Becca L NDE

EXPERIENCE DESCRIPTION:

I was eleven years old. At this time I was a prominent softball player. I was the pitcher of my recreational team. We had just advanced to the national tournament and were 3 strikes away from being the best in the country. It was all up to me. I licked my fingers as I watched my next victim approach the plate. We shared a challenging look from across the infield. She squared up to me and I went into my "zone." First pitch was a perfect strike, a swing and a miss. I laid the next strike right on the outer corner of the plate. She let it pass. One pitch from the national title. I could taste it. I threw my last pitch right to the batter's "sweet spot." She made contact with the ball. I heard the crack of the bat and sprang into action, realizing that the ball was heading straight toward me. Everything suddenly slowed down and became completely silent. The crowd was on their toes. I came to the realization that I couldn't stop the speeding ball. It was heading straight for my face. I ducked a bit but my efforts made no difference. The ball hit me square in the eye.

I suddenly felt my world spiral, I saw a bright light, and then total darkness. I heard the crowd gasp. I saw my childhood, my entire short life flash before my eyes like a film. I landed with a loud thud against the soft dirt of the mound. I felt I was dead. Gone. An immense feeling of peace overcame me as I let my eyes close.

I woke up with a broken eye socket and a hospital band on my wrist. The only complications I've carried from the incident are a very tender face and Alexia, a form of Dyslexia brought on by severe head trauma.

Was the kind of experience difficult to express in words? Yes     There were so many mixed emotions and feelings involved all simultaneously.

At the time of this experience, was there an associated life threatening event?          Yes     Head trauma from a sports injury.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness?    As I saw the ball coming toward me.

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal every day consciousness and alertness?    More consciousness and alertness than normal

If your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience was different from your normal every day consciousness and alertness, please explain:            As I saw the ball coming toward me.

Did your vision differ in any way from your normal, everyday vision (in any aspect, such as clarity, field of vision, colors, brightness, depth perception degree of solidness/transparency of objects, etc.)?  Uncertain      Everything happened so fast..

Did your hearing differ in any way from your normal, everyday hearing (in any aspect, such as clarity, ability to recognize source of sound, pitch, loudness, etc.)?
            Yes     Silence. Muffled voices..

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience?            Wellbeing, sorrow for my family, peace.

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

Did you see a light?           Yes     Incredibly bright, pure white..

Did you meet or see any other beings?           Uncertain      There were so many people who all seemed ghostly.

Did you experience a review of past events in your life?    Yes     My whole life played back to me.

Did you observe or hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be verified later?          Uncertain     

Did you see or visit any beautiful or otherwise distinctive locations, levels or dimensions?           No           

Did you have any sense of altered space or time?   Yes     So slow... Then so fast... Then out of my body above the mayhem looking upon my frail being..

Did you have a sense of knowing special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?     Uncertain           

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure? Uncertain     

Did you become aware of future events?       Uncertain           

Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience you did not have prior to the experience?     Uncertain      More crisp sense of upcoming events not yet known

Have you shared this experience with others?         Yes     Immediately after I woke up I told my parents and they were horrified.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience?    No      

How did you view the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened:            Experience was definitely real    It was so true and real... But I could never explain it.

Were there one or several parts of the experience especially meaningful or significant to you?            Everything was significant..

How do you currently view the reality of your experience:            Experience was definitely real            Same as above.

Have your relationships changed specifically as a result of your experience?           Uncertain     

Have your religious beliefs/practices changed specifically as a result of your experience?            Uncertain      I'm now Agnostic.

Following the experience, have you had any other events in your life, medications or substances which reproduced any part of the experience?         No                  

Did the questions asked and information you provided so far accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?         Yes