Ainsley S NDE

Experience Description

I was a passenger in a small car. The driver was travelling too fast on an icy street. She took her eyes off the road to reach for something. She veered left and struck a parked car almost head on. I didn't have a seat belt on. If it wasn't for the roof of the car, I would have gone all the way, or most of the way, through it. I tried to bring my hands up in front of my face and closed my eyes as my body was thrown forward.

I saw events pass quickly, from when I was younger. Then it went dark.

The next thing I remember is that I was sitting in the grass about 10 to 20 feet behind the car. I was spitting up glass and chipped teeth. The driver came to get me up and we proceeded to a house with its porch light on. The wife answered the door and had us follow her to the kitchen. As we walked, I passed a floor length mirror and did not know who I was looking at in the mirror. The husband was in the kitchen. The ambulance showed up not long afterwards. At the emergency room, The doctor pulled 1 to 2 dozen glass slivers from my face which covered a 'V' shaped area from my hair line to my chin. He missed getting a sliver that would work its way out a few years later.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: November 1991

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Accident Life threatening event, but not clinical death. Car accident on icy street. Driver doing around 35 and veered to the left in front of a parked car.

How do you consider the content of your experience? Neither pleasant NOR distressing

Did you feel separated from your body? No I lost awareness of my body

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? More consciousness and alertness than norma. I have never seen so many experiences pass in front of my eyes before.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? When my life experiences flashed in front of my eyes.

Were your thoughts speeded up? Faster than usual

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Everything seemed to be happening at once; or time stopped or lost all meaning. Time stopped when my life flashed in front of my eyes. I wasn't aware of the time for the rest of the night.

Were your senses More vivid than usual? More vivid than usual

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. My eyesight was 20/20 at the time. The driver and I had been drinking and smoking marijuana on and off all day. Although, I didn't feel drunk or high when the accident happened.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I didn't hear anything.

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? No

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? No

Did you see any beings in your experience? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? Uncertain I do not remember which life events flashed in front of my eyes. I just remember that they did and can vaguely recall them.

Did you see, or feel surrounded by, a brilliant light? No

Did you see an unearthly light? Yes All my life events were bright.

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? No

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Shock and then awe when the life events flashed in front of my eyes. I felt calm after I looked at the car while sitting on the grass.

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? Relief or calmness

Did you have a feeling of joy? No

Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe? I felt no longer in conflict with nature

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? No

Did scenes from your past come back to you? My past flashed before me, out of my control. I know they went backwards in time because I remember seeing myself as a young adult in the beginning and a young girl right before everything went dark.

Did scenes from the future come to you? No

Did you come to a border or point of no return? No

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Unaffiliated- Nothing in particular- Religious unaffiliated

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What is your religion now? Christian- Other Christian I am Spiritual and haven't found a church where I felt God's presence in yet.

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was both consistent and not consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? No

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? No

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any beings who previously lived on earth who are described by name in religions (for example: Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha, etc.)? No

During your experience, did you gain information about premortal existence? No

During your experience, did you gain information about universal connection or oneness? No

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? No

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? No

During your experience, did you gain information about the meaning of life? No

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? No

Did you gain information about how to live our lives? No

During your experience, did you gain information about life's difficulties, challenges and hardships? No

During your experience, did you gain information about love? Uncertain. I was still in love with my first love at the time. I miscarried his child around the 3rd month and was not acknowledging God at the time.

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? No changes in my life. I believed God and Jesus existed back then, although I felt that He didn't care what happened to me. I was often an emotional wreck due to a miscarriage I had almost 2 years prior. My compassion has dwindled a little now towards family members, friends and other people due to extreme lack of communication.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? No

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? No

How accurately do you remember the experience in comparison to other life events that occurred around the time of the experience? I remember the experience as accurately as other life events that occurred around the time of the experience

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? No

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? There are many. I have always had a good memory.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes I went to an ex-co-worker's place after the driver kicked me out the next morning. The ex-co-worker looked at me in shock, said he needed to get to work but I could stay until I felt better or he got home. He had a kitten who hissed at me the one time I stopped by his place. The day he let me stay, the kitten was concerned, crawled up on my chest and was still there when I woke up after sleeping a while.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? Uncertain I did not know what a NDE was at that time. I had a severe reaction to Penicillin and my parents had to rush me to the hospital for treatment when I was a toddler. I was grabbed by cousins before I went flying out the front of my dad's moving boat. I was thrown from a circling swing and flew 20-40ft and over family standing along the dirt area of the swing. My brother almost ran into the back of a stopped semi-trailer on the side of the interstate. I was trying to rest when I had a feeling that I needed to open my eyes and yelled.

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real. By every time I looked in the mirror.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real. I think God was trying to get my attention. Unfortunately, my sadness and anger were so intense that I couldn't hear Him.

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? Yes The time that my brother almost hit the back end of the semi on the interstate.

Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? No

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