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I was in hospital due to Anorexia Nervosa...
I remember a severe tightness/pain in my chest, and gasping for air with the feeling I wasn't getting air...
I was driving from Corpus Christi, Texas to my home in San Antonio on a wet and rainy Sunday afternoon...
When I was five, my mom worked at the Pageant of the Masters show in Laguna Beach...
I went to a cave and saw my long lost relatives...
The most vivid part of the experience was at one point I could see my mother holding me in her arms...
I had slipped and fallen into the deep end of a swimming pool...
Okay, I remember it was a night like many others, when I went out with the man who was at that time my husband, going out with the intention of using drugs...
I was about fourteen years old when I died...
Jason NDE Home Classification NDE 1962 Jason NDE 4082 Experience Description I was not drawn to a light or a life review or even a tunnel of light...
I had a spinal anesthetic during a long and difficult labor...
Blester PW NDE Home Classification NDE 1966 Blester PW NDE 4091 Experience Description I was in contact with a woman who I was supporting in Glasgow...
