Rebecca P Other

Experience Description

I was at the beach with my family. There was a red flag up to warn people not to go in the water. I was about 13 years old give or take. We were with family friends in Florida. I decided to follow my dad and his friend out into the water. The current was super strong and it was hard to walk. I couldn’t keep up with them and they went on ahead of me. I tried calling out to them but the wind was so strong they couldn’t hear me. I got taken under by a wave and every time I tried to come up for air I got taken down by another one. I couldn’t get out of the rip tide. I was taken under again.

I accepted I was dying and felt peace. Lots of peace, and I thought wow death isn’t as bad as I thought. I came up out of my body and saw myself spinning under the waves, I was also in my body at the same time spinning under the waves, so I was both witnessing my death and experiencing it. I felt peace. Then I remembered a story I heard about two mice that fell into a vat of milk. One mouse gave up and drowned and the other kept swimming until it churned butter and could crawl out. Then I had the thought, what mouse are you going to be? So I remembered something I heard on TV when I was young. If you ever get stuck out at sea to swim parallel to the shore. I went back into my body and started swimming hard parallel to the shore and I didn’t stop. I swam toward the sound of a child playing on the shore. The child’s voice was like my hope in that moment.

I made it back. I was hurting emotionally because I felt like my parents didn’t care and because no one knew I was gone. My mom on the beach didn’t know and my dad in the water didn’t know. I often remember this story and throughout my trials in life I’m always asking myself which mouse I’m going to be.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: 2022

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Drowning Life threatening event, but not clinical death Coming close to drowning

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

Did you feel separated from your body? No No

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 don’t think so except for the fact that I could see in two different places. Like watching myself die and feeling myself die at the same time.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? At the time of death when I started dying.

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? No

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. I could be in two places at once so to speak.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I didn’t hear anything just had really bright intelligent thoughts

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? No

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Lots of fear and hopelessness and then peace more peace than can be described

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? Incredible peace or pleasantness

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- Catholic I was a Catholic but not practicing.

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Uncertain I had other experiences that changed my beliefs.

What is your religion now? Christian- Catholic Even though I’m Catholic, I tend to mix different spiritual beliefs. I am also in the process of joining a Native American Tribe. I have some Hindu beliefs, and some Muslim. I believe in Spirit.

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was entirely consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience The only thing that wasn’t consistent was I believed death would be painful and it wasn’t.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes I became closer to Christ and more spiritual learning as much about spiritual matters as possible.

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? Uncertain I told God I have so much to do, but I didn’t see Him or Hear Him. If I did it sounded like my own thoughts so I think I was One with God. I also think the thoughts about the parable and the survival tactic came from God or my angel or a ministering Spirit.

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? Yes I had a knowing I have a lot to do in this life

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 reached the conclusion there is life after death and told God I have so much to do.

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? Moderate changes in my life After the event everything was calm and I didn’t think too much of it except on occasion. Then I opened myself up spiritually and went through severe spiritual trauma. I can see and hear in the Spirit now but I have experienced a lot of darkness.

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? Yes I can see and hear in the Spirit realm after I asked God for the gift to.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? The message to myself not to give up

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes Unsure but people were genuinely positive about this experience

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

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 Sometimes trials happen and I’ll go back to that message of which mouse are you going to be

Is there anything else that you would like to add about your experience? No