7 Minutes

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If you have ever been in a near-death experience, you may have seen your life “flash” before your eyes. I’ve asked several people about this. They said that it was like they went through their whole life in a second. That’s not too far fetched. Your brain likes to avoid stress, so that it does not have to deal with facing death. So if your brain was to think you were going to die, it would go to the easiest way to escape: memory. So when it comes close to the end, your brain turns on every memory you ever had.

The brain will also stay alive for about 7 minutes after you die, provided your brain is intact. So if you have 7 minutes and you can experience your whole life in one second, that’s 60 lives per minute. 420 lives in 7 minutes. That’s a lot of time and a lot of experiences with death.

Original Author: Jester of Sorts

90 Comments on '7 Minutes'

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  • Commented on August 14, 2013 at 4:56 pm

    I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Does it imply that the reader may be living through a memory at the moment?

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  • Commented on August 15, 2013 at 12:34 am

    @Hesh
    I think it means that your current life might actually be one of those ‘lifetime’ memories and that would mean that you are currently in the process of dying. I think it’s a cool thing to think about especially because there is at least some truth in it.

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  • Commented on August 30, 2013 at 12:21 pm

    Why is this so low rated? This is a really good pasta.

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  • Commented on September 27, 2013 at 2:46 am

    I like the idea

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  • Commented on October 9, 2013 at 5:22 am

    It’s got a solid concept. It could maybe be improved by clarifying the intent a bit.

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  • Commented on October 13, 2013 at 4:43 pm

    I agree with danatblair and Nick; I like the idea but perhaps some clarification as to why you’re telling us this, or maybe even adding in a character who is going through it may spice it up a little. *Shrug* But as aforementioned, it’s quite lovely. I’d never thought of that. :3

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  • Commented on November 6, 2013 at 6:49 pm

    hi i like your creepypasta. I come from Germany and am just starting so, creepypastas English to translate into German, since there are quite back in Germany the terms. May I creepypasta might translate into German and then upload?

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  • Commented on March 31, 2014 at 4:47 pm

    This is a pretty good pasta. Wish you could write more to make it legit 😀

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  • Commented on April 1, 2014 at 11:56 am

    Is this meant to be creepy? It sounds like something out of a science book 😛

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  • Commented on April 28, 2014 at 2:02 am

    Wow. .-. what is life.
    haha. :>

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  • Commented on June 23, 2014 at 9:39 pm

    This pasta brings up some interesting thoughts.
    What if déjà vu is actually just our mind messing up the playback?

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  • Commented on August 3, 2014 at 10:49 am

    I think what he is saying is that perhaps 1 person has multiple lives therefore seven minutes of seperate live in different times

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  • Commented on August 8, 2014 at 12:13 pm

    Is it killing us, and thinking about the beauty of it?

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  • Commented on August 17, 2014 at 11:32 pm

    It used to be cats had more lives than humans,but now humans have more lives than cats? Awesome! Cats, step aside 9 lives ain’t going to get you anywhere anymore, us people have 420!

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  • Commented on October 23, 2014 at 10:57 am

    Okay……so does this mean that I am reincarnated off of other people or something

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  • christian
    Commented on February 4, 2015 at 2:15 pm

    this i what i like in a good pasta the pasta gets you to think and to even question of the fabric of humanity

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  • Commented on February 27, 2015 at 5:55 pm

    I love pastas like this. They really chill my bones and cause me to question the very makeup of the universe. This one especially is very well written and well executed. 9.7/10. Great pasta!

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  • Commented on March 3, 2015 at 1:08 am

    This kind of made me think about stuff and wow thats a lot of lives to see

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  • Commented on March 16, 2015 at 6:23 pm

    this honestly made no sense

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  • Commented on March 16, 2015 at 9:29 pm

    Wonderful pasta

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  • Commented on March 26, 2015 at 9:17 pm

    interesting fact good pasta for a short one

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  • Commented on April 6, 2015 at 12:37 pm

    That is 50%/100% accurate. How is this supposed to creep me out? No offence because the information such as – Grammar, Capitals and etc, were quite good. The only problem was the story-line. It may revolve around death, and the information was very questionable. In my personal opinion, I just feel that it was too short and didn’t give me enough time to get”pastied” lol

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  • Commented on April 6, 2015 at 8:56 pm

    I had to scroll for hours to get to the “leave a comment” thing and now I’m finally here :O. Anyways, I think this is a really great pasta I love it 😀

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  • Commented on April 20, 2015 at 4:11 pm

    wow………..so we die 420 times……….damn.

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  • Commented on April 21, 2015 at 6:42 am

    Informative but not creepy.

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  • Commented on April 22, 2015 at 9:03 pm

    420… blaze it?

