Linda M NDE

Experience Description

I was playing with fiends at summer camp the summer before I turned 7. I got dizzy because of the heat and got tunnel vision. The last thing I remember was joking with my brother and pretend fighting. I don't remember passing out, but I had an odd experience.

I found myself sitting on a porch swing with a little boy about my age. I didn't know who he was but he was talking to me and asking me simple questions like, 'How old are you?' The swing was gently rocking side to side and getting higher and higher up. During this time, I could see myself lying on the ground surrounded by campers. I was politely answering the boy's questions but getting nervous because we were getting higher and higher. There were thick, pinkish/white clouds that were making me feel so far away from the ground. At one point, I got nervous and told the boy I needed to get back because my mom would be worried.

I then woke up and saw one of the camp counselors screaming something at me, but I couldn't hear him. Suddenly, I could hear again and it was so loud. Everyone was shouting and the counselor was screaming, 'wake up!' He couldn't have been more than 16 years old now that I think about it.

My friend's mom who was working as a counselor came and swooped me up. I immediately felt my head injury and started crying. I wanted to go to sleep.

I don't share this with many people because it's so personal and I don't want to get eye rolls. But I'm listening to Theo Von's podcast and felt compelled to share my story. I don't know who the boy was, but I still think about this experience sometimes.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: 1997

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? No. Accident Direct head injury. Sun stroke, fell and slammed my head into tree. Life threatening event, but not clinical death

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

Did you feel separated from your body? No. I didn't feel separated from my body, but I could see my physical body below me. Sitting on a swing, floating above my body into pink/white clouds that were getting denser the higher I went.

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 just felt like something that was happening in reality

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? When I felt like I was going too high and became worried

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. Seemed normal to me

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. Seemed normal to me, except for when I woke up and couldn't hear anything.

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 see an unearthly light? Yes Not a light necessarily, but a brightness

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? Some unfamiliar and strange place Ascending into bright dense clouds

What emotions did you feel during the experience? I felt relaxed and then worried and slightly panicked when I felt I was getting too far away to see the ground below me

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? I came to a definite conscious decision to return to life. I think in that moment I had a choice and I chose to go back down to my body

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Unaffiliated- Agnostic Never grew up with religion or talked about anything spiritual

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What is your religion now? Unaffiliated- Agnostic Open but skeptical

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 don't really know what my beliefs were. We never talked about heaven or death or anything in my family until much much later

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Uncertain

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? I encountered a definite being, or a voice clearly of mystical or unearthly origin. Perhaps the little boy qualifies?

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? Uncertain I don't know

During your experience, did you gain information about universal connection or oneness? Uncertain It seemed that way, but I really don't know how much of it is my brain or something else

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? Uncertain I don't know

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? Uncertain I was so young, I don't really know. I haven't shared this with many people.

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? Uncertain I just don't know

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 I think the thought of worrying my mom was upsetting to me and was the reason I started to panic.

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? I'm a skeptic at heart. I'm open to many things but I also feel that we give ourselves a lot of importance to make things feel meaningful; which I'm not sure about. It's a nice thought though.

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Uncertain It was dreamlike in the sense that the imagery was like pillowy clouds all around me. But, it felt like I was actually there leaving my camp and ascending into some kind of bright cloud.

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 as accurately as other life events that occurred around the time of the experience. I was so young and I have also spent years not thinking about it (I'm 33 now) so maybe some of the details are a little fuzzy. But the experience has definitely stuck with me.

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 always wondered who the boy was

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes I don't remember if I shared it with people when I was a kid but I thought about it a lot. I've told a few people about it as an adult.

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. It was just so vivid and I could literally see myself lying on the ground surrounded by people I knew

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real It was just so vivid and I could literally see myself lying on the ground surrounded by people I knew

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? None

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