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I don't remember how I got there, but I ended up in a room that was like a waiting room...
I have no direct recall of the death during the surgery, but afterwards while recovering in the hospital ward I was haunted by an image and memory that I tried to capture in a drawing with color crayons...
I broke my back about six years ago in a skydiving accident...
At the time, my wife was suffering from liver failure, but I knew nothing about it...
I ask that you remember I was only three years old at the time of my near death experience...
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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...
Probable NDE due to auto accident at age 17 in Singapore...
I do not remember what led up to my drowning, but I saw my life flash before my eyes...
Dharam S NDE Home Classification NDE 3296 Dharam S NDE 6645 Experience Description I was a disk jockey (DJ) at the time and worked spinning at Hollywood after-hours parties until 6am in the morning and stayed up much later to party with roommates, friends, ...
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All I remember is being up above where the nurses and doctors were working on my body, and looking down and watching...
When I was young, I went to a New Year's Party with my friends...
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)...
