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I killed myself but I was sent back...
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In 1974, I had a near-death experience...
When I was 10 years old, I had gone swimming with my older cousin, Karen...
Roland B NDE Home Classification NDE 3200 Roland B NDE 6503 Experience Description I unknowingly grabbed a 2300 volt power cable...
Julia O NDE Home Classification NDE 3218 Julia O NDE 6526 Experience Description I was in childbirth with my second child, a girl as it turned out...
Somewhere around June, 2000 I tried to commit suicide for the third time in a row with medications...
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Before my experience I was more less an atheist...
I was in incredible pain during delivery and things were not progressing well so at around 17 hours of labor I asked for an epidural...
When it happened, I was watching television...
I suffered from treatment-resistant depression and had followed a strict regimen of psychiatric care and numerous medications for two years...
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Portia NDE Home Classification NDE 3250 Portia NDE 5434 Experience Description I woke up and found myself standing to the right of the operating table...
I grew up in the worst neighborhood in the city...
