Violet T NDE

Experience Description

I remember being underwater and panicking for a split second. Then, I was extremely calm. It was like time stopped moving. It didn't look like I was in the swimming pool anymore, but I was still underwater.

I could see trees and a landscape in the background. There was a lady floating a little higher up than me. I think she was dressed all in white but the light was too bright, I couldn't tell for sure. The light was one, big beam and a couple smaller beams coming out of the sky. I'm not sure if the lady was talking to me or not because I couldn't hear her. Everything was quiet in the beginning. Then it got really loud and I could hear yelling and screaming. I could also hear the water as it sounds like being underwater with swooshing and people swimming and splashing around.

I snapped out of it and looked up. My cousin swam over me and some how I grabbed her waste and she pulled me out of the pool. I don't think I had to go to the hospital. I do remember coughing up some water.

I'm not sure if this was a near death experience, but I have never had much of an imagination. It's hard for me to daydream or even see pictures of things in my head, so I don't think I made it up. I had a couple other close calls with death from drug overdoses and it was nothing like that. It was more of when you dream and have a somewhat vivid nightmare. Then it would cut in and out from that to black nothingness.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: 1990's

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Drowning Life threatening event, but not clinical death. I was swimming in my great aunt and uncle's swimming pool. I must have slipped off of a floaty and sunk underwater.

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. I usually don't pay attention or remember much. However, I vividly remember that all my focus was on that lady and how calm I was.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? I think when I first realized I was underwater and when I snapped out of it this experience.

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. I have no idea how long I was under the water. It seemed like forever. Everything was in slow motion.

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. Daily life is uncomfortable for me and everything is overwhelming. My senses were heightened, but the bright light and the sight of the woman didn't overwhelm me. It was actually calming, which is not normal for me.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I'm not sure since it was quiet in the experience.

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? Uncertain. Like I said there were beams of light but could still see things behind them.

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? Some unfamiliar and strange place. I saw trees and landscape in the background, behind the lady

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Calm, at peace, comfortable, belonging.

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? I felt united or one with the world

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? Unaffiliated- Atheist. At the time I thought God was funny and the whole religion/church experience was very awkward for me

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Uncertain I doubted that you just die and that's it. Something has to happen after we die; I just wasn't sure what exactly happened after death. I fought that belief for a long time

What is your religion now? Other or several faiths. I wouldn't describe myself as a born again Christian but I am born again. I do not believe that they give us all the information in the Bible and that some things are changed and taken out.

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. All I can say is I believed in guardian angels after that.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Uncertain Just the belief that there is more after death than nothing. I was probably age 6 or 7. I wasn't a bad kid and didn't change my behavior after that experience.

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? I encountered a definite being, or a voice clearly of mystical or unearthly origin. I believe it was a woman, in all-white and she had red or blonde hair. She was lit up with the beams of light

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 It was just how I felt. It was the only time I felt like I was where I should be.

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? No I was aware that there is something more powerful than me

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. I really didn't think much of it but afterwards. I felt that there has to be something more than dying and that's it.

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes Besides the fact it's hard to put my thoughts into words and that it was forever ago. It's because it was unreal maybe. I'm not sure

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 don't remember anything besides that around that time. I don't remember the road trip to or from Oklahoma, anything else that happened on that vacation; or anything leading up to it or immediately afterwards.

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? I remember how comfortable I was and how I felt like I belonged. I would love to feel like that again, even if it was only for a couple seconds.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes It has been at least 10 years. I don't think the person thought much of it

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. Like I stated, I don't have an imagination and cannot picture things in my head and don't day dream. It was so vivid, it couldn't have been faked

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was probably real. I was a kid and it's been almost 30 years. But I still don't think I imagined it.

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

itnsmxr