Richie F NDE

Experience Description

I have a seizure disorder. On October 22, 2023, after cleaning up from my grandmother's birthday party, I walked to meet up with a paramedic to buy a scooter. As I turned the corner, I had a seizure and lost consciousness. I fell, hitting my head on the corner of the sidewalk, that caused me to concuss and throw up. I inhaled my vomit. The paramedic kept pumping my chest until the on-duty paramedics arrived. They thought I had an overdose of some kind. My mother just happened to drive around the corner and saw me. She shouted that I had a seizure before they could give me narcan.

At that moment, I saw everything from above my body. I remember my mom screaming and crying. I remember being seeing myself loaded up in the ambulance. I remember looking down on my body as they hit me with the paddles on two separate occasions. It was like back and forth up above me, then waking up. Then I was up above my body again. I was concerned of what was going on around me, but I remember the feeling of being numb. Then, I saw a familiar man in the corner of the ambulance. He was my grandmother's ex-boyfriend who passed away a year prior due to a heart attack. He was smoking a cigarette which really stood out in my mind. He said, 'You got and are going to have a full life ahead of you kid. Your family is going to need you, especially now.' This was odd because I never was close to him at all.

Everything else is a blur. I woke up a few different times and remember some things. But, three days later I remember looking at my mom and asking her what happened. She told me that she repeat it any more because she had already told me 8 times. Every time she told me, I started crying. So, she grabbed my hand and told me again. I was always crying when she told me.

I remember the doctors asking me my birthday and I didn’t remember. But, I recovered relatively quickly considering I had two separate episodes of cardiac arrest, which I found out about later.

Sadly my grandmother passed away two months later on December 20, 2023.

After I left the hospital, I went to the neighbor next door who watched me when my mom went to work. I’ve had several seizures since then but overall I’m about 85% better. What I’d like people to know about near death experiences is that before these incidents occurred, I was so scared of death. Afterwards, I recall that feeling of floating, no pain, Happiness, and warmth beaming down to me. Now, I feel that death is just the next chapter to life. I was very skeptical about religion. Now that I know there is another life after death, I can confidently say I’m a firm believer that life goes on.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 10/22/23

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes CPR given. Direct head injury. Clinical death (cessation of breathing or heart function) I had a seizure and had gone into cardiac arrest.

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

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes Uncertain 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 It was very blurry

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? When I was being loaded into the ambulance

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. It seemed like time flew by so fast

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. It was very surreal. I could focus on conversations that I was too far way to hear, but my vision was incredibly sharp. I remember seeing myself going into the ambulance

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. It was very sharp. I could hear the paramedics and people all around me, crowding me and my mom

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? I actually saw them

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? Yes My grandmother’s boyfriend passed away a year prior. We didn’t have a relationship, but both of us really loved my grandmother

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? Relaxed like it was no stress no pain just feeling of relief

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 no longer in conflict with nature

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? Everything about myself or others. It was a feeling of completeness

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? Do not know

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Yes

What is your religion now? Christian- Protestant

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was entirely 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

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? No

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? I actually saw them

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? 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? Yes Seeing my grandmother's ex boyfriend and hearing him tell me that they are going to need me. I believe he was referring to my grandmother's imminent passing

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? Large changes in my life

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes I take the time to visit my family and loved ones more often than I did before

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes I haven’t told anyone before. I’m afraid people would judge me differently

How accurately do you remember the experience in comparison to other life events that occurred around the time of the experience? I do not know how my remembrance of the experience compares to my remembrance of 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? No

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? Seeing my grandmother's ex-boyfriend

Have you ever shared this experience with others? No

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 probably 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? No

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