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I was very unhappy in my family and social life, a gay teenager brought up in a very restrictive and rigidly conservative family where most of my needs for safety and care were not being met...
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I remember seeing those car lights [was going to say on our side of the road], then total blackness...
It all started seconds before the crash occurred I got this really scared feeling then a feeling of complete peace, like everything was going to be alright...
Debbie NDE Home Classification NDE 2081 Debbie NDE 4253 Experience Description I was staying at a hotel in Florida on holiday with my family...
Miguel RP NDE Home Classification NDE 2084 Miguel RP NDE 4133 Experience Description My name is Miguel...
I had delivered my son, who weighed 10lbs 3oz, naturally with no medical intervention, specifically no prostaglandin in the third stage which can prevent post-partum hemorrhage...
Ludmila NDE Home Classification NDE 2093 Ludmila NDE 4168 Experience Description I was on an obstetrical table; they made me unconscious through a mask...
I was making a sailing yacht transfer between two cities in my country...
Tammy F NDE Home Classification NDE 2248 Tammy F NDE 4474 Experience Description I remember my ex partner's hands around my neck as I was in a standing position...
The first thing I recall is seeing my 'fiancé' beside my bed and then doctors/nurses surrounding the bed in a 'flurry of activity' and then seeing myself lying in the bed and being shocked by that...
Jean E NDE Home Classification NDE 2256 Jean E NDE 4492 Experience Description I was bleeding profusely, and the time went very slowly...
Trevor FB NDE Home Classification NDE 2306 Trevor FB NDE 4579 Experience Description I had a hundred percent blocked artery (STEMI) heart attack at my desk...
