Brittany C NDE

Experience Description

I was late for school. My mom was driving and I was in the passenger seat. I looked out the window and saw a red truck speeding towards us. I turned to yell a warning at my mom as we were hit. The truck rolled five times across the highway. I remember walking up to my mom. I was yelling and begging to stay with her. When I tried to open my eyes, I couldn't see anything due to a severe head wound and the blood going over my eyes. Everything went black. I was in an ambulance with them starting my heart with the paddles. Everything went black again.

Everything was a blissful peaceful feeling and I was looking down at myself be operated on. My grandma and great grandma were there with me. They didn't say anything but just smiled at me. I felt like I was sucked back into my body again.

Then I woke back up in a white room as I heard a machine alarm sounding off. I had been in a coma for 3 days and had a breathing tube in my throat. My whole body hurt; my head throbbed and I couldn't move. Doctors and nurses came in to calm me down. I was in a panic. I didn't know where I was or what happened. I was scared. They explained everything to me and attempted to pull the breathing tube out. When they almost had the tube pulled out my body stopped breathing and wouldn't start breathing on its own.

I was once again looking at my body from the side of the hospital bed and watching the medical staff put the tube back in. I was completely at peace with myself and everything I had done with my life. My grandmothers were there again and I felt the need to go with them. Almost as if they were there to guide me into my next life, but I still felt a pull to my physical body. I looked back at my physical body But, when I looked back at my grandmothers, they were gone. It felt like my eyes were closing and I was filled with a peaceful, numbing blissfulness. I was so at peace I didn't know or care what was happening to me. I just knew it felt like a blissful escape.

I went back into a coma and woke up 4 days later, after I started breathing on my own again. I was in a regular hospital room. When I woke up, my grandma was at the end of my bed and nodded at me before vanishing. It was as if she told me I made the right choice by staying.

Sometimes I still wish I had gone with her. Now, I know she showed up because I don't believe I was meant to go with them. I think they were there to stop me from going and to help me to stay and choose life.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: 04/09/2009

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Accident Direct head injury Clinical death (cessation of breathing or heart function) I was in a car accident and physically died 3 times

How do you consider the content of your experience? Both pleasant AND distressing

Did you feel separated from your body? No. 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 more intense almost as if in that moment I was falling while feeling everything and nothing at all

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? When I stopped breathing after the breathing tube removal; when I stopped breathing again.

Were your thoughts speeded up? Incredibly fast

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Everything seemed to be happening at once; or time stopped or lost all meaning. Time felt like it didn't matter, as if it didn't apply to me

Were your senses More vivid than usual? Incredibly more vivid

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 very clear and sharp like I could see everything in extreme detail without trying

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. My hearing was sharpener like I could hear a drop of water hit the floor instead of just normal hearing

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? Yes, but the facts have not been checked out

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Uncertain It felt more like a tunnel of thoughts then an actual physical tunnel

Did you see any beings in your experience? I actually saw them

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? No

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? Calm, numb and peaceful

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? Everything about myself or others. It was when I truly understood who I was, had been and who I wanted to become

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 feel like when I looked away from my grandma back to my body I made the choice without knowing it

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Other or several faiths Anism

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What is your religion now? Other or several faiths Anism

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was entirely consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience I felt a pull to the earth and a next life instead of a religious experience

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes My belief became affirmed and stronger. Now nothing can budge or fade any assurance in my belief

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

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? I actually saw them

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? Yes I finally had confirmation that I had been many people in many lives. I was more of a sense then something I saw

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? Yes I just knew I was meant for more than what I had only done so far

During your experience, did you gain information about the meaning of life? Yes I finally felt how connected I was to the planted as if I was a part of it myself

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? Yes I felt the pull to my rebirth into my new life

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? No

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Large changes in my life

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes I seemed deeper connections instead of any or shallow connections

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes For the longest time, I felt like people would think I was crazy if I expressed it. I thought people would think I was just seeing things

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 more accurately than other life events that occurred around the time of the experience I felt wholeheartedly centered for the first time ever. It affirmed my belief in anism and strengthened my belief

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Yes I sense bad people or situations easier and do my best to avoid them

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? Seeing my grandmother's again

Have you ever shared this experience with others? No

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 definitely real I know wholeheartedly it was all real. Ifs so deeply embedded in me and deeply connected my my heart and soul. It's to this day one of the clearest moments of my life.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real I feel it to my very core

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

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