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  • PastaCritic
    Commented on May 4, 2015 at 4:10 pm

    If you “experience” a new life every second, even if in your supposed “present” life you experience 420 other lives, you have to die at some point in those other lives as well, and so on. So it’s a neverending life loop, and that basically means that you’re immortal. But at the same time, your brain will stop functioning after about seven minutes. This pasta pretty much states that we are forever living, but only until your “original” life ends. But there is also no way to know whether or not your “original” life is really the original, because it could just be the product of an earlier dying mind. The more you think about it, the more confusing it gets. Brilliant paradox, I would put it right up there with “This statement is false”.

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  • Commented on May 6, 2015 at 3:55 pm

    This I have to say is bad because it’s not creepy……but good science 😉

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  • Commented on May 13, 2015 at 7:06 am

    Really makes you think.
    420 lives what happens when you die in one of those 420 lives? Are there 420 lives in each of those deaths?
    By this theory are we not somewhat immortal?

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  • Commented on May 14, 2015 at 6:12 pm

    I’ve seen a story similar to this. It’s interesting how if this whole thing. Me commenting right now is just a memory. And you reading this comment is also just a memory and you might be laying in the middle of the street from being it by a car, or even have been stabbed and on the verge of death and the only thing you can cling to it your memory of reading this.

    Good story btw 10/10

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  • Commented on May 17, 2015 at 4:59 am

    I have two theories to base off this:
    1. Maybe we are actually going through our lives 420 times, but we don’t perceive it as so.
    2. We see our lives over the course of seven minutes, but it feels like a second due to the fact that under certain conditions, our brains perceive time differently. Like when you close your eyes to sleep, but when you wake up it feels like a couple of minutes passed.

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  • Rose
    Commented on May 19, 2015 at 3:40 am

    @ThatGuy
    The whole theory behind the 420 lives is in 1 second you will remember 60 memories so in turn if you die and your brain stays intact for 7 extra minutes you would practically relieve 420 memories.

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  • Commented on June 15, 2015 at 10:35 pm

    This is so F*cking scary
    #GivsMeNightmares

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  • Commented on June 24, 2015 at 9:45 am

    Though I like the concept of this CreepyPasta, I feel this is more an introductory paragraph than a story in and of itself.

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  • Commented on June 25, 2015 at 12:40 am

    Makes you think about life and what you’ve done with your life

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  • j4
    Commented on July 30, 2015 at 6:34 am

    the guy is already dead. How come he got information that only dead people posses

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  • Commented on August 21, 2015 at 11:46 am

    I do not get this, most of this is facts and how is this even a creepy-pasta? I do not see the mindfuck fuck i see the reality

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  • Commented on August 31, 2015 at 9:07 pm

    Did not find this creepy or paranormal at all. Simply a statement of what happens in your mind at the point of death.

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  • Commented on September 1, 2015 at 12:22 pm

    This is really good! Very creative and creepy.

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  • Commented on September 3, 2015 at 1:05 pm

    5/5, short and creppy

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  • Commented on September 24, 2015 at 8:19 am

    Fact not creepy.

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  • Commented on October 8, 2015 at 5:57 pm

    i like this pasta makes you think a little bit / very creepy just the thought that u may just be in a memory and actually your dead

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  • Commented on October 19, 2015 at 12:11 pm

    420 blaze it m8

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  • Commented on October 20, 2015 at 6:59 pm

    this really makes you think good going jester of sorts i love this pasta that makes rethink our entire existences

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  • Commented on October 20, 2015 at 8:36 pm

    yeah… NO!!!

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  • malicka
    Commented on October 24, 2015 at 1:54 am

    omg just died from trying to think about this. My brain has exploded. This is really good if you want to think about something.

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  • Commented on October 27, 2015 at 7:31 pm

    Well that was very informational, but not really interesting, sorry. I give it a 2/10.

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  • Commented on October 28, 2015 at 10:44 am

    This isn’t even a pasta…. its just facts……

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  • Commented on October 28, 2015 at 3:42 pm

    chills

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  • Commented on October 29, 2015 at 4:13 am

    i see why this is labeled mindfuck

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  • Commented on November 1, 2015 at 12:54 am

    This is pretty good.

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  • Commented on November 5, 2015 at 9:16 pm

    Looks like im not getting sleep.. .-. well i rarely do as it is but still. also by the way guys, for those who don’t get to put it simply pretty sure its saying right now is one of those moments (or possibly soon) when your dead and your brain is just going through the memory’s quickly to reduce stress.

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  • xarwhohutsdragonsandwakesupinthepsycheward
    Commented on November 28, 2015 at 11:30 pm

    i dont get it but it is kinda sorta cool i guess

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  • Commented on December 15, 2015 at 8:28 pm

    its not scary at all

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  • Commented on January 6, 2016 at 5:39 pm

    So, does this mean i should be very afraid should memories suddenly flood my thoughts?

    Philosophical, yeah, but not creepy.

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  • Commented on January 27, 2016 at 8:30 pm

    really make you think

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  • Commented on March 3, 2016 at 5:48 pm

    interesting facts but not really creepy in my opinion; well written though! short, sweet, and clean is always good!

