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I was drowning and I saw my life flash before my eyes...
It was July 12, 1975 and I had just turned 16 on June 29th...
Rose F NDE Home Classification NDE 3028 Rose F NDE 6269 Experience Description I was in Italy for summer vacation with my mother; her parents resided there and so we spent the whole summer with them...
Although the NDE occurred when I was almost 5 years old I had no memory of it until the age of 18...
Vivian M Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 3030 Vivian M Probable NDE 6272 Experience Description At age 17, I took some kind of hallucinogen...
Prior to my suicide attempt, I was hospitalized 5 times for anxiety and depression...
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I was completely outside time, so I can't say how long the experience lasted...
My near death experience, which I believe occurred on August 11th, and the place I went are ever-present in my consciousness...
The first thing I remember was being helped from the back seat of the car by my friend Donnie...
In the summer of 1985 I was at a beach in California with my family...
I'm an old man...
One day when I was about 11 or 12 (this is my best estimate of my age at the time) I was swimming alone in our pool...
