What happens when we die?

When someone dies, their body stops working. They do not breathe because it cannot move. They do not feel hurt or hungry. People who love them feel sad. We remember them with stories.

When we die, the body stops doing the jobs that keep us alive. The heart stops beating, the lungs stop breathing, and the brain stops waking, thinking, and feeling. The person cannot be hurt or scared anymore. It is a little like when a toy’s batteries are all gone: it cannot move or make sounds, but people cannot get new batteries.

When we die, the body stops doing the jobs that keep us alive. The heart stops pumping blood, breathing stops, and the brain, the part that helps us think and feel, stops working because it no longer gets oxygen. A dead person does not feel pain, hunger, or fear. Afterward, people care for the body and say goodbye in different ways. Over time, the body’s matter returns to the earth, or it may become ash if cremated. Surprising fact: many atoms in our bodies were once inside stars, and they keep moving through nature.