Patrick M NDE

Experience Description

After my heart stopped, I was awake and sitting in the transfusion chair. I got up from the seat and turned around 180 degrees to see my body still in the chair. I also saw the nurses rush in to revive me. Everything looked like someone turned up the brightness on everything while slowly reducing the definition. I could see the nurse run in with the adrenaline and inject it into my IV. Then, all of a sudden, I was back in my body.

I was really confused as to where I was when coming to. The whole out of body experience lasted several seconds to a minute. Ever since then, I have had almost no dreams or nightmares when I sleep.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 2001

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Allergic Reaction. Clinical death (cessation of breathing or heart function) I was receiving a blood transfusion as part of my course of treatment for leukemia (ALL). The nurses filtered the blood improperly and I had an allergic reaction. My skin became suddenly hot and itchy all over and then my heart stopped.

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

The experience included: Out of body experience

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes I got up from the seat and turned around 180 degrees to see my body still in the chair. 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? Normal consciousness and alertness. It was not different

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? Right as the adrenaline was administered

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Time seemed to go faster or slower than usual. The experience felt as though it lasted several minutes where, in reality, it only lasted maybe 60 seconds.

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

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. Colors were intensely brighter, but everything was less defined

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. sounds were muffled

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere, as if by ESP? 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

The experience included: Unearthly light

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? Absolutely nothing, just witnessing what was happening around me and my body

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? No

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 importance did you place on your religious/spiritual life prior to your experience? Not important to me

What was your religion prior to your experience? Unaffiliated- Atheist. After relapsing with leukemia, any faith I had was gone.

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What importance do you place on your religious/spiritual life after your experience? Not important to me

What is your religion now? Unaffiliated- Atheist

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 I knew there was at least SOMETHING after death, even if only briefly.

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

Did you believe in the existence of God prior to your experience? God probably does not exist

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? No

Do you believe in the existence of God after your experience? God does not exist

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? No

Did you believe that our earthly lives Are meaningful and significant prior to your experience? Are possibly meaningful and significant

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

Did you believe in an afterlife prior to your experience? An afterlife probably does not exist

Do you believe in an afterlife after your experience? An afterlife definitely exists No

Did you fear death prior to your experience? I did not fear death

Do you fear death after your experience? I do not fear death

Were you fearful living your life prior to your experience? Not fearful in living my earthly life

Were you fearful living your life after your experience? Not fearful in living my earthly life

Did you believe that our earthly lives Are meaningful and significant prior to your experience? Are possibly meaningful and significant

Did you believe that our earthly lives are meaningful and significant after your experience? Are not meaningful and significant

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

Were you compassionate prior to your experience? Moderately compassionate toward others

During your experience, did you gain information about love? No

Were you compassionate after your experience? Not compassionate toward others

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Slight changes in my life. Since my NDE, I no longer dream. Also, my experience encouraged me to practice guided meditation and spiritual projection, which became easier as I'd already achieved it in my NDE

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.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Uncertain I'm invincible. I've been stabbed, electrified at high voltage while welding, hit by a bus, a pick-up truck, and a machete, and I still haven't died.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? I now can confirm that the body and the soul are completely different things, and that the body is a prison for the soul.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes I shared my story immediately afterwards, and people are generally interested and sometimes reassured about the afterlife

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 never doubted it as my Out of body experience was confirmed by those present for the event

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real. I never doubted it as my Out of body experience was confirmed by those present for the event

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? Yes DMT was very similar in the visual brightness, vivid colors, and the feeling of falling out of my body. However, with DMT, I saw a woman made of fractal shapes who was loving and peaceful, and I did not experience her during my NDE