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  • Commented on March 17, 2016 at 8:24 pm

    This makes me think. You did a great job!
    10/10

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  • Commented on April 8, 2016 at 10:59 am

    weow

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  • Commented on April 17, 2016 at 6:49 pm

    This was interesting because it was very factual

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  • Commented on April 26, 2016 at 9:38 pm

    Maybe I’m missing something, but I didn’t find this creepy at all. It’s an interesting thought, but not the scariness I’ve come to know and love on this site.

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  • Commented on April 28, 2016 at 3:24 am

    Ooooooooooooooooooooooo this made my head hurttttttttttttt. 9.9/10

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  • zoha
    Commented on May 23, 2016 at 12:14 pm

    Please don’t mind but it was bad pasta but I have to give u less marks
    5/10

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  • Commented on May 23, 2016 at 5:39 pm

    420 blaze it, m8.

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  • Commented on June 15, 2016 at 9:09 pm

    Definitely needed to re-read it to make any sense of it, but I liked it anyway.

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  • Scary Mary
    Commented on August 2, 2016 at 1:50 am

    Good pasta. Makes u think in a different way.

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  • Bad girl
    Commented on August 2, 2016 at 1:56 am

    Sweet! I die….. 420 times? WOW

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  • Bad girl
    Commented on August 2, 2016 at 1:57 am

    I die 420 times…. WOW

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  • Commented on September 16, 2016 at 12:40 am

    It took me a little bit of time to understand, but once I finally got it, it was awesome!!! 😀
    4/5 🙂

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  • Commented on October 12, 2016 at 10:22 am

    That was auctly sick! I never saw it like that!

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  • Commented on December 29, 2016 at 8:30 am

    Good to know

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  • Commented on January 3, 2017 at 2:51 am

    Is it implying that if i gone to a near death experience. It means that all memories from the moment i have written this comment and the moment i readed this story is a memory that i am remembering from the moment that i am dying XD. This story should be rated high!

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  • Commented on January 10, 2017 at 10:39 pm

    not creepy at all but interesting and really short

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  • Commented on January 13, 2017 at 5:12 pm

    This one really did give me a mindfuck sort of feel towards the end.

    I wasn’t sure if I was keeping pace throughout the pasta, But the ending, In my opinion atleast was definitely worth the little read.

    It really doesn’t feel like the story is leading up to that one moment, but at the same time it kind of does.

    This story does something to your mind that I love copypastas doing that just leave you in a state of mindfuck statue-still reconsideration and this copypasta definitely did justice.

    A great read.

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  • Commented on February 13, 2017 at 2:44 pm

    I don’t know why, but I always love the small ones more! This proves my point 🙂

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  • xii
    Commented on February 13, 2017 at 5:05 pm

    Wait, wait.. 420? as in 420 blaze it?

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  • Commented on February 16, 2017 at 5:34 pm

    This pasta makes sense that it’s tagged “science”, but definitely could have had an interesting twist, such as the facts that he had just stated being what the reader will witness, or something more interesting like that.

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  • Commented on May 18, 2017 at 2:42 pm

    Is this an education article??

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  • Commented on May 28, 2017 at 8:00 pm

    THIS A PASTA?

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  • Commented on June 26, 2017 at 2:04 pm

    This is crap, I asked for a creepypasta not a factfile about death.

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  • Commented on June 30, 2017 at 2:56 pm

    Mysterious and confusing… I love it.

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  • Commented on July 24, 2017 at 6:23 am

    Amazing and very thought provoking!

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  • Commented on August 8, 2017 at 6:21 pm

    It is so weird… it kind of proves a theory I have where your energy transfers into another one’s soul. a soul is just the energy that keeps the body moving. very interesting.

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  • Commented on November 7, 2017 at 3:51 pm

    Oh. Ummm… Jeff!!! I need you to kill me!!!

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  • Commented on December 4, 2017 at 6:44 pm

    this remind s me of a theory me and my brother thought about, our life flashes before our eyes when we die, but who says we are currently experiencing that flash, deja vu when you realize all this happened before. I recently moved into a new house, but i remember being in the place long before.

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  • Commented on December 5, 2017 at 2:56 pm

    I like it

    🙂

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  • Commented on December 10, 2017 at 4:55 pm

    HOLY CRAP THIS IS TRIPPY definitely a 11/10

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  • Commented on January 13, 2018 at 8:01 pm

    more of a weird, fun fact than a story…

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  • Commented on March 22, 2018 at 1:59 pm

    although it mayfeel like a second, its like a dream. for you the second is true, but for everyone else, it would be like you were asleep for maybe 3-4 mins. so really, that 7 mins could just be one life time. 10/10 pasta, would definitely recomend to all readers.

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  • CreepyCat$
    Commented on April 11, 2018 at 4:11 pm

    REEEEEEALLY GOOD 10/10

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