Gene B NDE

Experience Description

On August 23, 1985, I arrived home from work. I walked to the back yard after I had changed into shorts and a tee shirt. I was not wearing shoes.

I went out to pick an apple from a little tree behind the pool. Unknowingly, I had stepped on a yellow jacket nest under the tree. I was stung many times and knew that I was allergic to wasp stings. I needed to call the hospital as soon as possible to let them know I was coming. I had been advised I should immediately go to hospital if bitten or stung so I could be monitored.

This sting one felt more like a little electric shock and not as painful as other stings I had gotten before. I walked back to the house to advise Jimmy that I needed to go to the hospital. He knew I was allergic and had gone with me to the hospital before.

Because it had felt so minor, I was not really concerned as I went up the stairs to wash my bare feet and change to slacks, rather than wearing the old shorts to the hospital.

By the time I reached the top of the stairs, I knew something was not right. I had just removed my shorts and started to put my legs in the jeans. I could not pull them up. I tried to call Jimmy for help but very little sound was coming from my mouth. Later, he said that my eyes were rolled back into my head. Even though I was lifeless, I knew what he was doing and what was happening around us.

He 'shook' me down into the jeans and dragged me to the garage. He put me in the passenger seat. He drove with one hand as the other hand held my head forward. He held my hair at the back of my head so the vomit could roll out rather than choke me.

We lived very close to the hospital. I was concentrating hard trying to breathe, but it felt like I was frozen and could not make my body do anything it should. I couldn't control my body. I couldn't breathe, or control my bowels or urine. Yet, despite all this, I heard all the talking and observations that were being made around me.

The hospital staff were waiting for me and met the car at the entrance to emergency room. I heard them say that my lips and the ends of my fingers were blue. In the emergency room there was a lot of activity but I had stopped fighting to breathe and was feeling quite relaxed. I was thinking of my Mum and Dad. Three months earlier, to the day, my brother had been killed in a car crash and I felt that losing another child would be just too much for them. I was trying to tell the medical people to try hard to save me because I was worried about Mum and Dad. But I don’t think I was getting any words out. I wasn’t thinking of my children or my husband, I knew they would be fine.

While I lay there, I felt very calm and could see white light up ahead, not too far away. I felt that my recently deceased was very close to me. I was feeling quite torn that I needed to stay for Mum and Dad, but yet, I was looking forward to seeing my brother. I felt like it was a shame that I could not keep going toward the light because it was so peaceful, but I felt I should try to stay too.

I also thought that I could see all the medical people from an outside view, not from where my body was. While they seemed frantic, I felt very calm and peaceful. Then I started to come out of wherever I was and into the center of a group of medical people. I looked down at my feet and could see a rash coming out on the top of my foot. It was in the shape of a heart.

They said that the rash did not usually happen at the end of the episode and they were quite interested in my comments about my feeling of being 'frozen.'

The experience left me with a feeling of calm. I know that when I do die, it is not going to be a bad experience and that there will be somewhere else to go to.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: 1985

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? No. Allergic Reaction Life threatening event, but not clinical death

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

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? Normal consciousness and alertness it was normal

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? near the end

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? No

Were your senses More vivid than usual? No

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. not different

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. same

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere, as if by ESP? No

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Uncertain. It was not really a tunnel, just more like a light and a small opening in the distance

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? An unusually bright light

Did you see an unearthly light? Yes

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience? I felt calm after the initial fear of dying

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? 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- Protestant

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What is your religion now? Christian- Protestant

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? Yes Where I was heading seemed like it was going to be wonderful. I wanted to go, but I also thought it would be better if I didn't because my dying was going to be too hard on my parents; as they had just lost my brother 3 months earlier in a car crash

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? Uncertain I just felt that wherever I was headed was going to be nice

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? An afterlife definitely exists 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? Slight changes in my life

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.

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

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes many people said it gave them goose bumps

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

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real

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