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I was 10 or 11...
I was on the emergency room stretcher...
This happened when I was under general anesthesia for a cesarean section while giving birth to my son...
Jolie B NDE Home Classification NDE 4121 Jolie B NDE 7953 Experience Description I had just ended an abusive relationship, and I was in the process of moving back home...
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Christophe D NDE Home Classification NDE 4132 Christophe D NDE 7968 Experience Description I was playing on the sidewalk in front of my home with a plastic truck, I wanted to fill it with sand on the opposite sidewalk and when I crossed a car hit me, I got ...
I was in 5th grade and was walking in a high school...
Sara S NDE Home Classification NDE 4134 Sara S NDE 7975 Experience Description When I was about to enter the house, I tripped and fell to the ground banging my knees...
During running in school physical education, I fell down due to my classmate pushing me to the ground...
I was at the end of my monthly period...
Mo T NDE Home Classification NDE 4147 Mo T NDE 7990 Experience Description At about the age of 5, I had my first sense of connection to a 'higher power'...
I was three years old at the time and it is now 60 years later, but I see it before me as if it had happened yesterday...
