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I grew up in the worst neighborhood in the city...
The following experience description was written in 2004...
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...
Hilde Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 3311 Hilde Probable NDE 5447 Experience Description I had an appendix operation during which I suddenly floated out of my body...
I became increasingly tired over the course of 3 to 4 days and was struggling to breathe...
I remember a lot of pain...
Cardiac catheter error resulted in bypass graft spiral dissection and iatrogenic heart attack followed by urinary tract infection related to non-sterile Foley placement later leading to urosepsis, septic shock, congestive heart failure, pneumonia, , renal f...
Forty years ago I experienced something no one could explain...
Mattie K NDE Home Classification NDE 3423 Mattie K NDE 6853 Experience Description First the wave smacked me, and then I found myself standing in a blue channel of light...
Paolo D Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 3425 Paolo D Probable NDE 5452 Experience Description As a consequence of a car accident, I suffered brain trauma and I have been in coma for some days...
Then the first thing I saw was a vision of myself dead on my bed and the landlord coming in the door with his daughter...
My mother was a very angry and afraid person...
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