Glenn T NDE

Experience Description

I was around 12 years old. We were on a family holiday, staying in a weathered, old caravan park by the coast. I was the kind of place where the salty wind never really stops blowing and everything smells faintly of seaweed and sunscreen. One afternoon, I borrowed a friend’s surfboard that was dinged and faded with peeling wax. I wasn’t much of a surfer, but the waves looked inviting.

Curiosity got the better of me. I paddled out alone. The beach was eerily quiet with the distant chatter of seagulls and the rhythmic crash of water on sand. I’d only been in the water for maybe ten minutes when I caught a small, lazy wave while lying flat on my stomach. I let the wave carry me toward shore. The wave deposited me gently onto the wet sand. I lay there for a moment, catching my breath and feeling the sun on my back.

A rogue wave came from nowhere. The wave was, taller and faster than the rest. It slammed into me before I could react. I got pulled underwater several times. All I could see was a blur of green water and foam. At first, I panicked, but then the fear melted away. Everything around me grew strangely quiet.

Suddenly, I wasn’t in the ocean anymore. I was somewhere else, inside a distant memory I had forgotten. It felt like the memory belonged to someone else, but it was mine. I could move through the memories. It was as if I could turn through moments, like pages in an old book. Each memory was vivid and alive. I drifted between scenes from a few years earlier; fragments of life I hadn’t thought about in forever. Yet, I wasn’t watching them because I was in them. Time seemed to stretch. I could stay in any memory as long as I wanted.

Then, abruptly, the vision shattered. I was back on the beach, coughing and vomiting seawater into the sand. The taste of salt burned my throat. Dizzy, I scrambled to my feet, dazed and shivering. What haunted me wasn’t the wave. It was the strange journey I’d taken. It didn’t feel like a dream. It felt real.

I didn’t tell anyone. I just hurried back to the caravan park, heart pounding, unsure of what had just happened and why.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date of NDE: 1995

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? No

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

Did you feel separated from your body? No

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? not sure
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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
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Were your senses more vivid than usual? No

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience -

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience No sound I don't think

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? No

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? No

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Memories is the best way to describe it

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? No

Did you have a feeling of joy? Happiness

Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe? No

Did you suddenly understand everything? No

Did scenes from your past come back? I remembered many past events
I was in memories. A cubby house at a friends house was one of them I remember clearly.

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure? No

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

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Do not know

Have your religious practices changed? No

What is your religion now? No comment

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was entirely consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience

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

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? No

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? No changes in my life

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? No

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? No

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
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Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? No

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? -

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes
I only realised it may of been an 'experience' in the last 10 years or so. I didn't tell anyone for many years after it happened.

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 probably not real
Felt like a dream I guess

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was probably real
It felt like the dying thing was starting up - but didn't get far in

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