Trent C Probable NDE

Experience Description

I am an experienced emergency medicine physician.

I was involved in a snowmobile crash last year. It crushed my entire chest wall and thoracic spine. Somehow, I was not paralyzed despite 26 fractures of ribs, spine, and clavicle. During spine surgery, my breathing tube clotted off while I was in a prone position and I could not breathe.

I have a vivid memory of white hexagons, arranged linearly, on each side of my visual field. The heagons flipped from white to black, towards an apex at the top of my visual field. I had an associated warm, easy feeling. Then, I saw an image of my wife and children silently shaking their heads 'no' at the apex.

Everything went black. I assume that was when they exchanged my breathing tube and my oxygen level normalized.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 03/04/2022

NDE Elements:

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

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. There was nothing else to focus on, I guess

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? When the hexagons were flipping etc.

Were your thoughts speeded up? Faster than usual

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Time seemed to go faster or slower than usual Everything seemed slower

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. Very much more vivid and focused, zero distractions

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. no audio recollection

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? No

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Uncertain kind of, series of hexagons, on each slide of my visual field, flipping from white to black, merging at bright white apex, could be tunnel like I guess

Did you see any beings in your experience? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? Yes My wife and children

Did you see, or feel surrounded by, a brilliant light? An unusually bright light

Did you see an unearthly light? Yes see above

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Calmness/peace

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 I just felt calm, didn't need to make any decisions, everything just happened

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? I came to a definite conscious decision to return to life My family shaking their heads silently 'no'

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Unaffiliated- Nothing in particular- Religious unaffiliated Raised Catholic, have not practiced in years

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What is your religion now? Unaffiliated- Nothing in particular- Religious unaffiliated

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 I am a confirmed Catholic but to not practice any faith, agnostic.

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? Yes I really have zero fear of death

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? Yes My spouse and kids were at the apex of my vision. Without their love, not sure I would be alive

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Large changes in my life Physical disability sucks, but I am working full time as an EM physician, and working through my emotional trauma

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 My hospitalization was a blur, except for that event

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? My family is more important than anything else

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes one month after tried to describe it to my spouse, not sure she understood

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? Yes I am an EM physician, I am around near death all the time

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real It was just so damn clear, compared to the fog of the rest of my ICU stay

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 Flashbacks at times during major trauma resuscitations