Lena S Anesthesia

Experience Description

I didn’t feel anything, I didn’t even hear that the doctor was calling to me to make sure I was out, as I did at my first colonoscopy. I remember a dream - a girl in a blue shirt is lying on a table, it’s all white around her, and someone says "Lena, wake up!" This was repeated around four times. And at this point I think "Well, I need to see the rest of it, I need to see whether or not she wakes up!” I saw two women from above, and one of them said "I don’t understand why she’s not waking up!" At this point I woke up. Before the procedure they had given me a blue shirt, but I had not seen myself in it since I had not gone to the mirror. It was only when I woke up that I realized that the girl was me.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: 24.09.2022

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Uncertain Surgery-related Other sedation during a colonoscopy I heard how the doctor nervously said "I don’t understand why she’s not waking up!"

How do you consider the content of your experience? Neither pleasant NOR distressing

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes I heard everything very well 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? Less consciousness and alertness than normal I felt that I was in a dream and I was 100% sure of it, and my dreams are very realistic

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? before waking up

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. I saw only myself on the table and the two women, I was seeing from above

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I heard everything very well

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? Yes the anesthesiologist and the nurse

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? Curiosity

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? Relief or calmness

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- Other Christian

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What is your religion now? Christian- Other Christian

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 I believe that consciousness does not disappear.

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? Yes I understood that I saw myself from above. But it’s not possible to do this without flying out of your body..

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 became convinced of my suspicions regarding the existence of consciousness outside of the body.

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 It was a notable event, so I immediately fixed it into my mind.

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 I immediately started to tell the anesthesiologist. She did not believe me. My family believed me. On the internet I was told that it had been astral projection.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? Yes When I was sick with the measles and lying in an isolation unit in the hospital, one day I felt as if I were a leaf of a tree. I saw the whole building from above, as if I were in the future, when there was no one left in the building and they were getting ready to demolish it by burning. I was very frightened and returned to my body, as if through an air duct. I was very shaken up because I was sure I had lost touch with my body.

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real My sensations matched with reality.

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? Yes When I was sick with the measles and lying in an isolation unit in the hospital, one day I felt as if I were a leaf of a tree. I saw the whole building from above, as if I were in the future, when there was no one left in the building and they were getting ready to demolish it by burning. I was very frightened and returned to my body, as if through an air duct. I was very shaken up because I was sure I had lost touch with my body.