Patricia G NDE

Experience Description

I bled out on the floor of the emergency room when the tube burst from the ectopic pregnancy. I was taken to a small treatment room where numerous responders worked over me.

I was above myself and high up in the rafters staring down at the hustle and bustle going on below me. I could see them poking, prodding, and examining me. I listened as they said, 'She's gone.' It was late at night and the attending doctor didn't have the necessary signing authority for the time-of-the-death certificate. They called for an authorized person to sign. I watched as my body was wiped off with some of the gore as everyone else stood quietly waiting. I think about 15 minutes passed. Then a woman with red hair entered. She took up the chart and said, 'She is too young. Let's try something else.'

I was unaware of anything after that except that it was freezing cold. I woke up 4 days later. When I asked about the red haired woman, everybody got very antsy. They said I couldn't have seen her because at that stage I was dead.


Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: 1980

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Ectopic pregnancy. Clinical death (cessation of breathing or heart function)

How do you consider the content of your experience? Entirely pleasant

The experience included: Out of body experience

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes I watched the emergency room staff working on my body. I clearly left my body and existed outside it

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? Normal consciousness and alertness. Like I was in tune with everything in the room

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? For perhaps the first 30 minutes

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Time seemed to go faster or slower than usual. Slow and distorted

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. Clear

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. Not like I heard, more like I understood what was being said

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere, as if by ESP? Yes, but the facts have not been checked out

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Uncertain. It was like a hallway

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? No

Did you see an Unearthly light? No

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? Some unfamiliar and strange place. A dark corridor

The experience included: Strong emotional tone

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Peace. Acceptance. Calm.

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? Incredible peace or pleasantness

Did you have a feeling of joy? Happiness

Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe? I felt united or one with the world

The experience included: Special knowledge or purpose

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? Everything about myself or others. The peacefulness and understanding was absolute

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 importance did you place on your religious/spiritual life prior to your experience? Not important to me

What was your religion prior to your experience? Unaffiliated- Atheist

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What importance do you place on your religious/spiritual life after your experience? Not important to me

What is your religion now? Unaffiliated- Atheist

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was both consistent and not consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience. I had never given it any thoughts at all

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? No experience

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? I heard a voice I could not identify. There was somebody with me who was smiling and possibly Male.

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? No

Did you believe in the existence of God prior to your experience? God probably does not exist

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? No

Do you believe in the existence of God after your experience? God probably does not exist

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? Uncertain Peace and acceptance. Total harmony.

Did you believe that our earthly lives Are meaningful and significant prior to your experience? Are probably meaningful and significant

During your experience, did you gain information about the meaning of life? No

Did you believe in an afterlife prior to your experience? Unknown

Do you believe in an afterlife after your experience? An afterlife probably exists No

Did you fear death prior to your experience? I moderately feared death

Do you fear death after your experience? I do not fear death

Were you fearful living your life prior to your experience? Moderately fearful in living my earthly life

Were you fearful living your life after your experience? Not fearful in living my earthly life

Did you believe that our earthly lives Are meaningful and significant prior to your experience? Are probably meaningful and significant

Did you believe that our earthly lives are meaningful and significant after your experience? Are not meaningful and significant

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

Were you compassionate prior to your experience? Greatly compassionate toward others

During your experience, did you gain information about love? No

Were you compassionate after your experience? Greatly compassionate toward others

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Slight changes in my life. The acceptance of people and circumstances is absolute. We cannot have any influence. There is only acceptance

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? No

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes. It was a peacefulness unexplainable

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.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Uncertain. It seems I 'sense' things. My shoulder gets tapped often by nobody in the room.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? Unhappy about the missing 4 or 5 days. I was joyful at having expericed such calm and peace.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes People are gob-smacked. Enchanted. Curious. The first time I told it people were upset and skeptical but I knew things that I couldn't have known so rapidly. Their skepticism turned to awe.

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. I was curious as to why everybody didn't understand what had happened. It was Real.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real. It was real. Future conversations answered questions. I know it happened just like I know my own name.

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? Yes Seems I can recreate the 'floating' feeling at will.

Is there anything else that you would like to add about your experience? It was real. I am grateful for the experiences. I feel lucky. The death part of the process is no more interesting than understanding one must first cook a meal before it's eaten.