
For example, putrescine, which is released during decomposition, has a foul, poisonous odor that can be very unpleasant and harmful. Recent studies have shown that people unconsciously recognize this unpleasant smell.
In addition, exposure to this smell causes an immediate reaction. Like humans, animals can perceive and respond to smells. Interestingly, animals and humans are not as different as you might think.
The study was conducted by Arno Wiseman of the Department of Psychology at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England, and Ilan Shira of the Department of Behavioral Sciences at the Arkansas Institute of Technology in Russellville, Alaska. The ability to detect rot serves as an additional warning sign.
When exposed to these odors, people react consciously or unconsciously. In such situations, the fight or flight response is triggered.
Research shows that when animals are faced with a serious threat, they have two options: It’s a matter of facing the threat or running away, and humans show the same behavior.
Previous research has shown that people have an immediate, startling response when exposed to the smell of another person’s skin.
According to Wiseman and Shira, we don’t know why we are attracted or repelled by someone’s scent, nor do we realize how much scent affects our emotions, desires, and attitudes.
Two other prominent scientists agree that such a terrible smell is difficult to understand. These scents make people more alert and aware of their surroundings.
In general, avoid any argument, whether verbal or violent. Individuals often keep their distance until confrontation becomes the only option.
Putrescine acts as a warning signal, but sex pheromones, which are released by the body to attract a mate, have the opposite effect. “Although putrescine conveys a different type of message than pheromones,
the human response to putrescine (avoidance and hostility) appears to be the opposite of the response to most sex pheromones,” the researchers wrote.
Participants were unaware that they had experienced an aversive odor response during testing. According to Wiseman and Shira, most people have no experience with putrescine and do not equate it with fear and death.
