Robert L NDE

Experience Description

I was being treated for diabetes in another country and travel once a month for treatments. Unknowingly, I had a bleeding ulcer. One night I passed out in the bathroom. My wife heard me fall on the floor. When I woke up, she told me what happened. She drove me to the hospital nearest to where I was being treated for diabetes, which was about 2 1/2 hours away. When we got to the hospital, I was told to go to the emergency room. I was still lying down. We requested a stretcher but was given a wheelchair by a Male nurse. I passed out. I heard a familiar woman's voice repeatedly say, 'He's not breathing' and also heard a man say, 'He's breathing.' The woman's voice came from our family friend who had accompanied my wife and I to the hospital.

I felt no pain or concern. I was outside of my body observing the emergency room. All of the beds were full. So to make room for me, I saw the medical staff take a young girl, perhaps 7 years old, out of the room. At some point, it seems like I had been transferred to a stretcher. I could then see myself on a stretcher being rushed to be treated. I was surrounded by at least three nurses who were preparing the defibrillator. Then they were cutting my pants off lengthwise. Suddenly, I realized that they were talking about me.

Then I was back in my body. I was desperately trying to move a finger. Shortly after that I succeeded and then was able communicate. It was a Wednesday. By Saturday they operated on me.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: March 1990

NDE Elements:

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

How do you consider the content of your experience? Neither pleasant NOR 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? Normal consciousness and alertness

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? shortly after I went unconscious

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? No

Were your senses More vivid than usual? No

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I saw what was happening in the emergency room. My vision was normal.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. felt unattached, didn't know that the friend and nurses were talking about me

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? none

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- Catholic

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Uncertain

What is your religion now? Christian- Catholic

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

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? 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? 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? No

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? No changes in my life

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

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes I shared what happened about one month after my experience. They found my experience interesting and directed me to your website

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? No

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