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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 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...
Anna L NDE Home Classification NDE 2857 Anna L NDE 5373 Experience Description I lost my sensory connection with my surroundings...
The first event in 1998 was when I had an allergic reaction to a medication I was taking...
Maria GP Possible NDE Home Classification Possible NDE 2874 Maria GP Possible NDE 5378 Experience Description I had been in pain for many hours and could not achieve dilation...
I was suffering from an attack of kidney stones for the third time that week, and a new doctor came in and said, 'I'm going to give you the maximum pain reliever that you can take, for your weight: 250 mg of a mixture of morphine and Demerol...
I was out with friends as a youngster when, driving down Lake Hill, the brakes of the VW Beetle we were in failed and we went straight into a rock...
I was completely outside time, so I can't say how long the experience lasted...
