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My father was an alcoholic and quite violent...
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I had been having intense fever for three days with great bodily pain and a rapid heartbeat...
My friend and I set out to enjoy a day of tubing in the river...
While stopped in the breakdown lane due to engine failure, I was rear-ended by a car doing sixty-five miles per hour...
Well it started on a week end I went to the cinema in the afternoon with my uncle and cousins...
Henrietta N Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 1421 Henrietta N Probable NDE 207 Experience Description This occurred during an operation...
After the surgery, I was angry at being revived but was able to spontaneously reconnect with where I had been and had a more in-depth experience...
It happened one day during which, due to profound bleeding as a result of a curettage...
Sara D NDE Home Classification NDE 1426 Sara D NDE 197 Experience Description I was about twelve or thirteen...
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Although lamentably true, the following story may appear as though I sat up a few nights concocting it, or could blame it on a bad experience with mood-altering substances (substances that I used to refer to as “recreational drugs” -- most of which were no...
Pluma S NDE Home Classification NDE 1440 Pluma S NDE 179 Experience Description My boyfriend at the time got some cocaine, and said I couldn't do any unless I did it like he did, with a needle...
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My boyfriend and I were playing around in the park...
