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Janie Anesthesia Experience Home Classification Anesthesia 3287 Janie Anesthesia Experience 6631 Experience Description I was having my tonsils out and I woke up in a theater, feeling myself drop my Rupert Bear cuddly toy...
It's been 16 years since my experience and for many years I wasn't able to talk about it out of fear of judgment...
After giving birth to my son, I was taken to a room where I passed out because I was bleeding very badly...
I experienced my soul leaving my body...
Helen E NDE Home Classification NDE 3305 Helen E NDE 6664 Experience Description I had been hemorrhaging due to a contraceptive (which soon after was pulled off the market)...
Hannah NDE Home Classification NDE 3306 Hannah NDE 6665 Experience Description I was surrounded by darkness...
I was over at a friend's house, sitting on the couch...
Hilde Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 3311 Hilde Probable NDE 5447 Experience Description I had an appendix operation during which I suddenly floated out of my body...
Prior to the experience I was trying to climb to a new height in the 'climbing tree' in our back yard...
Teri B NDE Home Classification NDE 3328 Teri B NDE 6691 Experience Description I was in labor...
I was really badly sick with the flu and I laid down on the couch , and I remember thinking I never felt this bad , so I laid there a few minutes with my eyes closed because I felt so bad...
I was given too much anesthetic and found myself falling down a grey tunnel...
