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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...
Polly R NDE Home Classification NDE 3231 Polly R NDE 6551 Experience Description It was 1/3/1988...
My experience was on March 20, 2012...
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I was headed to a dentist appointment at 9:30 am...
In early to mid-2003, I was undergoing a considerable amount of stress at work...
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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While comatose I experienced horrific nightmares involving all the stories I had heard from my clients but involving those I loved...
Tommy P NDE Home Classification NDE 3245 Tommy P NDE 6572 Experience Description This is pretty simple experience...
It was a Friday or Saturday night and it was a few weeks into my first semester at college as a freshman...
I was out of my body and fully conscious...
I had been gradually becoming short of breath over a couple months...
