Experience Description

I was lying on my couch with all lights and the television off. All of a sudden, I felt a tremendous pressure in my head. The pressure felt so intense that I could hear myself screaming 'I'm having and aneurysm!', but words couldn't come out of my mouth. Then, I heard a calm and soothing voice telling me 'this is how it feels to die.' The pressure started from deep down in my body but it was moving up higher and higher towards my head. The pressure then popped like a balloon and I saw a bright flash like a camera going off.

I was floating over myself, as I recognized my body lying on the couch. I went to check on my girlfriend and children. I saw them in the room playing, but they did not see me. This OBE lasted for maybe 20 seconds. I woke up and was freaked out!

Right after this experience, I started getting major, pressure headaches. The optometrist diagnosed me with glaucoma. Still these headaches wouldn't go away. Then The neurologist diagnosed me with trigeminal neuralgia, explaining that this happens with head trauma.

From my experience, I've been taught otherworldly knowledge. I can see auras and developed some psychic capability. I know things that maybe shouldn't know. I have visions and dream that teach me things. In one dream, spiritual entities told me the day my dad was gonna die. I experience deja vu where I feel like some conversations I've had before. I can finish the sentences of things people tell me. It's like life's a replay. I've learned about microtubles in my dreams. And now I'm going through the dark night of the soul. This all goes back to my NDE and has something to do with the light I saw.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 09/17/2017

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? No. Aneurysm

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

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes A voice told me 'This is how it feels to die.' 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? More consciousness and alertness than normal. I saw very different colors.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? Right before and right after

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. Time wasn't a factor

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. My vision was great before this. I have medical records to prove it. I've not developed glaucoma or cataracts

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

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? Yes, and the facts have been checked out

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? An unusually bright light

Did you see an unearthly light? Yes The light was everything!!!! The beginning, middle and end. The light was everything! Love and peace, just everything that can ever be. It was like an old camera with the flash bulbs. Just right in my eyes

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience? When it first was happening I was terrified, then the feelings went to euphoria

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 united or one with the world

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? Everything about the universe. The light showed me everything at once

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? Other or several faiths Baptist

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Yes More spiritual

What is your religion now? No comment

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? Yes My whole perspective of this world has changed.

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? I heard a voice I could not identify. The voice told me 'This is how it feels to die.' The voice could've been Male or Female.

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 universal connection or oneness? Yes When I saw my body lying down, it was like I didn't care. It was as significant as taking off my coat and lying it down

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? Yes The light and the voice confirmed that.

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? Yes I knew everything, everything was me

During your experience, did you gain information about the meaning of life? No

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 The light was love!

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Large changes in my life I have alot of visions. I see and feel auras and became more spiritual. Developed a brain condition.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes Lost an 18 year relationship over this experience. I don't want to hangout too much

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. September 17, 2017 changed my life forever

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Yes I have dreams and visions. Have strong premonitions. I know things and learned through otherworldly entities

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? Yes the light!

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes I waited 6 years before I shared anything. Most reactions are shocked. Some people actually understand.

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. The experience was life changing

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real All real. Definitely real. I seen it and witnessed it

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