Gayle J NDE

Experience Description

It was a very normal day. I was talking to my boyfriend at the time. We were talking about what we were going to do for dinner. I was loving on his dog, when his dog's claw scratched me. I still have a scar on my side from it. It's not big, nor was intentional. I was just giving him some loves, and he was loving the lovings. I've been scratched by dogs multiple times, so didn't think anything of it. But as far as we can conclude, he had something on his paw that I was very much allergic to.

Then my boyfriend and I were in the middle of doing adult behaviors. All of a sudden, I was swelling up and could not breathe. He's like, "Are you sure you're going into anaphylactic shock?" and didn't believe me. I started coughing and hacking and trying to vomit. My eyes felt like they were going to bulge out of my head, and my entire body was tomato red. I was begging him to call 911. When the EMTs got there they instantly gave me medicine. At first they tried just Benadryl, but that didn't do much of anything. Then they asked if I could stand up. I thought maybe I could stand up and walk.

When I stood up, I instantly passed out, so they had to carry me. It wasn't like a normal stretcher because they couldn't get the normal stretcher into the house. Then they carried me out to the ambulance. The last thing I remember before getting to the hospital was the EMT. I looked at him and I said, "I can't feel my tongue; I think it's swelling," and he looked at me and said, "Ask me a question." I thought I answered him, but apparently I didn't. He started saying my name and tapping me while telling me I needed to look at him.

That was the last thing I remember until I was floating above my body. I was watching myself be pushed into the emergency room. I was pushed into a room all by myself, and it was very bright in the room. There were so many people trying to talk to me, and I just couldn't keep my eyes open. It was almost like I was going to sleep, but I didn't feel any pain. I was not scared anymore. I was just floating above myself while watching the doctors. It was very odd, but then I was in a euphoric state. It was quite nice actually, and I just closed my eyes and everything went black. I knew I wasn't in my body. I was just floating in black emptiness, like a black void. I could see 360° all around me. I was peacefully floating. Then all of a sudden I woke up, and it was like taking a breath of air for the first time. That is the best way I can describe it.

I just took a deep breath and sat straight up, and I was freaking out. I didn't know where I was; I didn't know what was going on; and it was like I had a delayed memory. Then, it was like all of a sudden, everything started coming back to me. All I could think of was that this is the weirdest thing that has ever happened to me. Then the doctors came in and asked me a bunch of questions. I don't really remember if I had eaten anything different, what sent me into anaphylactic shock, blah blah blah. I couldn't tell them because I really didn't have any idea what sent me into anaphylactic shock. Then I just went to sleep, like for real sleep. I woke up a few hours later after they had given me, like three or four doses of epinephrine.

I really don't know how long I was gone, and I really don't know how long I was like floating above myself. Time was just not a concept, it was just not there.

I eventually got to go home. When my dad came and took me home, I felt like I was hit by a Mack truck. I had slept for about 15 to 18 hours straight. Then I woke up and I told my dad about my experience. He told me that when he went into kidney failure he had a similar experience of being in a black empty void; just kind of there with nobody around, but very peaceful. It was like just at peace. That's definitely how I felt, at peace. I never felt so peaceful in my life.

But the best part was after I came back. I could not only talk to spirits and hear the spirits better, but I started being able to see them again; which I hadn't been able to do since I was very young. It's a very interesting gift to have, that's for sure. Especially because I not only see, but I also feel the good but I see the bad. These spirits almost seem like they come to me because they realize that I can see them and hear them. Sometimes they just seem like they have bad intentions, and then there's just a heavy feeling. It's kind of nuts, and most people probably think I'm insane, but it is nice to see that there are other people out there that have had maybe not the same experiences as me but their own version of this type of experience. It is quite interesting.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date of NDE: 00/00/2020

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes
I went into anaphylactic shock and my boyfriend at the time would not use my EpiPen on me and I could not use it on myself because I was dying. I had never gone into anaphylactic shock before and it was very sudden and very terrifying.

How do you consider the content of your experience? Neither pleasant NOR distressing

Did you feel separated from your body? I clearly left my body and existed outside it
I was floating above myself and I heard the doctors asking me a bunch of questions and I just wasn't answering them and honestly don't really know how else to explain it. They just, I was trying to answer them but my body itself was not answering, if that makes sense.

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? When I went from floating above myself watching myself being treated to the black void and just floating in peace I think at least. Unless you're meaning like awake instead of consciousness then that would be like not for hours and hours after I was discharged.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness? Normal consciousness and alertness

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Everything seemed to be happening at once; or time stopped or lost all meaning
I had no concept of time. It was like it stopped or just lost meaning. I'd say probably closer to it just lost meaning.

