Alexandra R NDE

Experience Description

I was in college at the time and went to a party with a guy. After the party was over, he drove a couple of his friends and myself home around 2 am in the morning. Unfortunately, on the way home, he decided to start drag racing down a dark backroad. I don't know why none of us told him to stop driving recklessly. I remember seeing the speedometer said 109 miles an hour. Then I looked at the road in front of us and saw a stop sign with woods behind it.

After that, I was knocked unconscious for a few minutes. During this time, I envisioned that we'd pulled over beside the road and everyone was standing around the car. I left the group and went into the woods alone. The further I got into the woods, I more felt deceased family members around me. I couldn't physically see them, but I could feel the individual presence of each of them around me. After I reached a point in the woods where I was almost in complete darkness, I realized what was happening. I was not scared. There was a comforting feeling that my family was with me, but I knew that it wasn't yet my time. I looked back towards the street and started walking back towards the dim light on the street.

When I opened the passenger car door, I was back in my body at the bottom of a 30-foot, wooded embankment. I was covered in my own blood and was able to think clearly regardless of my injuries and the experience I'd just had. The car was turned on the passenger side with my window broken on the forest floor. The others in the car were able to get out as well, but everyone except for me had a brain injury and with blood coming out of their ears. Everyone was trying to get out of the car when I came to consciousness, and I ended up being the last one out. I could not feel pain because of all the adrenaline, so I grabbed my purse and was helped out of the driver's side window.

Everyone started running up towards the road out of the embankment. When I went to do this, I noticed that my body was unable to run and started to feel pain. I fell to my knees and started crying towards the road. I realized that I'd almost died and that the possibility of death was still on the table as my body was failing to function properly. I crawled to the street where the police and other drivers had stopped to help.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: 09/26/2020

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Accident Life threatening event, but not clinical death. Fractured L4 vertebrae, concussion, broken ankle

How do you consider the content of your experience? Entirely pleasant

Did you feel separated from your body? Uncertain What I envisioned was not real, but rather an idealized version of what I wished would have happened. I thought we'd pulled over beside the road, but the car was actually flipped over at the bottom of an embankment. I clearly left my body and existed outside it

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 normal. I felt at peace and unafraid even though this was the most terrifying thing that happened to me

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? The further I walked towards the woods

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Time seemed to go faster or slower than usual. Things slowed down. I have no idea how long I was unconscious, but I suspect that I wasn't long at all. Maybe a few minutes maximum.

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 vision was different, but it's difficult to describe. I was just seeing things, but not connecting with my body at all.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. From what I remember things were pretty quiet

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? I sensed their presence

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? Yes They were all family members that had passed away that I've met in my lifetime. I happens that they were all women and that only female family members have passed away since I've been alive.

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

Did you see an unearthly light? No

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Peaceful, welcomed, and calm

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? Incredible peace or pleasantness

Did you have a feeling of joy? Happiness

Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe? I felt united or one with the world

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? No

Did scenes from your past come back to you? No

Did scenes from the future come to you? No

Did you come to a border or point of no return? I came to a definite conscious decision to return to life. I knew that if id continued walking into the illuminated woods that I would have died

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Christian- Protestant

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What is your religion now? Unaffiliated- Agnostic

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was entirely not consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience. I did not leave earth or enter heaven/hell. I just felt the presences and knew it wasn't my time

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes I became a kinder person and valued more practical things. Honesty became very important to me

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

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? I sensed their presence

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? Yes Yes, that we're all connected in a loving way

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? Yes That we're together after life ends. I was still on earth and had no vision of another physical place, but from what I could gather I think we go to a place where words are obsolete and feelings overtake every form of communication

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? Yes I felt intensely loved and warm by the presences around me

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Large changes in my life. I realized that life is short and that death in fact will happen to me. I became a more practical person and began to take control of my life. Before hand, I didn't know what I wanted to major in or do with my life. After the accident, I decided that I better figure it out and start somewhere.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? I'm a more compassionate person and I became very honest and direct about my needs and feelings

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes The feelings are difficult to describe. It's warm and peaceful even though I didn't see anyone. Rather I could just feel their presence and that made me feel those emotions.

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. I remember the near death experience very well. There are other details that as time passes I don't remember as well. Like the actual speed on the spedometer that I saw before I was knocked on conscious. I know its over 100 miles an hour but I cannot remember exactly what the number is, but in the couple months after the accident I could remember.

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? That we don't just go away and disappear.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes I told my mom about this a couple of months ago so about 3-4 years later. She was shocked at the experience and that I hadn't told her. She was more concerned that I hadn't received proper medical care.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? No

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was probably not real. I was in so much pain that I didn't even cross my mind

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was probably real. Parts of it were real like the feelings of my family there and the love I felt. However, the car being at the road and me walking into the woods were fabricated in my mind.

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? No

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Is there anything else that you would like to add about your experience? No

Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? Asking if there were parts of your NDE that weren't real and fabricated by your mind

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