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In June of 2001, I had been working at Dunkin Donuts as the manager...
I remember clearly looking down and seeing everyone talking loudly and scurrying around...
I went into a space where there was a huge castle made of golden-yellow light...
It was a humid summer's day and the sky was gray...
I was 7 months pregnant, a gemellary pregnancy, when I was diagnosed with a severe preeclampsia (proteinuria 12g/24h)...
This happened when I was under general anesthesia for a cesarean section while giving birth to my son...
I was driving to work...
Jolie B NDE Home Classification NDE 4121 Jolie B NDE 7953 Experience Description I had just ended an abusive relationship, and I was in the process of moving back home...
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Anabela Maria C NDE Home Classification NDE 4125 Anabela Maria C NDE 7957 Experience Description My father was cutting an olive tree with a chain saw...
Naveena G FDE Home Classification FDE 4135 Naveena G FDE 7964 Experience Description On the night of my experience, I was attacked by two strangers in a parkland, not far from home...
Mo T NDE Home Classification NDE 4147 Mo T NDE 7990 Experience Description At about the age of 5, I had my first sense of connection to a 'higher power'...
I was to give birth to my first child...