Were your senses more vivid than usual? Incredibly more vivid

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience I could literally see 360 even though it was pitch black, which trying to say now honestly sounds unbelievable but that's the experience I had. My everyday vision is pretty horrible. I have to wear glasses. I don't have good eyes. I don't see so great but I'm not completely blind.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience From the time I fell out in the ambulance or whatever you want to call it, however you want to call it, I don't really know what to call it because as far as I know I was just dead. But from that time until I was floating above myself and being wheeled into the hospital, I didn't hear anything. But as I was being wheeled through the hospital, that's when I started to hear things again, and I heard the doctors all talking like I wasn't there, which was very odd. And then when I closed my eyes and went into the black void, I no longer heard anything anymore until I woke up.

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? No

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? No

Did you see any beings in your experience? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased beings? Uncertain
I have always been aware of deceased people, that's what I call spirits that I'm assuming haven't crossed over into whatever it comes after this. But afterwards I was not just able to talk to them, I could see them, but only if they want me to.

Did you see or feel surrounded by a brilliant light? No

Did you see an unearthly light? No

Did you seem to enter another world? Some unfamiliar and strange place
It was honestly just a big black void that I was floating in.

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Relief, calmness, at peace, like I didn't have a worry in the world.

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

Did you have a feeling of joy? No

Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe? I felt no longer in conflict with nature

Did you suddenly understand everything? No

Did scenes from your past come back? No

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure? Uncertain
I don't understand the question.

Did you come to a border or point of no return? No

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Unaffiliated - Nothing in particular - Religious unaffiliated
I was raised in a Christian household, but I never really felt as if I were Christian. I more felt as if I was a very spiritual person before this happened. I could talk to spirits and I've always believed in something higher than myself, but I wouldn't say just one God, I guess.

Have your religious practices changed? No

What is your religion now? Unaffiliated - Nothing in particular - Religious unaffiliated
I am pretty much the same. I am a very spiritual person. I believe there's definitely a higher power, but I think there's more than one higher power most likely, and I can now not only talk to spirits but I get to see them, which I haven't been able to do since I was very young.

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
Like I said previously, I'm a very spiritual person and I've always thought there was at least God. But now that I went through that and this has happened, I believe that if there is God, it's definitely more than one God, if that makes sense.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes
I believe there's definitely some type of higher power. I don't know if I would call it God and I don't know if I would say it's only one higher power, if that makes sense.

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? 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? Yes
I just felt like I was becoming one with the universe, and I was just at peace.

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

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? No

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

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? No

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

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

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Moderate changes in my life
I went from having some empathy for people to I for the most part feel like an empath now. I feel people's feelings. I don't like it. I don't know how to control it because I not only feel people's feelings but I can feel the feelings that spirits have whenever they talk to me. I'm not good at ignoring it and it honestly kind of makes people think I'm crazy. I would say I went from being somewhat sensitive to exceptionally overly sensitive, and I get overwhelmed and overstimulated very easily. And I can walk into a room and I automatically know if something is wrong or if someone doesn't feel appropriate in there or if it's just all together not a good situation. I can also feel like if I'm on the way to somewhere, I have been known to turn around because there's just a voice that I can't really explain saying: don't go, turn around and go home, something bad's going to happen.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? No

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Uncertain
Yes and no. I have never really been good at using my words or describing things but I described it the best I could. I suppose I don't know if I answered that question correctly or not.

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
I can't remember what I did the day before this happened and I can't remember what happened in the days after it happened, but I definitely remember the day it happened. Like I don't remember the date but I remember it happening.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Yes
The best way I can describe it is it's kind of like deja vu, or at least that's what I've heard people call it, but it's less of a I think I've been here and done this and more of a I know for a fact I've been here and done this before and I have to figure out why I'm repeating it.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes
I shared it with my dad as soon as I was able to actually stay awake, which took hours and hours after I had gotten home and went to sleep.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? Uncertain
I have kind of heard people talk about it before, but not in great detail or in a sense that they had been the ones to experience it. It was more of people talking like this person's crazy saying that this happened, this happened, there's no way that this happened, there's no way they had an NDE.

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real
I honestly don't know, I just know it was real, and it happened... I don't really know how to explain it.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real
Again, I can just feel it.

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? No

Did the questions asked and information that you provided accurately and comprehensively describe your experience? Yes
To the best of my ability.