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I was doing an intense, group cross-fit workout when my cardiac arrest occurred...
I was strapped onto a T-Bar in the surgery prepping me...
This experience plays back in my mind like a movie, still today...
I was drowning in a rip current...
Many times throughout my young childhood I would wake up in the middle of the night with a feeling of extreme emotion in my chest, and found myself rising above my bed all the way to the ceiling, and would just hover there...
I was struck by a yellow pick up truck...
Prior to my experience, I attended a meditation group, I didn't feel unwell but not entirely myself...
I found myself at ceiling level, in a corner of the room...
When I was 4 years old, I was in the backyard with my grandpa, the neighbor, and her daughter who was my age...
This happened to me about 4 years ago, so my memory of the day leading up to the event is very foggy...
1) This was not an NDE...
I was young, probably between the ages of 5 & 8...
