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I broke my back about six years ago in a skydiving accident...
It's been 16 years since my experience and for many years I wasn't able to talk about it out of fear of judgment...
Probable NDE due to auto accident at age 17 in Singapore...
Dharam S NDE Home Classification NDE 3296 Dharam S NDE 6645 Experience Description I was a disk jockey (DJ) at the time and worked spinning at Hollywood after-hours parties until 6am in the morning and stayed up much later to party with roommates, friends, ...
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Helen E NDE Home Classification NDE 3305 Helen E NDE 6664 Experience Description I had been hemorrhaging due to a contraceptive (which soon after was pulled off the market)...
Hannah NDE Home Classification NDE 3306 Hannah NDE 6665 Experience Description I was surrounded by darkness...
Dr Sandrine B NDE Home Classification NDE 3312 Dr Sandrine B NDE 6661 Experience Description I was on holiday with my parents at my uncle and aunt’s place...
Annette Q NDE Home Classification NDE 3314 Annette Q NDE 6672 Experience Description I was taken into the hospital operating room to get control of the tetanus seizures [med: Tetanus is a serious bacterial disease that affects your nervous system, leading t...
Miles NDE Home Classification NDE 3321 Miles NDE 6678 Experience Description I had been hiking for several hours carrying a fifty pound pack...
Teri B NDE Home Classification NDE 3328 Teri B NDE 6691 Experience Description I was in labor...
I had been ill from a recent operation I had had...
Frank G FDE Home Classification FDE 3339 Frank G FDE 6714 Experience Description It all started when I was alone at Christmas time again and I was due to go to Nepal to climb in the Himalaya and so I wanted to break in my new pair of high altitude climbing ...
