The experience archive
Search first-person accounts. Follow an element, a feeling, or a question.
Accounts from NDERF, OBERF, and ADCRF. Each story belongs to the person who lived it.
Share your experienceA weekly collection of experiences and research worth spending time with.
Browse Experiences
How can I help?
Ask about NDEs, research, or this page
I had 2 NDEs a few days apart in early August of 1997...
I was having open-heart surgery...
It should be noted that I have been diagnosed with sleep apnea many years after this experience since the experience...
I woke up from surgery in the intensive care unit (ICU), looked at my husband and squeaked out, 'I never dreamed before while under surgery...
I do not remember getting hit or two weeks before the experience...
Contains sensitive content
I was having unusual pains in my chest, so I called for an ambulance...
Describe the Experience: When the doctor told me I was dying...
I flatlined for the 12 minutes that I left my body...
I lived in Panama...
While in the hospital for sepsis, I unknowingly began to experience fibrillation, a heart arrhythmia...
I was diagnosed with esophageal IV cancer on November 11, 2020...
In early August of 2006 I was leading a small group of eight friends on a three day canoe trip down the Madawaska River through 35 km of Canadian wilderness...
