Nicole L NDE

Experience Description:

I was with a friend, around 6:00 pm and during the day I experienced dizziness and felt like I was going to faint. I got up to look for toilet paper and when I came back, I started to have a very bad headache. I was dizzy and lost my vision (eyesight); I only saw green points and my ear also failed. At that moment, I was able to say I was not feeling well. My friend had to hold me because I fainted and almost fell to the ground. At this moment, I saw blackness around me and I saw myself lying on the bed and my friend telling me to wake up. I got scared and thought it was a dream. After that, I saw a tunnel and at the end of the tunnel there was a white and gold light. Next to me, there were two persons in black that made me understand that I had to accompany them. (they never talked to me) It was as if they were forcing me to accompany them. I freed from them. After that, I remembered in a slide or photo manner, two facts of my life: one when I was little and the other was actual. I then heard my friend's voice from far. I suddenly woke up. I was very tired. He told me that I had a convulsion and had lost consciousness. I was sweating, got very pale and had a headache for approximately two days.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: principios de enero

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Illness Illness, trauma or other condition not considered life threatening I had syncope or lipotimia [Translator note: I don't know the translation in English for this word].

How do you consider the content of your experience? Mixed

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes 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 During that moment, what was happening was clear to me. However, after coming back it was difficult to remember it and explain it. This made me feel frustrated because when I was actually experiencing it, I felt it was difficult to forget even the tiniest detail, but when I came back I found out it was difficult to remember.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? When I saw myself lying on the bed.

Were your thoughts speeded up? Faster than usual

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Everything seemed to be happening all at once I thought I was dreaming. I thought it was a dream and that I would wake up at any moment.

Were your senses more vivid than usual? More so than usual

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. It was brighter and at the objects.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. It was slower and lower than usual.

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? Neither

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Yes I was at the entrance of the tunnel but when I had to walk I did not go too far because I did not want to go.

Did you see any beings in your experience? Neither

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? Yes They were two beings. I saw their silhouette; they did not talk to me but insisted that I was to go with them ; they were beside me at the entrance of the tunnel. During a moment I felt that they were forcing me to follow them but I did not.

Did you see, or feel surrounded by, a brilliant light? A light clearly of mystical or other-worldly origin

Did you see an unearthly light? Yes It was big, white and gold. It was at the end of the tunnel but shone into part of the tunnel.

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? Unfamiliar, strange place

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Fear. I could not believe it. I panicked and returned immediately.

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? Neither

Did you have a feeling of joy? Neither

Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe? No longer in conflict with nature

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? Everything about the universe

Did scenes from your past come back to you? Past flashed before me, out of my control Only two (like photos). That feeling scared me and it suddenly stopped.

Did scenes from the future come to you? Neither

Did you come to a border or point of no return? A conscious decision to 'return' to life

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Conservative/fundamentalist

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What is your religion now? Conservative/fundamentalist

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? Neither

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? Neither

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? Yes I learned there was something greater and that I should have crossed the tunnel but I did not - out of fear - but next time I have to cross it. I learned that we should not be afraid.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes I am calmer, tranquil and patient. I observe everything.

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes The part related to the tunnel, the sensations, the remembrance, the arrival to the tunnel.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Yes I'm kind of sensitive to energies, I see and feel things. I used to feel this before but now it is stronger.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? The tunnel and the decision not to cross it or enter it.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes It was hard for me to talk about it because I thought people would think I was crazy. I told a doctor about it and he motivated me to tell about it and told me that my experience was possible so after a few weeks I started to tell people and they understood.

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 Difficult and violent - not very easy to live with because many questions arise.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real It was and it is real because I remember clearly what happened and have witnesses.

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