Anne L's NDE

Experience description: 

We were in an indoor pool. I kept getting pushed under the water. Every time I came up for air, I was sucked down into the water. I was fighting very hard to get air, then after so many breaths of water, my body just went down and my spirit just snapped out of my body (I felt a definite jolt out) and then I was on my way out drifting upwards at a 45 degree angle & i felt that i was wearing a long pale blue robe/dress, so long it covered my feet. The next thing I knew I was at the pool side coughing & hacking & my mother was freaking out...

For the brief time I left I didn't have any thoughts of lifetimes or who I was leaving behind, just me leaving. Until then I considered myself agnostic. I grew up catholic, but a reluctant one. It didn't make me religious or anything, but it did make me believe that there really is something after death.

Any associated medications or substances with the potential to affect the experience?     No

Was the kind of experience difficult to express in words? No

What was your level of consciousness and alertness during the experience?           in pain from not breathing, but the pain stopped as I sunk...

            Was the experience dream like in any way?   no

Did you experience a separation of your consciousness from your body?     Yes

as above...still female...dressed in long pale blue robe, still long blond hair...

Did you pass into or through a tunnel or enclosure?          No

            Describe:      i never had a chance to leave the room, they revived me

Did you have any sense of altered space or time?   Yes, altered space as in not being in a body

Did you have a sense of knowing, special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?    No

Did you have any changes of attitudes or beliefs following the experience?   Yes

just that i believed for sure in body & spirit being separate after death

How has the experience affected your relationships? Daily life? Religious practices? Career choices?       just as above

Have you shared this experience with others?         Yes, just a story...most don't really believe in this i think...

What emotions did you experience following your experience?  no change..

What was the best and worst part of your experience?      best: just having the experience