Yes indeed. It is the equivalent of drowning without the convent that you actually will die. You stay alive but you wish you could just die and get it over with. Very painful.
Waterboarding is a form of torture that consists of immobilizing the victim on his or her back with the head inclined downwards, and then pouring water over the face and into the breathing passages. By forced suffocation and inhalation of water, the subject experiences drowning