Sim M FDE

Experience Description

I followed a truck in a hilly, semi-rural area. It was driving erratically for about 20 minutes. I tried to overtake it, but it wasn’t safe. So, I watched it fly down hills and speeding well over the limit.

Eventually, it approached a steep hill. I slowed down, leaving a large gap between us because something didn’t feel right. The truck made it halfway up the hill, then started rolling backward. At first, I thought the driver was reversing. But the truck kept gaining speed and snaking back toward me and the cars behind me. It was morning peak-hour. Realizing it was out of control, I knew I had to act fast. I didn’t want to be sandwiched between the truck and the vehicles behind me.

I remembered my ex-husband’s advice: keep your wheels straight ahead when waiting to turn at intersections or driveways. This way, if you’re hit from behind, your car moves straight forward and not into oncoming traffic. I tried to apply this here, thinking I didn’t want to crash into the cars behind me when the truck hit.

Quickly, I decided to turn the wheel and reverse into the oncoming traffic lane next to me, as no cars were coming down the hill. I figured the truck would push me sideways and out of the way of the cars behind me. I put the car in reverse, moved into the lane beside me, and looked up. The truck was right there. The last thing I remember was seeing the back of the truck in front of me.

In that instant, I knew there was no hope. I consciously realized this, and then suddenly, I found myself in a white space. I couldn’t tell if it was a room or something else, but I knew I was in a space. I heard a voice from above and to my right say, 'When it stops, get out.' There was no question in my mind, I would follow this advice.

I waited in the silent whiteness as the truck collided with my car, pushing it backward and crumpling it against a brick fence under its own weight. In that quiet moment, I consciously asked, 'Has it stopped yet?' But I kept waiting, surrounded by stillness.

Then suddenly, color and sound flooded back into my world. Without a second thought, I climbed out of the car and ran to safety.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: 2020/11/19

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Accident Illness, trauma or other condition not considered life threatening. Car accident. A truck was hurtling backwards down a hill towards my car. When it was in front of me, the accident happened.

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

Did you feel separated from your body? No I lost awareness of my body

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. The world stood still. All focus was the words 'When it stops, get out'. There was nothing but that. My focus was on those words and I just waited to put them into action. I was thinking 'Has it stopped?' I was not sure how I was meant to know when it stopped? I was not really thinking; I was in a accident.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? When I was making decisions regarding moving the car into the best position, I was alert and able to thinking quickly and clearly. When I was in the white space, there was no sound. I was calm and felt I was being looked after and knew I just needed to listen. I was alert, yet felt there was no need for action from me. It was being done for me.

Were your thoughts speeded up? Incredibly fast

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Time seemed to go faster or slower than usual. Time seemed to stand still. I had no sound. I could only see white.

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. After the experience, the blue sky and the green trees were so vivid and I could not stop saying 'oh my, look at the trees and the blue sky'. I was mesmerized by the colors, the flowers and nature. That has since faded, yet I still stop when I see beautiful green against the blue sky. I also was amazed at all the different leaf shapes. The experience itself had no color. It was white.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I heard the voice clearly. It only spoke once. I could not hear the accident. Later I met someone who heard the accident and they said they were woken up my it. I heard none of the accident.

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? A light clearly of mystical or other-worldly origin

Did you see an unearthly light? Yes The white room. Yet, it wasn't that unearthly; just like a white space that had no end. So, I guess yet unearthly.

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? A clearly mystical or unearthly realm. A white space that had no end.

What emotions did you feel during the experience? When I saw the truck, I felt acceptance. Then when I was in the white space and the voice told me: 'when it stops get out' I felt that it was very natural to do as it said. I did not even question it. I remember being in nothingness and thinking 'how will I know when it stops?' I thought that twice. Then waited. I felt unsure yet calm. Then when the color, light and sound returned, I felt ' here we go'. I felt that I knew exactly what I had to do. I looked at where I was and realized I was in a car that had crashed, and got out.

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 Do not go to church yet raised catholic.

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What is your religion now? Christian- Catholic

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. I am spiritual so believe in god and I believe in tarot and all of that. Yet, I have never thought that when this happens I would be so calm and a guide will support me. I also know psychology and it can be explained as disassociation; yet in reality, it was not that.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes I know that the universe/god exists. Death is not to be feared. I need to live a more full life.

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? I heard a voice I could not identify. Before the truck hit me, I went into a white space and a voice said 'when it stops, get out'. That is all it said. I did not even questions who was saying it. I know I would listen to it. I wondered, how I know it would stop. I am not sure I was connecting that I was in an accident

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? Yes A voice talking.

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? Moderate changes in my life. I have always believed. I now do not fear death and I know that you will be looked after and supported. You will not have to experience pain and you will experience a consciousness that we have not experienced before. There are synchronicities and I believe we are placed in the place at the right time. 1. My apartment electronic door would not lock so I had to leave with it unlocked and hoping no one notices. After the accident, my keys were in the wreck and I did not get them until the next day yet I could still get into the apartment. 2. I was not meant to go that way yet I did and I stopped at convenience store to get some lunch for the day. I saw a girl in line with her lunch for the day and I smiled and said ' have a great day'. 20 minutes later the accident happened. I was told another car behind me was hit as well. I wanted to meet her before I went to hospital. It was girl from the convenience store. 3. We exchanged numbers and she told me that she had only just got her license and she would not have known what to do. If she was in front of me she said she would have frozen and the truck would have sandwiched us. 4. Me turning the wheel led the truck on an arc moving up the hill, away from all of the cars and bringing it to a stop in a brick wall, saving everyone behind me.

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. I can remember every second and it was 5/6 years ago.

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 always had knowings. I work with children and I think this is why I came here.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? Before this happened, as I drove to work, I was thinking about my family and how they won't let me be me. That if I died, they would selfishly want my funeral in Sydney. I live in a different state now. I was thinking of that and the accident happened.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes I started telling my energy healer. I have a community that understands this. I know my experience so I share it. The psychologist said it was disassociating and then I think she thought I was molested as a child as I disassociated so easily. I had a lot of trauma after this. I don't talk about it often yet I actually told the story to someone today. Some people try to tell me that a NDE means you have to hover over your body and refuse to believe I had one.

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 was spending a lot of time trying to recover. I was a teacher and I had to write reports. I spent a lot of time trying to force myself to drive so that I was not scared by the experience. The experience I had was secondary. I really just wanted to stop the trauma. I was having panic attacks etc.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real. It happened and I can remember it perfectly. I love that I was sitting there thinking 'how do I know when it stops'. I really was in nothingness not worrying about a thing and trusting without question this voice. When I climbed out of the car. I sat on a step and heard a voice wailing; I then realized it was me.

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? No

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