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Clinical death is the medical term for cessation of blood circulation and breathing, the two necessary criteria to sustain human life. It occurs when the heart stops beating in a regular rhythm, a condition called cardiac arrest. However, despite its frequent use, the term “clinical death” doesn't actually have a consistent meaning.
In most hospitals, the doctor in charge of a patient’s care makes the death determination, and there aren't universal guidelines for when to make that call. No wonder clinical death experiences have long been capturing our imagination, with patients witnessing a variety of unusual or even never-before-experienced sensations, or as they are famously called, near-death experiences!
Quite a few people have experienced NDEs. One of the most fascinating near-death experiences stories occurred in December 2019 when a woman was declared dead but revived after six hours. It is recorded as the longest cardiac arrest in Spain.
Near Death Experiences: Stories and Tales from People
When a Reddit user APater6076 asked, “People who have ‘died’ and been resuscitated, what was your experience? Did you see bright lights? Nothing? Do you remember anything about it?” the thread immediately went viral. Amassing 13.7k upvotes and almost 3k comments, it gives us a rare glimpse into the incredible human body and the endless capabilities of our minds.
Numerous stories flooded the comments. From near-death experiences, hell-like, to beautiful experiences, these stories caused a stir on the internet. So, we’ve compiled some of the best ones. Scroll below and see if you can keep your cool!
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#1
My Husband Is One Of The People Who Have Died And Come Back
My husband was on life support in a coma, he was not expected to make it and had to be brought back multiple times. I was by his side, beyond distraught. He was by far the "sickest" person in the ICU, too sick to transfer to another hospital. Other people who had family in the ICU rallied around to give me support as it really didn't look hopeful for him and my pain was obvious. A family in particular helped me out a lot. The grandpa of that family had surgery gone wrong on his foot, resulting in his foot amputation, followed by an infection then death. Even after he died his daughter stayed at the ICU to help me. When my husband finally pulled thru and woke up he told me he had been walking the halls with some guy who was missing his foot who told him it wasn't time to go yet and that his daughter would wait with me till my husband woke up but he had to wake up soon.
June’s Very Own 2 years ago
I really hope your husband is ok:) on a side note, the walking on the halls with the lost foot guy was pretty cool
#2
One Of The Most Beautiful Near-Death Experiences
A very warm blackness. Wasn’t cold or scary. Very calm and serene. Best nap I’ve ever had. Five out of five stars, not in a hurry to do it again but certainly not scared to die when the time comes.
Now the heart surgery I had after being resuscitated, that was painful and awful, so I do not recommend heart failure. Zero out of five stars.
#3
Messages From Near-Death Experiences: “It’s Not Your Time!”
I remember feeling the most at peace I have ever felt in my life. I saw colors I could not begin to describe, and felt warm. I remember feeling my grandfathers hand in mine and hearing "it's not your time. You need to go back"
This was due to a su*cide attempt in 2019 where I had jumped off a 3 story parking structure. Not sure how I didn't end up paralyzed but I broke the "best" part in my spine I guess
SillyPandaBunny 2 years ago
It is not as simple as you are making it out to be
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Zelda Sterling 2 years ago
I'm not sure if the people who write these can see the comments but if so, I hope you have found some healing. There is no "one size fits all" solution to pain. Therapy doesn't work for everyone, but it may work for you. There are many paths to a single destination. If the one you try first doesn't work, you are not "broken" & things are not "hopeless." It just isn't a good fit for you. I have my masters in psychology & have a lot of grief right now. I go to Buddhism classes & sit by myself on the beach. For really long periods of time. It's what I need right now. I hope youve found what helps. Even if you didnt mean to be, I'm glad you're still here. Youre not alone. For anyone else reading, If you're feeling suicidal, pls call: 1.800.273.8255 or text HOME to 741741. You can also google "warm lines" if its not an emergency, & you just really need to talk with someone who has been there themselves and knows how it is. Times are hard. You don't have to deal with it alone. Stay.
Irishwoman abroad 2 years ago
Why has this comment only got 3 up votes, while the other one has, 21?? At least you show some understanding of depression!
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HarriMissesScotland 2 years ago
If you don't know the suicide hotline number in your state or country, PLEASE call emergency services. They will connect you to someone who can help. In the US the number is 1-800-273-8255, in Canada, 1-833-456-4566, UK 088 689 5652. I have been there, and kept a good friend from suicide. She is now a therapist. I hope you are better now.
Isabela Ivan 2 years ago
I m depressed as hell but I always had the fear I would survive disabled and be a nuisance for the society.
HarriMissesScotland 2 years ago
I know it's hard, I really do. I hope you have someone to support you.
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Demon Child 2 years ago
idk if this perosn can see the comments, but im glad you're here now :))
#4
The Most Peaceful “Sleep”
From what I can remember (I was 16), I had a big operation and we did not know I was deadly allergic to morphine.
it was the most peaceful "Sleep" I have ever had in my entire life, it felt like nothing but somehow something you know?
I vividly remember seeing someone resuscitate from another point of view but I could have made that up.
Woke up with my dad holding my hand saying you scared the sh*t out of me.
A couple years later my dad had the same experience after an operation and the same thing happened to him as me, he woke up (I couldn't be more thankful saying those words) and after we told him he grabbed my hand and said " I got you back"
#5
My Dad’s Near-Death Experience Story
Not mine but my dad, he had his appendectomy at the highest risk possible, being diabetic, having waited 3 days on a “I just ate something bad” abdominal pain, dehydrated, you name it. He got rushed to the hospital after not being able to walk anymore.
He described it as a dark warm calm, like submerging yourself in a warm pool that filled every part of his body till his bones, he said he slowly felt how all worries banished and felt utterly happy but nostalgic, he also said he could hear the voice of the surgeon calling him “return, don’t go” but he felt it was annoying. After a little while he realized he was dying, so he “grabbed onto life” and said he felt like he was pushed out of the warmness to a cold suffering where he felt pain, anxiousness and a severe nostalgia of what he just experienced.
After waking up from anesthesia he cried cause said he really wanted to go, but gripped strongly into life because he’d miss us, their sons.
