Kody Possible NDE

Experience Description

I was a machine operator responsible for running and operating a thermoformer or press that makes bubble wrap.I was involved in a workplace accident on January 5, 2020.

The night of my accident, I was doing my usual procedures. I met with the day shift operator and he told me that the machine had been acting up all day. It would keep melting the film where the bubble wrap was forming. I got my crew together and we got everything cleaned up and ready to start the machine back up. This film melting happened a few times. Each time, I would have to clean the rollers and reweb the machine or pull the film throughout the press. Finally, I got aggravated and called for a break around midnight. We all came back and cleaned the rollers and got everything set up again. This time the machine ran only for a short time before it was melting the film again.

I tried a few times to pull the film to keep it from breaking. My attempts were not working. I cleaned the heated rollers while the machine was running. As I was cleaning the rollers, my left hand got caught in between a couple of the rollers. I didn’t even realize what had happened at first and was in complete shock as I tried to hold onto the railing and keep myself from being pulled further into the machine. I let out a primal scream as people rushed around to try to stop it. I was stuck in the machine for a few minutes and finally someone figured out how to shut it down.

As I pulled my arm out, I could see where my flesh on my forearm and hand had been burned and melted from the intense heat from the heated rollers. My hand was a distorted mess with my fingers all curled in different directions. One of the people who shut the machine down, put a tourniquet my arm with a piece of their shirt. The supervisor pulled up in the maintenance cart. They both helped me to the cart as they drove me to the front doors. An ambulance was waiting as the emergency medical technicians (EMTs) placed me on a gurney and took me into the ambulance.

It was only after being put into the ambulance that the pain started setting in. I was given a strong painkiller, but it was not enough because I could still feel the excruciating pain. They gave me more of the painkiller but I was still in pain. The weird thing about the accident was that I didn’t feel any pain while I was in the machine. I think it had to do with the massive rush of adrenaline hitting me as I was fighting for my life. I had also lost a lot of blood, and was in and out of consciousness. I must have blacked out during the ambulance ride to the hospital.

I must have imagined this because I asked my parents about this later and they said they weren’t there. But I remember being taken out of the ambulance and seeing my parents hugging me and holding my hand. I regained consciousness in an emergency room as nurses were asking me hundreds of questions. But I was half answering as I was in a lot of pain. I blacked out again and woke up in a helicopter. I saw a lady with a headset, like you would see in aircraft. I then blacked out again. I awoke the next morning in a hospital room and heard my parents and the surgeon talking. The surgeon told me he had to amputate my fingers although he was able to save my thumb.

I was in the hospital for a couple of weeks. I was doped up on all kinds of drugs and they had me hooked up to all kinds of things. I remember vividly in the middle of all of this pain and suffering a moment of bliss. I was taken into the operating room for the third time during one of my big surgeries. I remember being really calm and accepting of my situation. I was talking with the nurses and the surgeon and was very open to everyone. I felt the familiar burn of the anesthesia as it traveled up my arm. I told everyone that I loved them as I slowly lost consciousness.

Usually when I lost consciousness, I wouldn’t remember much of anything and would wake up in what would seem like a few minutes. But this time was different. As I went under, everything went black. But I soon found myself standing in this field of wild flowers. I could see all kinds of flowers, roses, hydrangeas, and sunflowers. I saw every possible flower, including some I have never seen before. Everything has this vivid vibrant color to it and the flowers really popped.

I noticed that I was still in my hospital gown, but I wasn’t hooked up to anything. I then looked down at my left arm and hand. I noticed that it was fully intact as if it never was in any accident. I felt this intense feeling of emotion wash over me as I saw my left hand and arm.

I walked around the field and felt the grass and the flowers. I could feel every blade of grass and every pedal of a flower. I then felt this warm breeze blow over me. It was like a nice, spring breeze; but it also somewhat cool. It was the perfect temperature for me. I looked up at the sky; it had this deep blue, cloudy overcast look to it. I started to run through the field as I felt like I was a giddy kid again full of vitality and youth. I then felt this overwhelming emotion of love wash over me. It was so intense that I fell to my knees. I felt bliss and peace like I had never experienced in all my life. I felt like this place was the great spirit and I was being held by a parent.

My experience of this place felt very real to me. In fact, it felt more real than this reality. I know I could try to logically explain this as chemical hallucinations within my brain. But it felt too real to be a hallucination or a dream. It felt like a whole different reality. It felt like home.

Shortly after this experience I felt a tremendous empathy towards people. After my experience, a pastor came into my room. He told me he was there to visit with people in the hospital and their families. He told me he was there to pray with them. He had just come back from a room where he prayed with this nine year old boy and his whole family was there. He died that day and as the pastor told me this I just wept. I didn’t even know this boy, but I felt a deep connection to him and his family. The pastor asked if I wanted to pray with him, and I answered, 'Yes.'

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 01/05/2020

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Accident. Life threatening event, but not clinical death. I suffered a traumatic near death event

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

Did you feel separated from your body? Uncertain I felt a deep connection to others around me, and I could feel their energy or emotions shortly after my experience. 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? More consciousness and alertness than normal. I felt an utter and complete connection to the field and the being or beings there with me.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? During my time in the field

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Everything seemed to be happening at once; or time stopped or lost all meaning. I felt like I was there for hours, but in reality I must have woken up a few minutes later

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. There was a noticeable difference in that it felt like two totally different planes of existence

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I could hear every minute sound

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? No

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Uncertain. I may have but I can’t remember

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? Uncertain. I could definitely sense an unearthly presence

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? A clearly mystical or unearthly realm. It seemed like Earth, but it definitely felt different

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Total empathy and unconditional love

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

Did you have a feeling of joy? Incredible joy

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. I felt a deep sense of empathy or connection that I still feel today

Did scenes from your past come back to you? I remembered many past events

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- Nothing in particular- Religious unaffiliated

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Uncertain I feel that the afterlife is not as far off as we may think

What is your religion now? Unaffiliated- Nothing in particular- Religious unaffiliated

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. Nothing religious or spiritual happened, but I was able to consciously recognize that I may be dying.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes I feel a much bigger and more significant connection to the great spirit than I ever have before

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? I heard a voice I could not identify. I could telepathically sense someone was speaking to me through emotion

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 Unconditional love and empathy is the way to live this life and through it a place in heaven

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? Uncertain I felt that the emotion of empathy was definitely a being

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? Yes Being empathetic and compassionate towards people in this life is what the being was trying to tell me

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? Yes Love is within us all, even the darkest of souls

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Large changes in my life. Shortly after my experience, I could sense the emotions and feelings of people around me and in the hospital. I felt a complete emotional connection to every patient and doctor and nurse.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes I feel a deep connection with the people I love and meet

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes It still brings me to tears talking about it. It’s such a profound incomprehensible experience in my life.

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. The experience felt more real than a hallucination or dream

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Yes I feel a deep empathy and I feel people’s emotions as if they were my own.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? The complete and utter empathy and unconditional love is what always stands out to me

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes A few weeks ago I talked with my therapist and an online group

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 was an emotional mess and still very vulnerable

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real. I’ve gotten past the initial shock and grief of my accident. But certain events around my near death experience and my time in the hospital still affect me emotionally

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? Yes I drew a picture of the field of flowers a year after my experience.

Is there anything else that you would like to add about your experience? The being there taught me unconditional love and empathy. It was so powerful that I could hardly contain it. That same empathy lies in us all.

Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? No

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