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I remember the suffocating feeling of the asthma and next thing I realized that the panic surrounding this feeling had gone and I felt totally unaware of my physical body...
The third strike of the club put me down to the floor almost instantly...
I remember most everything that happened when I walked into the emergency room...
I jumped out of my dad's apple tree so as not to get yelled at...
I had to go into hospital for an operation on an abdominal hernia which was quite severe as it was several years old and was quite bad...
I poised myself sitting upright against the wall, near the glass pane I had just broken...
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Jean R NDE Home Classification NDE 1384 Jean R NDE 280 Experience Description I suddenly was aware I was a spirit looking down at my body...
Kitty W NDE Home Classification NDE 1414 Kitty W NDE 3427 Experience Description When I was twenty-two, I learned that my husband went missing in action in Viet Nam...
My friend and I set out to enjoy a day of tubing in the river...
Charlene P NDE Home Classification NDE 1416 Charlene P NDE 3434 Experience Description Right before the experience, I was rushed to the intensive care unit...
Doina Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 1463 Doina Probable NDE 3379 Experience Description I was on the operation table; the last event I have in my memory was when I received the anesthesia in my hand...