#6
A Near-Death Story At Childbirth
I bled to death giving birth to my son. It was a crazy experience. I lost consciousness and remember panic. I lived a life in the time I was gone — a full one, with my children. It was very peaceful and loving, like a warm, happy blanket. I came to with my son at my breast. They were trying to get my uterus to contract by feeding him to reduce the bleeding. It had given up during delivery, and I had pushed him out with sheer will and no contractions because he was stuck and dying.
#7
She Definitely Saw Something There
This isn't about me but my wife, and she wasn't brought back, but I felt like sharing anyway.
My wife died last week. She had been battling cancer for over a year and it was beyond treatment. When she got pneumonia amd ended up on a ventilator for almost a week with no real improvement we knew we had to let her go.
What happened after that was horribly traumatic for all of us that were present, but one thing about it makes me wonder.
They took her off the ventilator and she continued to breathe on her own for 5 hours, but the breaths were ragged and strained especially for the last hour or two. Towards the end it became very clear we were going to lose her soon.
Let me give a little background before I get to the end. For a couple days she would occasionally open her eyes but they weren't open much, and she would just stare straight ahead, like she wasn't really seeing anything.
So around 10 minutes or so before she officially passed she opened her eyes completely, and stared straight up towards the ceiling. A few minutes later she closed them again, her breath became slower and slower and finally stopped.
I can't speak to what she saw obviously, but she definitely saw something there. I like to think it was something that gave her peace because she finally gave in and let go.
Thee8thsense 2 years ago
I am so sorry for your loss. I have also seen those about to die open their eyes, and in some cases, seem to acknowledge someone, then shortly thereafter, pass away. I hope you have support in your time of immense change and mourning.
#8
It Was Such An Indescribable Feeling
I felt the same as if I had went to sleep. (I had an alcohol withdrawal related seizure and woke up in the hospital bed, i was told my heart stopped for 8 seconds) Although the one thing I "remember" is this feeling that the weight of the world lifted off my shoulder. It was such an indescribable feeling, but it was as if everything thing that I care and/or worry about is so insignificant in the grand scheme of things. Makes the thought of dying someday less frightening
June’s Very Own 2 years ago
Woah, everyone here is saying that death is peaceful. That kinda puts me at peace for the loved ones I have lost
#9
A Sense Of Complete Nothingness
I overdosed on fentanyl a while back and was fading in and out but all I remember was a sense of complete nothingness . No memories flashing, no bright light to follow just nothing . Looking back at it I almost felt at peace . But waking up right after the overdose was sheer panic at the thought of almost dying lol . Glad to be almost 2 years clean now .
#10
He Climbed A Blue Ladder Into A Boat
My son said he climbed a blue ladder into a boat, but then I came and got him. He’s little though.
#11
They Lost Me
I had an emergency c-section.
When they started to cut me open, I could feel it, so they placed a mask over my face and I knocked out almost immediately.
While I was out, I felt like I was weightless and not me, but my like... I don't know... energy? Like I was floating through a maze and the walls of this maze where a soft, glowing white. There were images and voices beyond the walls. They were familiar and I wanted to stop and listen, but I was moving along through this maze, unable to stop myself. I didn't really try, though. I was just ebbing and flowing along.
Suddenly I felt very, very sad... I knew I had died and I was sad because I wasn't going to see my baby or see him grow up. Then there was a voice, I don't remember if it was male or female, but it was trying to calm and soothe and let me know that all was well and not to worry.
Then I heard my name being called. It was my husband's voice. And then my mom's. And then a nurse. They asked me my name and the date and if I knew where I was. For the life of me I could not open my eyes, though I felt like I was trying very hard to do so. There was a very, very bright door or window, directly across from me.
I kept asking my mom and my husband to close the curtains or close the door. But they were confused. They said there was no window or door, just a blank wall. I asked them to turn off the lights, because it was too bright. They said the lights were dimmed.
I insisted they close the curtains and/or door, please. The light was really, really bothering me. Come to find out, once I did manage to fully open my eyes, there was no door or window, just as they had promised. It was just a blank wall.
Anyway, baby and I are fine, but my husband told me that I had to be resuscitated during the c-section because "they lost me."
KatieCoxie 2 years ago
Ugh similar happened to me. The epidural didn't work so it bloody hurt then everything started going wrong and I knew I was dying and I was bloody furious. I was cold. I was in pain and I wax going to die without meeting my longed for daughter. My friends all joke saying yeah the spirits probably saw the mood you were in and thought we will leave this one!
#12
Death Itself Is Very Peaceful
Dying hurts, but death itself is very peaceful. 9/10, would die again
gay insomniac assassin panda 2 years ago
oooh, we should start a death rating app! no wait that might cause people to do dumb things...
#13
It Was A Weird Sort Of Balance Shift
Had a bad allergy episode, slipped into anaphylactic shock.
Very weak, very little control over motor function and very difficult to speak but could hear very clearly.
When I realized how bad it was, I started to feel really cold quite quickly. About the same time everything started to fade.
For a brief moment things were hazy/fuzzy, but very quickly faded to black. It was a calming black, definitely not anxiety inducing (that already happened) and just a peaceful kind of "nothingness".
No out of body, no visions, no light... Just dark "nothingness".
Came to after what seemed like 20 sec, but doc says it was actually more like 20 minutes. Prob longer since I saw family member there that did not make the drive with me, the office was a good 30 min drive from home.
Post edit:
It's crazy how many similar experiences align with mine - I just thought it was plain and boring, lol. Kinda cool reading after posting.
Might as well add what others had said - it was a surprisingly pain-free experience.
And how it changed me - definitely no longer have a fear of the act of dying. But I now have an increased fear of leaving loved ones behind. It was a weird sort of balance shift.
Mad McQueen 2 years ago
First! I overdosed on sleeping pills. But I took them then went an went an sat on the couch. Just drifted out. Only recall suddenly realizing it was very dark an quiet. Once I noticed that sound rushed back an slowly saw light behind my closed eyes. Different than just sleeping. Was nothingness. Sister apparently was trying to wake me an had been punching me to wake up an finally poked a pin in my leg w no response punched me one last time an that's when my body responded and restarted. Also this was mid 80s. Just a teen bullied an wasnt trying to kill myself. Just had been upping the dosage until I finally slept and didn't care. But the nothingness was there. No thoughts or anything aware. So nothing to fear when it finally happens for good.
