Natasha E's NDE

Experience description: 

in 1985 when i was 11years old, I fell ill with flu.  This gradually turned into Pneumonia, then it collapsed my left lung.  By this time the doctor rushed me into hospital via ambulance.  That night i was placed into a oxygen tent, but i kept burning up.   i fell asleep where i had the strangest dream.  in this dream, i dreamt that i was in a hospital room that i didn't recognize.  I was in a bed next to two machines, one like a heart monitor and another like a breathing machine.  By this time, my view had floated up to the ceiling by the clock.  I could now see the whole room, where there were four nurses in the room... i knew that this meant i was going to die....  but then i saw one nurse in the room beside my body and this meant i knew i would be OK.  the room was very bright! and i wasn't scared at all.  All the pain i had while being ill had gone and i really didn't want to go back into my body  but i knew that my family loved me and i loved them, so i made a conscious decision to go back into the body. 

The next morning i told my mother about this 'dream' i had, this worried her and she explained to the doctor that i was telling her about my death. The strangest thing is, the doctor said he has heard of many stories where people have premonitions of their death when someone is so gravely ill, and this didn't surprise him.

That night i fell asleep again... this i do not remember.... but by all accounts i was rushed into ICU (intensive care) and taking into a room where I was going into cardiac arrest, they put my on a life support machine and also on a heart monitor... the doctors explained that when children are dying they put four nurses/doctors in the room but if the child recovers they only have one nurse in the room...  This scared my mother as she remember what i had told her and became very upset.

The good thing is i recovered and they were able to diagnose me with a medical condition and explained why i had suddenly gone into cardiac arrest. I am now 29 years old and working as a graphic designer.  This event though has definitely changed the views i have on life and everything!

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

Was the kind of experience difficult to express in words? Yes

At the time of this experience, was there an associated life threatening event?          Yes

What was your level of consciousness and alertness during the experience?           in the 'dream' I was very awake! but when I looked at my 'body' it looked very frail led in the bed.

            Was the experience dream like in any way?   sort of.. but much more prominent than a dream, more clear.

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience?            happiness that i was out of pain, didn't want to return to the body.

Did you hear any unusual sounds or noises?           I can't really remember, but I don't think sounds were important in my experience

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 response

I was able to describe the Intensive Care room, but prior to being sent there, as i had this 'dream' 24hours before i was sent there.

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

i noticed that if 4 nurses/doctors were in the room it meant that i was going to die... if only one was in the room it meant I was going to be ok.  This was verified when the doctor confirmed that this practiced is used with dying people.

Did you notice how your 5 senses were working, and if so, how were they different?          No

Did you have any sense of altered space or time?   No

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

I knew that i could CHOOSE to die or live.

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure?             No

Did you become aware of future events?       Yes

I knew i would have a choice to die.

Were you involved in or aware of a decision regarding your return to the body?       Yes

i choose to return to my body because i knew my family would miss me

Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience that you did not have prior to the experience?         Yes

I have the ability to sense if people are very ill... or even sense IF they are going to die.  I can sense peoples emotions quite well and have become more aware that I am on a more psychic link with my mother, as we contact each other telepathically.

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

i believed in God before... now I only try to believe in myself.  even have turned to Paganism, and wiccan, as I feel this more liberal in the believe structure

How has the experience affected your relationships? Daily life? Religious practices? Career choices?       it has made me a stronger person, and made me more liberal minded as a person.

Has your life changed specifically as a result of your experience?         No

Have you shared this experience with others?         Yes

not really, some don't believe me, others are just shocked

What emotions did you experience following your experience?  I felt more calm, with a sense of knowing.

What was the best and worst part of your experience?      best...  loosing the pain

Worst.... having to choose where i live or die

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 accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?               Yes