Charles D Possible NDE

Experience Description

I was 14 years old, and was down with a bad flu. As I lay on my bed, I started feeling tiny. I felt like my bedroom was the size of a large warehouse, compared to me. Then I was floating above my body, looking down at it curled on the bed. I started floating upward, and I could see the ceiling lamp from the side; like my eyes were exactly at the level of the ceiling. I could see the light bulb perfectly above the shade, and the graininess of the ceiling. This view was at an angle that I couldn't do physically because my head would have bump into the ceiling. My pupils were exactly on the ceiling surface. Then I was suddenly in my body again and no longer feeling tiny. I remember this event very clearly.

Since I was 17, I was diagnosed with a benign heart arrhythmia. Others in the family have it. However, whenever I get a flu, my heart beat goes way down sometimes very severely, like 30 bpm. This bradycardia also causes a severe sleep apnea causing me to stop breathing as soon as I fall asleep. This means a I have a night or two of insomnia. I believe my heart might have stopped for a while or gone into fibrillation when that OBE incident happened.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 1974

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Uncertain Illness Illness, trauma or other condition not considered life threatening. Possible heart arrythmia

How do you consider the content of your experience? Neither pleasant NOR 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? Normal consciousness and alertness. I would say it was normal, as in a normal day, but more than just me with the flu.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? When I was out of my body.

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Time seemed to go faster or slower than usual. It is hard to describe but things seemed to be a bit in slow motion.

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. Prior, I was in my bed, looking at the walls maybe. During the incident, I saw clearly my body and the ceiling.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. There were no sounds.

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? No

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

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Just a bit of curiosity I guess.

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? No

Did you have a feeling of joy? No

Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe? No

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? No

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Christian- Catholic Catholic but not very practicing

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What is your religion now? Christian- Catholic Devout

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. Well, I believed and still do that there is life after death, and the soul leaves the body at death. However, the event didn't last long enough for me to realize I might be dead.

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? No

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? No changes in my life. I am more devout, but it is because of personal experience, not that possible NDE. However, I have actually dreamt my death in a very vivid manner very similar to an NDE. I don't claim it was an NDE, or even anything more than a dream. But after that experience, my fear of death diminished considerably. I find it meaningful.

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 more accurately than other life events that occurred around the time of the experience. I remember it very clearly. I practically remember nothing of what happened to me in life at the time.

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? I am convinced it was real.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes Many years. I think I first related it to my wife. She didn't say yes or 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 probably real. Right after I didn't really think much of it. Later when I remembered it, I came to realize it seemed like I had left my body. When years later, I read about NDEs, Moody's book I think, I thought that something like that may have happened to me.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was probably real. I remember it so clearly, and what I saw was kind of unusual (the ceiling close up, my body etc.)

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

Is there anything else that you would like to add about your experience? It is kind of simple as NDEs go. I don't think I have anything to add.

Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? It's OK.

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