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As I lay in the emergency room, I hovered over my body looking down at myself...
Although lamentably true, the following story may appear as though I sat up a few nights concocting it, or could blame it on a bad experience with mood-altering substances (substances that I used to refer to as “recreational drugs” -- most of which were no...
I was on a motor scooter and all of a sudden a car appeared in front of us...
Pluma S NDE Home Classification NDE 1440 Pluma S NDE 179 Experience Description My boyfriend at the time got some cocaine, and said I couldn't do any unless I did it like he did, with a needle...
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Decembra B NDE Home Classification NDE 1442 Decembra B NDE 167 Experience Description I was swimming with a friend as a child and I swam too far across a lake to get back...
James G NDE Home Classification NDE 1445 James G NDE 164 Experience Description I was in a coma, gangrene right leg, heart failure, lungs -- pulmonary edema...
I was rushed to hospital at 4:00 am with massive pain, really aggressive pain...
I exited my body and saw my relatives around my lifeless body...
I had been severely depressed for some time after the birth of my youngest child...
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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...
Conditions around the time of the experience: Brief interludes of asphyxiation/apnea due to violent episodes of heavy coughing probably caused by allergic reactions to pollen that spring, reactions which were much stronger than at any other time...
I was beaten by three aggressors and went into cardiac respiratory failure...
