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A friend and I were walking through a field and nearby woods...
I arrived at the hospital, bleeding...
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Before my experience I was more less an atheist...
I was sitting by a campfire at a lake, talking with an older man about rodeos and horses...
In early to mid-2003, I was undergoing a considerable amount of stress at work...
I suffered from treatment-resistant depression and had followed a strict regimen of psychiatric care and numerous medications for two years...
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Portia NDE Home Classification NDE 3250 Portia NDE 5434 Experience Description I woke up and found myself standing to the right of the operating table...
After eighteen hours of labor, the delivery was not going well at all, and it was too late for a c'sarean...
Sheryl NDE Home Classification NDE 3278 Sheryl NDE 6615 Experience Description At the time I was twenty-two years old and was struggling to forge my way through college...
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...
When I was young, I went to a New Year's Party with my friends...
I was over at a friend's house, sitting on the couch...
