Jimmy W Probable NDE

EXPERIENCE DESCRIPTION

When the illness began it was thought I had the flu, but as time went by and the fever worsen I was taken to the hospital for blood test and rheumatic fever was found.  I was treated for the illness at home and lost the ability to walk.  Each night the fever would return and each night a little worse.  Each night after the sun had set the fever would rise and I would start to hear the sound of roaring water, like that of a water falls, getting louder and louder with the sensation of water being poured in my face, suffocating me as though I was drowning.  I was told my screaming was so loud that neighbor women would come to help my mother hold me in the bed.  With the light of morning the fever would lessen and I became aware of my surroundings.  I along with the bed would be wringing wet with sweat and a dry bed would be required for that day and the following night.  Then one night the roaring and the sensation of drowning was much worse and then I was above the bed looking down in the dimly lit room at my mother and another lady, with me lying in the bed glistening with sweat and looking very tired.  The next instant I was outside looking down from above at my house.  I slowly started to move higher, away from my house looking back as the house grew smaller.  At some point I stopped ascending and as I hovered there I was aware that I had no physical body and there was no sound.  It was as though only my eyes had left.  I don't remember being afraid and I thought, so this is what my house looks like from high above.  I stayed for a while staring only at my house and then like a very fast zoom in of a camera I was in my bed and it was getting daylight.  The fever each night afterwards lessened and at the end of about 3 months I was able to walk again.

Any associated medications or substances with the potential to affect the experience?     Uncertain           

Was the kind of experience difficult to express in words? Yes     the process of arriving to the out of body

At the time of this experience, was there an associated life threatening event?          Uncertain            high fever associated with rheumatic fever

What was your level of consciousness and alertness during the experience?           Very aware of my being above myself and my house with no sound or body

Did you experience a separation of your consciousness from your body?     Yes     There was no body, only the ability to see with no pain or roaring of water and the sensation of drowning

What emotions did you feel during the experience?            None.  I don't remember being afraid, only marveled at the sight of my house from above, never having been in an airplane

Did you hear any unusual sounds or noises?           No sound at all

LOCATION DESCRIPTION:  Did you recognize any familiar locations or any locations from familiar religious teachings or encounter any locations inhabited by incredible or amazing creatures?    No           

Did you see a light?           No      

Did you meet or see any other beings?           No      

Did you experiment while out of the body or in another, altered state? No      

Did you observe or hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be verified later?          No      

Did you notice how your 5 senses were working, and if so, how were they different?          Yes     I could see with no apparent physical body, but could hear nothing

Did you have any sense of altered space or time?   Uncertain     

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

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure?             No      

Did you become aware of future events?       No      

Were you involved in or aware of a decision regarding your return to the body?       No      

Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience that you did not have prior to the experience?   Yes     I've been able to feel the death of someone when I'm on or near flowing water (suicide, attempted suicides and drowning in or near that body of water.  Even at miles away)

Did you have any changes of attitudes or beliefs following the experience?   No response           

How has the experience affected your relationships? Daily life? Religious practices? Career choices?       I don't like getting close

Has your life changed specifically as a result of your experience?         Uncertain      I don't know.  I don't know what happened then and still don't   

What emotions did you experience following your experience?          I wasn't emotional but kept waiting for the experience to return, expecting it at any time

Is there anything else you would like to add concerning the experience?        It's harder to relive now then as child

Following the experience, have you had any other events in your life, medications or substances which reproduced any part of the experience?         Yes     Sometimes I relive it in my sleep and wake up afraid and disturbed

Did the questions asked and information you provided accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?               Yes     The questions did not ask about outside entertainment that may have caused the experience. (we had no TV 1953 and the movies were Cowboys and Indians.  None of the old people spoke of out of body experiences)