#14
“I Remember A Forest…”
I overdosed on Ativan after the death of my son. My heart lost proper rhythm for six minutes and I had to be shocked back.
I remember a forest, where time wasn't and my son was there. He told me that he always knew I loved him (he was nonverbal in life) and he and I spent enough time there for him to grow to adulthood. I'm sure that a lot of that was the effects of the Ativan but I had such complete peace when I woke up. I was done with su*cide attempts over his death after that.
Was it informed by my beliefs? Dunno. But I got the closure I needed. And that's all that really matters.
#15
Does Anyone Else Believe In An Afterlife?
Does anyone else believe in an afterlife? Or that you can contact the dead through dreams ? I was brought up religious, and although I’m not religious as much anymore, these dreams I experienced give me a sense of hope, that we never fully “disappear”.
My Mum’s dad (grandad) passed away. Around 8 months later, I woke up from a dream where my grandad had returned. Dream: My whole family were sitting outside, it was a summer afternoon and we were having a bbq. My grandad was sitting down, surrounded by the whole family, explaining how peaceful dying is. He jokingly mentioned how he met a famous actor that had also passed (can’t remember the actors name now). He told me he loved me and missed me. I said “grandad, I’m so happy you’re back.” I woke up from that dream, and thought “hmm that was strange.” While driving to school I told my Dad “hey dad I had the weirdest dream about grandad last night”, and then my Dad said “me too?”. And here’s the freaky part… he described the EXACT dream that I had, word for word. Same location, people, etc. he said he knew it was grandad by the way he made jokes about the actor- he still had his same humour. We were so shocked. And that’s not even his father, it’s my mum’s.
My Dad also had a dream about his own father who had passed. They were driving along an old country road and his dad said “you’re the only one who can see me. Everyone else can only hear me.”
Later that day, his mother called him and said “do you know what’s strange? Whenever I dream about your father, I can never see him, I can only hear him?”
????? Coincidence or not, that definitely gave me a new perspective on the afterlife.
#16
So Beautiful Yet Haunting
An old friend described it to me after an OD. They said they saw every single color all at once, and heard every single sound harmoniously. They said it was mostly an indescribable and surreal experience, so beautiful yet haunting. This is most definitely a downplayed paraphrase but their experience always fascinated me.
chaotic legal 2 years ago
I wish I could remember what it feels like right before I fall asleep but I can never remember 😂
#17
Near-Death Experience Of My Sassy Nana
My nana, who died in 2014, had severe asthma all her life and she told this story more than once.
She was watching TV on the couch and fell asleep one day, and woke up in an asthma attack that had no signs of letting up. Also, her inhaler was on the other side of the room. As she coughed and wheezed, she looked up and saw a figure standing in the opposite corner of the room. She's sure it was Death.
Nana, sassy as she was, said "I'm not ready yet, f*ck off!"
And then she found the strength to crawl over and grab her puffer.
Not sure if it was real, or hallucination, but it made for a great story.
#18
They Were Throwing Memories At Me
I’m not religious in any way or spiritual for the most part but when I tried to [unalive myself] at 19 with an overdose, apparently I died 2 times in the hospital. I vividly remember a bright white light and in the distance, 2 shadows, 1 taller than the other, the taller one wearing a wide brimmed hat. Well, from what I could make out in the silhouette. Without moving in any way, it was like they were throwing memories directly into my brain and I was remembering them except they weren’t my memories. Things I’d never seen before, moments in time I couldn’t have been around for etc. i described this to my mum afterwards who said her parents (who I never met as they died when I was a baby) matched the description. Her dad always wore that style of hat. And the furniture I described in these memories I was given matched what they had in their home. It was almost as if they were throwing memories at me, all they had left, to keep me from coming into the light. Back then I had no purpose in life. Now I have a daughter and life makes perfect sense to me because of her so I’m glad I’m still here. I don’t think of this at all these days but this post reminded me of it.
#19
Beautiful Near-Death Experiences: A Mystical Transformation
It felt like I was returning home from a long journey. It felt more familiar than this “reality”. Consciousness left my body, I was looking down on myself. It felt as if I had become my highest/truest/purest self and I was filled to the brim with love for myself and all else. It cured my 11 year treatment-resistant clinical depression and reignited my will to live. During the experience I asked myself “how did we get here”.. referring to the unconscious/dead me sitting in the chair and instantaneously I saw my life flash before my eyes and I saw how I had become depressed and the stories that I believed and adhered to that kept me in that dark place. I also felt as if I had the choice to return or not… and as soon as I said YES! - I woke up; transformed.
Afterwards I began fasting for spiritual purposes (and lost 80 lbs in 8 months) and began meditating (2-6 hours a day) and today I feel like a completely new person and continue to feel better every day with yoga and the other practices I have adopted. I have also dedicated much of my energy into exploring/understanding NDE/ADEs/mystical experiences and their transformative potential and hope to become a psychedelic assisted psychotherapist to help others who might be in similar spots as I once was - without risking their lives (through experiencing ego deaths/positive disintegration/meeting god).
Vicktoria Castille 2 years ago
Sounds more like this person is romanticizing the experience rather than an actual experience. I’m calling bs.
#20
I’ll Just Embrace Death Next Time
I was killed in a head on with a semi. Reality turned to vibration and I was sucked out if they back off my skull. I found myself in a void completely comfortable and at peace and knowing full well I was dead. Went through a bit of a life review where a lot of things flashed through my mind and afterwards I saw the light. In my case however the light was actually what my eyes were seeing from my slumped over corpse... I saw my phone on the floor of my truck and had a thought that I wanted to get to the phone to say goodbye to my wife and kids and as I had that thought I was pulled into the light and back into my body. I'm an atheist which makes this whole experience a bit of a mind f*ck for me. I expected nothingness upon death which is exactly what I got but I was still conscious of it which I did not expect. Either way, I've been in pain for 8 years straight now for having pulled through. I'll just embrace death next time.
Zelda Sterling 2 years ago
I am so sorry. I hope your doctors are able to come up with something to help the pain.
