Rhonda E Possible NDE

Experience Description

I drank too much alcohol at a New Year’s Eve celebration. My husband took me to the emergency room because I was having difficulty breathing. During our way to the hospital, I was crying, breathless, and just praying in my mind. I almost passed out when we arrived at the hospital. The nurses and doctors took me inside and started giving me oxygen and medications. They were trying to wake me up. After few minutes, they put me in a room. My husband was sitting by my bed.

I remember feeling that I was falling into a hole. I opened my eyes and the only thing I saw was darkness. Then from far away, I saw a circle or colorful tunnel that was coming right to me. When it got closer, it was a tunnel. The walls were spinning and the inside looked like a colorful tornado with a bright light at the end of the tunnel. I stepped inside the tunnel and looked up. I was looking at the colors, when I started hearing people whispering. I couldn’t understand what they were saying. Then, dark arms started coming out of the walls of the tunnel and they were trying to reached me. Instantly, I was pulled out of the tunnel as I watched the tunnel retract until I couldn’t see it.

I opened my eyes and I saw my husband fast asleep; I woke him up and I said, 'Baby, you fell asleep so fast' because my experience lasted less than two minutes. He looked at me like I was crazy and he said, 'You have been out for more than an hour.' I still don’t know what happened that night or how I lost the sense of time. The only thing I do know is that I remember my experience like it was yesterday. I believe that I had a near death experience.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: 1/1/1994

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes. Alcohol poisoning. Life threatening event, but not clinical death

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

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? More consciousness and alertness than normal. I could say that my mind and senses were clearer than normal.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? During the time I was out of my body. I could say I was at my highest level of consciousness during the entire experience.

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Time seemed to go faster or slower than usual. For me, I was out for two minutes. But my husband told me that I was asleep for more than an hour.

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. My vision was completely clear. I cannot say it was way different than my normal vision, it was a bit more vivid.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. It was the same. I couldn’t understand what those entities were whispering.

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere, as if by ESP? No

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Yes Colorful tunnel, like a tornado with a bright light at the end.

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 Extremely bright, like no other light I’ve seen before.

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? Some unfamiliar and strange place. Definitely was an unfamiliar place.

What emotions did you feel during the experience? I felt lighter as I was floating. I was relaxed, amazed, and intrigued until I saw those dark, black arms trying to reach me. Then I felt scared. But I was returned back to my body right after that scary moment.

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 was your religion prior to your experience? Christian- Protestant

What is your religion now? Christian- Protestant

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. Now I feel more than ever that life after death does exist.

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? I heard a voice I could not identify. I heard numerous beings whispering but I couldn’t understand what they were saying.

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? 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? No

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? No

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? An afterlife definitely exists During my experience, I felt that some things or someone was around that was unearthly. Something made me feel that at the end of the tunnel was a place, but those scary arms didn’t let me passed.

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 my experience I began to think about life after death. I believed before, but now I know it’s real. Also my senses are higher, like sometimes I can receive information of people around me that are strangers.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? No

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Uncertain. I cannot explain what those entities were saying.

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 have it before, but after this experience I started having more non-ordinary experiences.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? I definitely believe that I had unsolved issues during that time that could be the reason why those bad entities were trying to reach me. Going through that experience helped me to put more attention to my spiritual life and beliefs, as well to be closer to my love ones.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes Just my closer family.

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. For me, it was real.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real. Still fresh in my mind. It was real to me.

Is there anything else that you would like to add about your experience? Yes

Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? I got closer to my love ones. I always cared about them, but I could say the experience made me aware about my vulnerability and also that life can change instantly.