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When I was three years old I fell out of an open window from the fourth floor...
Kitty W NDE Home Classification NDE 1414 Kitty W NDE 3427 Experience Description When I was twenty-two, I learned that my husband went missing in action in Viet Nam...
Charlene P NDE Home Classification NDE 1416 Charlene P NDE 3434 Experience Description Right before the experience, I was rushed to the intensive care unit...
Doina Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 1463 Doina Probable NDE 3379 Experience Description I was on the operation table; the last event I have in my memory was when I received the anesthesia in my hand...
Conditions around the time of the experience: Brief interludes of asphyxiation/apnea due to violent episodes of heavy coughing probably caused by allergic reactions to pollen that spring, reactions which were much stronger than at any other time...
It was a very hot and sunny day...
I awakened from anesthesia but didn't remember nothing about it...
In June 2005 I had a normal day - went to work, got sicker as the day proceeded...
I was on vacation with my mother, father, a friend of mine and her mother in Kentucky...
I couldn't catch my breath, I heard the doctor say, 'Let's get that baby out of there...
Chris H Probable REM Intrusion Home Classification Probable REM Intrusion 1553 Chris H Probable REM Intrusion 3494 Experience Description I was exhausted and hit the bed intent on getting some sleep...
Mouse NDE Home Classification NDE 1556 Mouse NDE 3498 Experience Description I was doing a tilt table test to see how my heart would react...