#21
It Felt Warm And Cozy
I've survived a su*cide attempt. The moment I awoke it felt like I was being pulled from the most beautiful, serene and peaceful place to ever exist to this world. It felt warm and cozy, really comfortable and at peace. I've had a very similar experience during a therapy session involving psychedelics.
#22
I’m Lucky To Be Here
Not me, but my dad. He was 15, on his way to a basketball game with his high school team, when a drunk driver came around the corner and hit their bus. The bus tipped over and my dad’s head got stuck out the window, caught between the guardrail and the bus. Apparently his head left a dent in the guardrail, which has since been replaced.
He describes the stereotypical “bright light” scenario. He saw a white light, and he explains that he heard the voices of deceased loved ones telling him it wasn’t his time to pass. His next memory was waking up in the hospital. He had several surgeries to fix the broken bones in his face. At the time, he was also told he wouldn’t regain use of one of his arms, which was paralyzed. He was, however, able to regain use of it.
If you saw him in person today, you would have no idea something like this happened to him. Aside from some mild psychological trauma and occasional neck pain, he turned out completely normal. I’m lucky to be here.
#23
True Peace
I've experienced an NDE before. I was 19 years old. I felt like I was floating, almost like I was flying. I could feel myself get further and further away from my physical body. I vaguely even remember looking back, to see my motionless body below me. Then I kept floating further away, I felt such a calm. If I could describe what true peace felt like, it would be that. My life didn't flash before my eyes. I didn't relive any moments or memories. But I just knew I was dying. Even so, I still felt so calm.
This part might be my imagination but... I do remember complete darkness, at first. Then a tunnel. The tunnel was engulfed in the darkness. The further I went down the tunnel of darkness, then I guess, yeah I saw a bright light at the other end. But I didn't think of it was light but more like warmth. When I got closer to the warmth, that's when I started to float away, looked back for a second at my body, then floated higher into the clouds. It felt like I was going into the clouds...just drifting away, further up and away from my body.
When I was finally fully surrounded by the clouds and no more darkness, that's when I heard a voice. It told me "It's not your time. You must go back." I actually remember replying with "No. Don't make me go back. I want to stay here. I'm finally home." And the voice kept repeating itself "It's not your time. You must go back." I kept saying I didn't want to go back and then I felt something push me. I felt myself falling, fast. Then I woke up coughing, almost choking on air. My chest hurt. It felt like someone had punched my gut and I had the wind knocked out of me. I also felt cold. The warm light and calm feeling was now gone but it's something I'll never forget. As well, eventhough the voice told me it wasn't my time, it felt so peaceful too. Not at all rude nor argumentative. Just.... reassuring and calm. True Peace
Sheila Stamey 2 years ago (edited)
I understand. Totally. I was even shown a long sequence of things I was meant to accomplish as my purpose sand that it was very important I go back. But boy I didn't want to at all!! But I did obs I've never forgotten tho.
#24
Just Pure Unconditional Joy
I had open heart surgery when I was 18 months old. My first ever memory I have is that of a warmness, like that of an opiate, floating through a galaxy with vivid and beautiful colors. Mostly darkness. I felt no loneliness, no pain, just pure unconditional joy.
Until reading these other comments I thought that my memory was just some made up thing I imagined when I was a little kid, or some mental illness. Perhaps I died during my open heart surgery and was never told about it. I guess I'll never know.
#25
The Most Calm Feeling Ever!
I've been defibrillated twice out of a tachycardia (when your heart beats extremely fast and doesn't effectively pump blood). Both times I remember being extremely scared and then like the worst impending doom feeling then almost like passing out and feeling like the most calm feeling ever. I don't remember coming back after being defibbed strangely enough. I had a lot of PTSD from the event and I honestly wonder if my brain just erased that part.
Anita Pickle 2 years ago (edited)
People that can feel their pvc's live with a fear of this happening, but without a nice outcome
#26
I Have Come Close Twice
I’ve come close twice. The first time I was around 9 years old and had a massive heatstroke at a fair. I stood next to myself and watched two women who knew what was happening to me and what to do. I remember thinking of it as mildly interesting and thinking “Huh, so that’s what I look like.” There was no worry or fear but it wasn’t particularly momentous either. Just mildly interesting being temporarily dead. When I came back around I was wondering why everyone was looking at me the way they were, being a child I thought they were all mad at me so I kept what happened to myself.
The second time was when my appendix burst. I was an adult and had that blackness that was warm and embracing, just true peace. Then I was in my living room sitting on the couch, very comfortable and content. It was not a dream version of my living room either, everything was just as I left it when the ambulance came. Threadbare at the seams of the couch arms, that stain on the carpet I can’t get out, the clock that ticks a little too loud stuff your brain won’t recreate while dreaming.
My grandfather was there, and I spoke to him briefly before I realized he’d been dead for two years. I didn’t feel a sense of worry just a matter-of-fact awareness that I was in some sort of trouble. (The sky is blue, water is wet, I am dying) I told him that something was wrong with me and I didn’t think I would be okay. He smiled at me and told me it would be okay. I then felt like I had one of those falling dreams but the most extreme version you can imagine.
I can say for certain, that blackness is very inviting. It’s like being awake for 48 hours, while on a road trip with the flu and then finally being able to climb into your own bed at home. The rest of it could have just been my brain firing on all cylinders and giving me something nice to ease the transition or it could have been real. I don’t know, maybe what’s there is waiting for me maybe it’s not. It’s not frightening though. Everything that proceeded it is, but the act itself is nothing to fear.
#27
Wish I Could Go Back
I was put into a coma so it's not the same but it was beautiful. Endless darkness and peace. Just peace. Not even a sense of self. Just an unbelievable feeling of peace and safety. No pain no nothing. Genuinely wish I could go back.
#28
A Much-Needed Break From All The Pain
I was in a major traffic accident seven years ago. The dashboard collapsed backward into my legs, snapping them and severing one of my arteries. I died for a short time from blood loss. I felt a comforting warmth and a much-needed break from all the pain. That was short-lived though, and I was suddenly snapped back to reality and pain. I was later told I’d been dead for close to three minutes before they got a pulse back.
gay insomniac assassin panda 2 years ago
did you know that the longest time someone has been declared dead was six hours?
