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About a few weeks prior to the near-death experience, I had this feeling that I would die soon...
I had bronchial asthma and was having so much difficulty breathing that I was rushed to hospital with my mother...
Prior to the experience, I had a collapsed lung, so the doctors put a chest tube in...
When I had my NDE, I did not remember what had happened until much later after I woke up...
The job was installing, wiring, and piping up a HVAC unit in a 14-foot ceiling...
I was eight years old...
My parents divorced in 1996...
I had an asthma attack caused by unknown triggers...
How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness...
The first thing I remember was seeing a huge, round, and colorful opening or pathway...
I started to feel very cold, as if I were having fever chills...
Although, I don't remember the exact date of my NDE, I remember that I was 21, and I had a 1-1/2 year old little boy...
