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I knew I was dying and there was nothing to stop it...
One day in July, I felt ill with cramps and could not walk or urinate...
Marie-Hélène Grandmother's NDE Home Classification Secondhand NDE 4189 Marie-Hélène Grandmother's NDE 16085 Experience Description This happened in August 1941, in France, a few days after my fathers birth...
Bonnie J Possible NDEs Home Classification Possible NDEs 4190 Bonnie J Possible NDEs 7766 Experience Description When I was about 11, I came down with chicken pox...
After I was being rushed to the hospital, my perspective seemed to split between my body and a third-person, bird's eye view...
I was suffering from the croup for several hours throughout the late afternoon and into the early evening...
After feeling as if I couldn't breathe, I went through a white, spinning tunnel...
I am an ICU (intensive care unit) nurse...
Laura B NDE Home Classification NDE 4215 Laura B NDE 8090 Experience Description I don't remember much after I woke up in the ICU but I never forgot this...
I was holding vigil over my mother's deathbed...
In 2002, I had a severe car crash where I hit a tree head-on at 80 km/h...
Richy R NDE Home Classification NDE 4228 Richy R NDE 8115 Experience Description I was leaving a learning center for adults, when I was hit by this bus...