#29
It Was Just Like Being Asleep
I was in a severe car accident in 2011. I blacked out completely at the first impact, and awoke later. I don’t know how much time passed while I was blacked out, but I was on a rural road about an hour away from any semblance of a town.
After I initially woke up, I couldn’t breathe at all. My whole body and face hurt. I tried to get out of the car and immediately blacked out again. From what I was told afterwards, this is when I “””died”””.
It was just like being asleep. No pain. No bright light. Just warmth and peace. I was in and out of consciousness on the long ride to the hospital. I suffered broken ribs, neck and back, as well as eye damage. But the worse pain was having my head strapped to a hard plastic block for the entire duration of the ambulance ride. It was just intense uncomfortable pain on the back of my head.
I was pretty much blind by the time I got to the hospital, but I specifically remember them removing my shirt, and clapping/ congratulating me. Apparently there was a gnarly bruise on my chest from the seatbelt, and they were just happy that I wore one. I was driving highway 94, which is a dangerous rural road, and a lot of the locals just don’t where seatbelts there, as there’s usually minimal police activity.
#30
“I Told Her She Died And Came Back…”
Not me, but my wife had a brain tumor that was (mostly) removed 5 years ago, and she died and was resuscitated during the operation. After she was awake and could communicate, I told her that she died and came back, and asked her if she had any strange experiences. She was surprised and said she didn't remember anything.
But her mother was there in the hospital room and told her that the only reason she lived was because the spirits of her deceased aunt and grandmother had been in the operating room to help. Within a few days she said she remembered seeing her Aunt and Grandmother in the room. A few days after that she remembered her Aunt and Grandmother encouraging her to come back to the living. Now that is the official story anyone gets when my wife talks about it, but I am 99% sure that it's just the power of suggestion that made her change the story.
What do you think ?
Ellie 2 years ago (edited)
I'm not scared of dying, I'm scared of the pain that might cause me to die
Ja'Nice Christine H. 2 years ago
then do everything you can to not have a heart attack or stroke, as they are very painful.
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Lauren Caswell 2 years ago
this is comforting. I have had this experience and I'm fascinated to see what others experienced. Yes, I thought I was 'living' in an alternate, somewhat peaceful place, yes my recently deceased friend was there, and yes she told me I can't go with her and I have to go back. It's uncanny
Mr Zipperface 2 years ago
These posts are comforting, I have lost so many people close to me and I want to think they weren't afraid at the end. I had lost all my grandparents by age 11, lost three friends aged 29, 22, 21 by my early 30's, my wife nearly died of pneumonia/septicemia at age 29, she was revived with adrenaline twice, she died unexpectedly last year aged 41. Two friends who were the core of my support network and who stopped me killing myself, have died in the last year aged 48 & 51, one a sudden violent death. I nearly died three years ago, I honestly don't know how much more I can take. My reason to live is my kids.
Mr Zipperface 2 years ago
Something that has helped me when I have been suicidal is a YouTube video called "The Morning After I killed Myself", there are a few versions, it is only a few minutes long but very powerful, I hope it can help others in their time of need.
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Chinmayee Kalghatgi 2 years ago
I am not afraid of death at all, every living being and every single system that has ever existed had ended. The sooner you come to terms with it the better. I only fear the way some of us may die.
Lucky2BAlive 2 years ago
It’s been my experience, having witnessed more than a few passing on (long story), that people aren’t really afraid to die. What they fear is the active state of dying which can take a bit of time. The letting go can be a scary experience or one of simply peaceful release. And I became a firm believer some time ago, that while we are left behind, it’s our job to make sure they can go on, that all their work is done, and to not be frightened. And that can be difficult, because we will miss their physical existence. But we carry the memories we choose to.
Hannah Edwards 2 years ago
My dad always believed in an afterlife until he was resuscitated after a heart attack. He said that he experienced nothing and it made him frightened. He died two weeks later and it upsets me still to think that his belief was shaken at such a crucial time.
Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
Two near-deaths, and I am left without fear of death. If it was all neurochemical, then ... it was still peaceful and beautiful. Being in pain, is what scares me.
WoodenLion 2 years ago (edited)
i am in no way fearful of dying - but= like ellie, i don't wanna' go out in pain and stuff or anything incapacitating and lengthy.
Kimi Tomminello 2 years ago
I was in a really bad head on collision when I was a teenager. I was weak pulsed when they got there and flatlined a few times on my way (med flight) to the hospital and at the hospital I remember hearing them say they didn't know if I was going to make it. I was gone. All I can remember is the best most restful sleep I've ever had and I can't wait for my time to come when I can enjoy it. After a rough 48 hours I was relatively out of the woods but put into a coma to manage the pain before surgeries could be performed. I'm not suicidal nor do I idealize death but I'm definitely not afraid to die, it's not scary at all.
D K 2 years ago (edited)
At age 4 I choked on a candy. At first it was dreadfully terrifying as I was fighting to breathe and then suddenly I was looking at myself from the ceiling. At that point I wasn’t scared or feeling any pain or suffering. I was surprised and wondering “how can I see myself down there if I’m all the way up here?” It wasn’t until I was 20 that I randomly remembered that incident and realized I had a near death experience. At age 4, I had no concept of death. I had no idea what was happening. Although I don’t want to die anytime soon, especially now with a 12 year old daughter, I’m not really scared of dying in the grand scheme of things.
Nubmaeme 2 years ago
I was 17 and had to have emergency surgery. The doctor thought I had a ruptured appendix but it was just massively infected from a ruptured ovary. For reasons still unknown, when I would wake up from the anesthetic, I would wake up screaming. Instead of talking me out of my stupor, they'd just give me a shot of something and put me back under. Everything was black and quiet for so long, then I saw a light in the distance but was stopped from going to it. I was told that it wasn't my time yet. Some time later, I sensed someone near me and called out. It was my mother. I asked her why she was there so late, that everything was so dark, then I was out again. When I finally regained conscientiousness, a nurse told me they had lost me and she was glad to see me back. Since that time, I've not been afraid of death. Not ready to go just yet, but not afraid to.
