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I remember a police officer slapping me across the face, telling me to wake up...
I was swimming in the lake on a very hot summer day (I was not a good swimmer then nor am I now) and I got tired and thought I was close enough to shore that I could stand up but unknown to me there was a very deep drop off...
The day had been an emotionally difficult one, as my mother had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer...
Michaele S NDE Home Classification NDE 2823 Michaele S NDE 5363 Experience Description I was driving my 9 year old daughter home from the dentist and she was sleeping on the seat beside me...
I went to bed after going to watch my husband play football, and when I got into bed, I felt a severe pain in my head...
I had been feeling ill and in pain for weeks...
I had the morning before said to my husband that I loved him and if anything happened to me that he was to keep on doing things as he did...
I must have been recovering from the double pneumonia or perhaps was still ill; I know this because my mother was obviously watching me quite closely or she wouldn't have been alarmed when she looked at me sleeping that morning...
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The tunnel was green or light yellow...
Anna L NDE Home Classification NDE 2857 Anna L NDE 5373 Experience Description I lost my sensory connection with my surroundings...
I recalled being in a dream state while under...
The first event in 1998 was when I had an allergic reaction to a medication I was taking...
