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One night, I became aware of my heartbeat, despite being sound asleep...
My experience happened when I was age 18, during the third surgery for an intestinal obstruction...
I try to make it short as possible because its too detailed and I wont have time to explain it all on here...
I was having a common surgery after a miscarriage and was under general anesthesia...
I was home sick with COVID-19, I had been diagnosed by my family physician...
At the weekend, my children went out with their father so I decided to take a nap...
It was Saturday, January 11, 1986, and winter in Chicago, Illinois...
I was sat on my sofa in my new flat on my own doing some work when I felt like I was watching myself from above typing my pulse went rapid and I have a throbbing pain in center of my boobs (no joke) and I feel sick...
To read more about Douglas' book click here...
I was a 29 year old female, came home after an evening with friends, and went to bed At some point during the night I awoke, or thought I awoke, and felt myself floating above my body...
The experience has happened for 5 times within a year while sleeping at night...
I have cancer...