DorkLimester6001 2 years ago
This is different. This is a near death experience for me, but I’ll tell you anyway. When I was like five, I was out in NC at the outer banks and I decided to go down to the pool at the house I was staying at, when I saw a black dog run across the room. I blinked and it was gone. I went down to the pool and I fell into the deep end. I couldn’t swim really well at the time and I started to drown. My mom pulled me out of the water. Years later I went to baseball practice and saw the same black dog. I blinked and once again, gone. I decided that it was a stray dog so I brushed it off, and turned around to see a baseball coming straight for my nose. I don’t know what this means, but hopefully I don't see that dog EVER again.
Thee8thsense 2 years ago
I spontaneously left my body once, just after laying down to sleep. I felt myself moving up through the sky and as I moved upward, I began to lose all sense of "self". It also felt as if my senses were leaving, except my sight and hearing, and all I could see and hear was sparkling golden energy. I eventually came to rest, and felt to my left the presence of the source of all energy. The feeling was being one with everything, and pure bliss. Suddenly I felt as if I had slammed back into my body, and felt like I had a burning fever for a while, and eventually fell asleep. I do not fear death, as it is pure bliss.
Black Pearl 2 years ago
Honestly death is one of the most terrifying things to me. I'm Christian and so I believe in heaven and all that, but it's still scares me so bad. Like, so I get to keep my concious? Do I know what's happening? It's just so scary and this list sort of helped, but still. I just don't wanna die, y'know?
*Inserts Username* 2 years ago
I have never died in my memory, although I know exactly what its like to die. I cannot really describe it, I am bad at describing things, especially in writing, but I know exactly what it is like to die. I dont know how or why I know this but I do. I am not lying.
Ja'Nice Christine H. 2 years ago
some of these stories (all great) with the vivid images are from the brain not dying. SHort periods of the heart not beating is not truly death or being dead, as they were revivied. the brain must die to be dead-not just that heart was not beating. That do that in surgery all the time now; stop a beating heart.
Anna Litical 2 years ago
Absolutely love stuff like this and witnessed death quite a few times. I believe them. And I'm not religious.
Oz 1 year ago (edited)
I over dosed on cocain a few hours ago too, I did not even know. I just fell asleep, I knew exactly where I was. It happened to me when I was in a motorcycle crash. I can tell you it was relaxing just floating in the dark I was not confused this time I actually embraced it. As I embraced it I started to look everywhere happily I remember looking at my body but it wasn’t a body I wasn’t able to touch myself but I felt soooo good.When I recognize the place and feeling I said to myself omg I feel so good! I was happy very happy than I have ever beenI was happy. I had no thoughts of anybody or anything just enjoying the experience and wanted more!Then I gained consciousness took a a verrrryy long deep breath as I awoke. I see now and think it was me landing back on my body I did not like it. My brain was still gone I had no idea where I wass and I was in bed, and I can tell you that breath felt good,but not as good as the dark place. It took a few seconds for brain to relocate itself.
george keifer 2 years ago
I remember coming out of a tunnel and everything was so bright and beautiful. It was paradise. I was then suddenly inside a beautiful home where I met God, I immediately felt so loved by him. Suddenly I thought of my young children and how much they still needed me and how much pain they will be in because of my death. I told God I had to go back, and he said I couldn’t because it was my time. I pleaded with him and started crying. He saw how sad I was, so he told me I can go back this time, but when It’s my time again I won’t be able to. I remember waking up feeling extremely grateful to be with my children again. I was given the chance to see and feel how much my death would hurt my children. I realized that no matter how depressed I may feel at times, suicide is never an option because I have four children that I love so much and I never want to cause them pain. They are so precious to me.
Alison Husson 2 years ago
I’ve had a weird experience when I was a kid I was sleeping and then I woke up and I was floating complete panic I seen a bright light I looked down I seen my body so I started flailing I eventually dropped back into my body I lifted my covers up and I seen my skeleton I s**t you not freaked me out badly to this day I still don’t get it
Alma Muminovic 2 years ago
I almost bled to death one time and had a seizure because of too much blood loss and during my seizure I was in a 1960’s aqua blue pick up truck with a older woman in her mid 50’s early 60’s with short whiteish blonde hair named Donna. We were driving down a dirt road and the longer we drove the bumpier it got until it was so bumpy I knew something was wrong. Then I felt myself starting to pee and I remember thinking not in the hallway like an animal so I woke up. I was suffering a lot of blood loss due to a surgery complication and my friend was taking me to the ER cause I didn’t wanna pay 10k for a 5 minute ambulance ride and as I was in the hallway by my apartment I passed out and started having a seizure due to my organs shutting down from the blood loss. It was a weird experience.
Karen Wenzel 2 years ago (edited)
I didn't die myself but came very very close when there was a semi in my lane that was trying to pass another semi as I was coming over blind curve and the minute I saw the lights my whole body just went okay this is it complete peace I wasn't scared about dying or anything but some little part of my brain must have said you know what you can't do this and turn the wheel to the right off of the road and then right back on the road as soon as I pass the semi and I was still complete peace and then I was sad because I didn't get hit
Red Ruffensor 2 years ago
Heart attack. A void, not scary at all, peaceful. Then the dreams started. . .
Grady'sRaider 2 years ago
In documentary on the afterlife, a clip was shown of someone asking Koko what happens when you die. She replied that you go into a warm dark hole. I was amazed that I shared the same experience as a gorilla.
Miss Frankfurter 2 years ago (edited)
As a nurse on an evening shift. I was looking after an elderly lady with oh so definite terminal lung cancer, with not much time left. She still wanted to be resuscitated though 😳. Her decision, so that's what we'll do. But everyone prayed they wouldn't be looking after her when she "died". We'd have to call a code. No one wanted to do that. Just leave her in peace. But...........I'm assigned to her. I was in doing my first assessment when she passed out. OMG!! OK. No respiration. I checked for a heartbeat. None. I checked for a blood pressure. None. Pupils fixed & dilated. Ok. Code it is. As I picked up the phone. She suddenly took a big breath came to. I told her she had just "passed out". She accepted the explanation. Later, after changing to night shift, her night nurse knew her well. She said to the woman, :I understand you had a bit of a difficult evening". She replied that the angels had come to take her, asking if she was ready to come with them. I told them no. Next time I'll say yes.
