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Hard one to answer: I had awareness of my surroundings and persons around me for only a few seconds...
Karen L Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 3472 Karen L Probable NDE 6924 Experience Description The experience was very brief...
I went to the toilet due to violent abdominal pain...
On Friday, September 13, 2013 I was scheduled to undergo a bilateral TMJ arthroplasty with abdominal fat grafting (taking fat from my abdominal area and replace my missing articular discs in my temporomandibular joints)...
I experienced an eclamptic [Editor’s note: A form of toxemia of pregnancy...
During the brain surgery that lasted 8 hours, my daughter Alice (I am her mother as Alice unfortunately is no longer with us) claims that she entered into a marvelous light that emitted warmth and a sense of peace...
After taking the medicine, I remember waking up facing myself...
My 10 year old daughter was staying home with me due to my illness...
My family doctor was dumbfounded with the pain sensations I was describing to him...
I had a tonic seizure; I could not breathe and felt like someone was choking me...
Kelly Q Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 3492 Kelly Q Probable NDE 6951 Experience Description When I felt my heart stop, I was instantly outside my body...
One afternoon, I found 'myself' floating above our small house...
