Jenny L NDE

Experience Description

I was young and during the end of the school day. I remember starting to feel sick, like when coming down with the flu. My body hurt and I was exhausted. I had no energy and felt a heaviness. I walked home from school. I told my mother that I felt sick and then went to bed. I slept maybe only a couple of hours. I got up out of bed to go to the bathroom and take some Advil. I remember getting the Advil and a cup of water.

My mother said that she heard me hit the floor in the bathroom. When she got in there, I wasn't breathing. That is what I know from my mother as she didn't talk about this.

The next thing I remember was that I was sitting with my legs crossed under me. I was up in the top corner of the bathroom looking down on myself lying on the bathroom floor. I could see my mother moving my body. She was shaking my shoulders and gently slapping my face, as if to get me breathing again. I remember seeing a look of panic and fear on her face that I had never seen before. About as quick as I realized all of this, it was over. I do remember that while I was out of body, I felt a lightness about myself. I felt as if I was emptied of all the heaviness I carried every day. I felt a great sense of calm and peace.

I do not know how long I wasn't breathing or if my heart stopped. It must have been a short time, because my mother hadn't even called 911 yet. I really wish I had more detail because I have so many questions myself. After I started breathing again, I remember sitting up on the bathroom floor and I remember a conversation with my mother about going to the doctor. I agreed to go to the doctor, but I knew that I was fine. I had this great feeling of wellness and health like I couldn't even describe. I still don't know how to describe it. It's like if you took the best you've ever felt and multiplied it by a hundred. I felt so good, like I could have run a marathon or something. I somehow knew that I wasn't sick anymore and that I was completely fine. I do vaguely remember going to the doctor and being checked out. He didn't find anything wrong with me and couldn't explain why I had been sick. I don't remember any blood draws or those kind of tests being done. I feel like the doctor and my mother must have had private conversations about everything, because I don't remember them saying anything in front of me about anything. I still to this day have no idea what I was sick with or what exactly happened to make me stop breathing.

Did I choke on the Advil or was I just that sick with something? I will never know I guess. I have never talked about my out of body experience much. People are skeptical and judgemental and tend to make me feel bad. I think my young age made it difficult to talk about too. Also, everything I have read or heard on TV over the years, people have these long journeys, they see loved ones, etc. Mine was so short and quick. Recently I was talking to my Doctor and shared my story with her. She too had an NDE when she was young. She thinks that I probably had a longer journey, but that I don't remember it all.


Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: 1985

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? No. Illness Other: I stopped breathing, but am unsure if the heart stopped

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

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes I could see my mother trying frantically to get me breathing again. 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 was out of my body and aware of what was happening below me and to me.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? When I wasn't breathing.

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? No

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. I feel like it was the same.

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

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

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience? I felt a sense of lightness and peace. I also remember being aware of my mother's fear and panic.

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 no longer in conflict with nature

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? Unaffiliated- Agnostic I did not grow up religious or church-going.

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 consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience. I don't believe my experience was long enough to have experienced any of that.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes I think I felt a greater sense of love and compassion.

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? 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. I've always had this feeling that the most important thing in life is to love and be loved above all else. I also feel a closeness to nature. It feels like I am able to see the detail and beauty in nature where others can't. Not just nature, but I feel the detail and beauty in nature so much.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Uncertain. I am uncertain because it happened when I was 17 years old.

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

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? One of the more significant things for me was the feeling of health and wellness I had after. Also, the feeling of lightness during the experience.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes Not long after my experience, I shared what happened with my mother. She was indifferent, so I never spoke about it much after that. I tried to tell my husband once and he rolled his eyes at me. I told both of my daughters who were very interested in my story and they completely believe meI recently shared with a friend and she told me to read Anita Moorjani's book, which led me here to your website. I was talking to my doctor about the book, which led to a conversation about my experience and my doctor shared with me that she had her own experience when she was young. We had a very validating conversation about it.

Did you have any knowledge of near-death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? Uncertain I was 17 when it happened, so I'm not sure if I knew anything about NDE prior to my own experience. I think I must have some knowledge, but I just don't know.

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was probably real. I wasn't sure if it was real at first. It felt very real, but I was young and I remember being unsure at first. I didn't have anyone to talk to about it or ask questions.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real. I know my experience was real. I know that because I know more about NDE. I have related to so much of what I have read/watched over the years. I am 50 years old now, I know it really happened.

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? no

Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? I don't have any suggestions. I think it is a very thorough questionnaire.