EagerPanda 🐼 2 years ago
Death sounds like what I hope to feel while I'm alive. Over the last year I realise that I constantly question whether I'm actually alive, especially while driving. It's like I can't tell whether I'm alive or not, and that maybe I'm just "living" this routine. It's an uneasy but very real feeling, I've never heard of anyone else experiencing this. Last year I clearly remember asking my ex if he can see me, and if I'm alive. Am I going crazy?
Scarlett 2 years ago
I’m truly frightened that it’ll be just nothingness for me after I die. Just blackness. Because I just know I won’t be going to either heaven or hell, but to that eternal space in between
Jayne Kyra 2 years ago
According to my mum, there was nothing. No light, no sound, just nothing.
Sleepyhead 2 years ago
A friend and I were wrestling, and he choked me out. It was all dark and peaceful, but someone told me I had to get up and fight, and then I felt like I was coiling around the guy just before I came to on the floor. I've been extremely tired before but never felt that sleepy.
Ellie 2 years ago (edited)
I'm not scared of dying, I'm scared of the pain that might cause me to die
Ja'Nice Christine H. 2 years ago
then do everything you can to not have a heart attack or stroke, as they are very painful.
Load More Replies... Lauren Caswell 2 years ago
this is comforting. I have had this experience and I'm fascinated to see what others experienced. Yes, I thought I was 'living' in an alternate, somewhat peaceful place, yes my recently deceased friend was there, and yes she told me I can't go with her and I have to go back. It's uncanny
Mr Zipperface 2 years ago
These posts are comforting, I have lost so many people close to me and I want to think they weren't afraid at the end. I had lost all my grandparents by age 11, lost three friends aged 29, 22, 21 by my early 30's, my wife nearly died of pneumonia/septicemia at age 29, she was revived with adrenaline twice, she died unexpectedly last year aged 41. Two friends who were the core of my support network and who stopped me killing myself, have died in the last year aged 48 & 51, one a sudden violent death. I nearly died three years ago, I honestly don't know how much more I can take. My reason to live is my kids.
Mr Zipperface 2 years ago
Something that has helped me when I have been suicidal is a YouTube video called "The Morning After I killed Myself", there are a few versions, it is only a few minutes long but very powerful, I hope it can help others in their time of need.
Load More Replies... Chinmayee Kalghatgi 2 years ago
I am not afraid of death at all, every living being and every single system that has ever existed had ended. The sooner you come to terms with it the better. I only fear the way some of us may die.
Lucky2BAlive 2 years ago
It’s been my experience, having witnessed more than a few passing on (long story), that people aren’t really afraid to die. What they fear is the active state of dying which can take a bit of time. The letting go can be a scary experience or one of simply peaceful release. And I became a firm believer some time ago, that while we are left behind, it’s our job to make sure they can go on, that all their work is done, and to not be frightened. And that can be difficult, because we will miss their physical existence. But we carry the memories we choose to.
Hannah Edwards 2 years ago
My dad always believed in an afterlife until he was resuscitated after a heart attack. He said that he experienced nothing and it made him frightened. He died two weeks later and it upsets me still to think that his belief was shaken at such a crucial time.
Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
Two near-deaths, and I am left without fear of death. If it was all neurochemical, then ... it was still peaceful and beautiful. Being in pain, is what scares me.
WoodenLion 2 years ago (edited)
i am in no way fearful of dying - but= like ellie, i don't wanna' go out in pain and stuff or anything incapacitating and lengthy.
Kimi Tomminello 2 years ago
I was in a really bad head on collision when I was a teenager. I was weak pulsed when they got there and flatlined a few times on my way (med flight) to the hospital and at the hospital I remember hearing them say they didn't know if I was going to make it. I was gone. All I can remember is the best most restful sleep I've ever had and I can't wait for my time to come when I can enjoy it. After a rough 48 hours I was relatively out of the woods but put into a coma to manage the pain before surgeries could be performed. I'm not suicidal nor do I idealize death but I'm definitely not afraid to die, it's not scary at all.
D K 2 years ago (edited)
At age 4 I choked on a candy. At first it was dreadfully terrifying as I was fighting to breathe and then suddenly I was looking at myself from the ceiling. At that point I wasn’t scared or feeling any pain or suffering. I was surprised and wondering “how can I see myself down there if I’m all the way up here?” It wasn’t until I was 20 that I randomly remembered that incident and realized I had a near death experience. At age 4, I had no concept of death. I had no idea what was happening. Although I don’t want to die anytime soon, especially now with a 12 year old daughter, I’m not really scared of dying in the grand scheme of things.
Nubmaeme 2 years ago
I was 17 and had to have emergency surgery. The doctor thought I had a ruptured appendix but it was just massively infected from a ruptured ovary. For reasons still unknown, when I would wake up from the anesthetic, I would wake up screaming. Instead of talking me out of my stupor, they'd just give me a shot of something and put me back under. Everything was black and quiet for so long, then I saw a light in the distance but was stopped from going to it. I was told that it wasn't my time yet. Some time later, I sensed someone near me and called out. It was my mother. I asked her why she was there so late, that everything was so dark, then I was out again. When I finally regained conscientiousness, a nurse told me they had lost me and she was glad to see me back. Since that time, I've not been afraid of death. Not ready to go just yet, but not afraid to.
DorkLimester6001 2 years ago
This is different. This is a near death experience for me, but I’ll tell you anyway. When I was like five, I was out in NC at the outer banks and I decided to go down to the pool at the house I was staying at, when I saw a black dog run across the room. I blinked and it was gone. I went down to the pool and I fell into the deep end. I couldn’t swim really well at the time and I started to drown. My mom pulled me out of the water. Years later I went to baseball practice and saw the same black dog. I blinked and once again, gone. I decided that it was a stray dog so I brushed it off, and turned around to see a baseball coming straight for my nose. I don’t know what this means, but hopefully I don't see that dog EVER again.
Thee8thsense 2 years ago
I spontaneously left my body once, just after laying down to sleep. I felt myself moving up through the sky and as I moved upward, I began to lose all sense of "self". It also felt as if my senses were leaving, except my sight and hearing, and all I could see and hear was sparkling golden energy. I eventually came to rest, and felt to my left the presence of the source of all energy. The feeling was being one with everything, and pure bliss. Suddenly I felt as if I had slammed back into my body, and felt like I had a burning fever for a while, and eventually fell asleep. I do not fear death, as it is pure bliss.
