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I had been struggling to breathe for about 24 hours...
I was playing by a slide area and was struck in the head with a rock...
Jason N NDE Home Classification NDE 1838 Jason N NDE 3888 Experience Description I was woke up by someone I did not know...
I was in the car taking my girlfriend home when I felt a growing pain in my right leg and I went into automatic as though something or the part of me that was conscious was preparing to leave my body without harming anybody else...
After I was shot, I ran about a hundred yards...
Tara V NDE Home Classification NDE 1851 Tara V NDE 3907 Experience Description I fell off the back of a motorcycle because the man I was dating at the time hit the car in front of him...
I was born with a rare heart disease (Tricuspid Atresia)...
I saw a girl in the hospital bed and knew that she was very ill and dying...
I was in surgery at the time...
V NDE Home Classification NDE 1866 V NDE 3928 Experience Description I remember it being a lovely day, weather-wise, and I was very happy that my mother was allowing me to take a nap in my parent's bed, rather than my own, which was on the floor and hard...
Kumar NDE Home Classification NDE 1876 Kumar NDE 3941 Experience Description Due to serious complications of childbirth I was rushed for life-saving surgery...
How can I describe this with words...
