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In May, I entered the hospital...
I had a lung collapse in 1994, and was hospitalized, no apparent reason other than I had a cold and had a history of asthma, I was eighteen when this happened...
During the birth of my second child, the labor started to go drastically wrong...
Jerry M NDE Home Classification NDE 2207 Jerry M NDE 4417 Experience Description My first experience in learning or hearing the same voices I heard and later engaged with during my Out of Body Experience, started when I was six years old...
I was in an IBM sales class when I experienced heart failure...
Courtney NDE Home Classification NDE 2236 Courtney NDE 4459 Experience Description When my son was born I lost a lot of blood and I felt my heart stop...
I was working as a housekeeper for an agency and was heading out in the morning with a new trainee...
Adeline N NDE Home Classification NDE 2251 Adeline N NDE 4481 Experience Description When I came to after tonsil surgery, I felt sick and vomited blood...
My husband and children went to church but I stayed home to rest since I wasn't feeling very well...
The first thing I recall is seeing my 'fiancé' beside my bed and then doctors/nurses surrounding the bed in a 'flurry of activity' and then seeing myself lying in the bed and being shocked by that...
I don't remember anything before the accident, as me and my ex-boyfriend were drinking heavily...
Paul H Probable NDEs Home Classification Probable NDE 2289 Paul H Probable NDEs 4549 Experience Description 1954, 1997 - Both experience of void and reaching incredible light, all colors, almost to boundary line...
