The experience archive
Search first-person accounts. Follow an element, a feeling, or a question.
Accounts from NDERF, OBERF, and ADCRF. Each story belongs to the person who lived it.
Share your experienceA weekly collection of experiences and research worth spending time with.
Browse Experiences
How can I help?
Ask about NDEs, research, or this page
I closed my eyes as my essence left my body...
I was at the beach with my family...
I felt myself float out of my body...
Before my experience, I was in a delirium that was apart from stress...
At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event...
We were all training on combative techniques...
Excerpt from my personal essay on the subject published on openeyes1031...
Contains sensitive content
I was run over by a car and I knew I was going to die...
At that time, I had an inflamed liver because my body did not process red meat well...
I was in a dark area, like in a room...
I was on a group, mountain biking ride in a remote part of San Mateo County and about 20 miles south of San Francisco...
After a day of passing blood, I went to the hospital emergency department...