Black Pearl 2 years ago
Honestly death is one of the most terrifying things to me. I'm Christian and so I believe in heaven and all that, but it's still scares me so bad. Like, so I get to keep my concious? Do I know what's happening? It's just so scary and this list sort of helped, but still. I just don't wanna die, y'know?
*Inserts Username* 2 years ago
I have never died in my memory, although I know exactly what its like to die. I cannot really describe it, I am bad at describing things, especially in writing, but I know exactly what it is like to die. I dont know how or why I know this but I do. I am not lying.
Ja'Nice Christine H. 2 years ago
some of these stories (all great) with the vivid images are from the brain not dying. SHort periods of the heart not beating is not truly death or being dead, as they were revivied. the brain must die to be dead-not just that heart was not beating. That do that in surgery all the time now; stop a beating heart.
Anna Litical 2 years ago
Absolutely love stuff like this and witnessed death quite a few times. I believe them. And I'm not religious.
Oz 1 year ago (edited)
I over dosed on cocain a few hours ago too, I did not even know. I just fell asleep, I knew exactly where I was. It happened to me when I was in a motorcycle crash. I can tell you it was relaxing just floating in the dark I was not confused this time I actually embraced it. As I embraced it I started to look everywhere happily I remember looking at my body but it wasn’t a body I wasn’t able to touch myself but I felt soooo good.When I recognize the place and feeling I said to myself omg I feel so good! I was happy very happy than I have ever beenI was happy. I had no thoughts of anybody or anything just enjoying the experience and wanted more!Then I gained consciousness took a a verrrryy long deep breath as I awoke. I see now and think it was me landing back on my body I did not like it. My brain was still gone I had no idea where I wass and I was in bed, and I can tell you that breath felt good,but not as good as the dark place. It took a few seconds for brain to relocate itself.
george keifer 2 years ago
I remember coming out of a tunnel and everything was so bright and beautiful. It was paradise. I was then suddenly inside a beautiful home where I met God, I immediately felt so loved by him. Suddenly I thought of my young children and how much they still needed me and how much pain they will be in because of my death. I told God I had to go back, and he said I couldn’t because it was my time. I pleaded with him and started crying. He saw how sad I was, so he told me I can go back this time, but when It’s my time again I won’t be able to. I remember waking up feeling extremely grateful to be with my children again. I was given the chance to see and feel how much my death would hurt my children. I realized that no matter how depressed I may feel at times, suicide is never an option because I have four children that I love so much and I never want to cause them pain. They are so precious to me.
Alison Husson 2 years ago
I’ve had a weird experience when I was a kid I was sleeping and then I woke up and I was floating complete panic I seen a bright light I looked down I seen my body so I started flailing I eventually dropped back into my body I lifted my covers up and I seen my skeleton I s**t you not freaked me out badly to this day I still don’t get it
Alma Muminovic 2 years ago
I almost bled to death one time and had a seizure because of too much blood loss and during my seizure I was in a 1960’s aqua blue pick up truck with a older woman in her mid 50’s early 60’s with short whiteish blonde hair named Donna. We were driving down a dirt road and the longer we drove the bumpier it got until it was so bumpy I knew something was wrong. Then I felt myself starting to pee and I remember thinking not in the hallway like an animal so I woke up. I was suffering a lot of blood loss due to a surgery complication and my friend was taking me to the ER cause I didn’t wanna pay 10k for a 5 minute ambulance ride and as I was in the hallway by my apartment I passed out and started having a seizure due to my organs shutting down from the blood loss. It was a weird experience.
Karen Wenzel 2 years ago (edited)
I didn't die myself but came very very close when there was a semi in my lane that was trying to pass another semi as I was coming over blind curve and the minute I saw the lights my whole body just went okay this is it complete peace I wasn't scared about dying or anything but some little part of my brain must have said you know what you can't do this and turn the wheel to the right off of the road and then right back on the road as soon as I pass the semi and I was still complete peace and then I was sad because I didn't get hit
Red Ruffensor 2 years ago
Heart attack. A void, not scary at all, peaceful. Then the dreams started. . .
Grady'sRaider 2 years ago
In documentary on the afterlife, a clip was shown of someone asking Koko what happens when you die. She replied that you go into a warm dark hole. I was amazed that I shared the same experience as a gorilla.
Miss Frankfurter 2 years ago (edited)
As a nurse on an evening shift. I was looking after an elderly lady with oh so definite terminal lung cancer, with not much time left. She still wanted to be resuscitated though 😳. Her decision, so that's what we'll do. But everyone prayed they wouldn't be looking after her when she "died". We'd have to call a code. No one wanted to do that. Just leave her in peace. But...........I'm assigned to her. I was in doing my first assessment when she passed out. OMG!! OK. No respiration. I checked for a heartbeat. None. I checked for a blood pressure. None. Pupils fixed & dilated. Ok. Code it is. As I picked up the phone. She suddenly took a big breath came to. I told her she had just "passed out". She accepted the explanation. Later, after changing to night shift, her night nurse knew her well. She said to the woman, :I understand you had a bit of a difficult evening". She replied that the angels had come to take her, asking if she was ready to come with them. I told them no. Next time I'll say yes.
EagerPanda 🐼 2 years ago
Death sounds like what I hope to feel while I'm alive. Over the last year I realise that I constantly question whether I'm actually alive, especially while driving. It's like I can't tell whether I'm alive or not, and that maybe I'm just "living" this routine. It's an uneasy but very real feeling, I've never heard of anyone else experiencing this. Last year I clearly remember asking my ex if he can see me, and if I'm alive. Am I going crazy?
Scarlett 2 years ago
I’m truly frightened that it’ll be just nothingness for me after I die. Just blackness. Because I just know I won’t be going to either heaven or hell, but to that eternal space in between
Jayne Kyra 2 years ago
According to my mum, there was nothing. No light, no sound, just nothing.
Sleepyhead 2 years ago
A friend and I were wrestling, and he choked me out. It was all dark and peaceful, but someone told me I had to get up and fight, and then I felt like I was coiling around the guy just before I came to on the floor. I've been extremely tired before but never felt that sleepy.
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