Julia DV NDE

Experience Description

It was a very hot day in July. I was riding my bike when I decided to stop at the mall to get a bottle of water. My breathing was labored but bearable. As soon as I entered the McDonald’s, the first thing I noticed was the air conditioning was blasting. I started sweating and breathing heavily, but was still conscious.

I approached the self-order screen and began pressing it, but it wasn’t working. I grew agitated but tried to stay calm. I continued to press the button, but it still didn't work. I turned my head to the left, vaguely remembering a guy in front of me. Then everything went dark. I fainted and collapsed to the ground.

Before I fell, I felt my senses shutting down. There was no touch or no taste. The sounds around me disappeared. I didn’t feel myself closing my eyes or seeing complete darkness. Suddenly, I didn’t even feel the fall. When I regained consciousness, I was lying on the floor with a nurse by my side who was trying to wake me up. She told me I had been unconscious for about 30 minutes, that my lips were purple, my complexion had turned pale, I was cold, and she couldn’t detect a pulse.

During the time I was unconscious, I had an experience. I found myself in a white and gray hallway. I was positioned on the right side. To my left side was another hallway, with a line of motionless people in the middle as the line turned right. They were women, men, and young people. I stood still and watched them. One guy turned to look straight into my eyes. He gave me a vacant look, like he was mentally not there.

I remember thinking, "I don’t understand why I’m here." I’m not religious, and I never have been. Yet, the main feeling was that I was in purgatory, waiting in line without knowing why. It was like I had something unresolved to do or say.

There were no emotions. The people in line seemed resigned; some with their heads down.

Something has changed in my life since then. I’ve developed the ability to distinguish dreams from memories, and I can say with certainty that this wasn’t a dream. It was too vivid and too strange. My experience was filled with silent resignation and regret. And the people there looked at me with a sense of pity.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date of NDE: 21 June 2022

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? Neither pleasant NOR distressing

Did you feel separated from your body? I lost awareness of my body

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? I passed out for 30 minutes if not more, and I remember that a long time passed in that corridor, about twenty minutes.
I didn't feel anything, as if I was resigned or I didn't understand what was happening because that corridor at that moment was reality.

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

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Time seemed to go faster or slower than usual
The time was real they were there for 20 minutes

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 It all went black then I found myself in this corridor

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience all sounds stopped in the vision there were no sounds or breathing nothing.

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? Yes
No relationship people ever seen. But I knew they were souls and not bodies.

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 strange because it was bright but there were no lights, some walls were darker some lighter, but I was calm I knew I was safe.

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Resignation, I didn't understand, all my emotions or feelings were dead, they didn't exist anymore, empty. Apathetic.

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? No

Did you have a feeling of joy? No

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

Did you suddenly understand everything? No

Did scenes from your past come back? No

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? Unaffiliated- Atheist

Have your religious practices changed? No

What is your religion now? Unaffiliated- Atheist

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was entirely not 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? Uncertain
I was aware of being there but I don't remember my body alive as if I had forgotten it

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? Yes
I realized that there is something actually because I was there

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 have become more apathetic, logical, inclined to not solve problems, indifference

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

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Yes
My intuition, the ability to distinguish dreams from memories.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? That I didn't see anyone I knew

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes
I told it right away as soon as I got back to the hospital. They didn't believe me, in fact they told me that I distorted reality and the line of people I saw were the people in line at McDonald's. But I want to specify that I didn't see the people in line because I had the monitor in front of me.

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
Because I began to understand and distinguish a dream from reality. Dreams were more vague random and in constant movement, this was always the same way people moved normally nothing strange I was standing there observing perceiving looking carefully at the details of where I was.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real
I remain faithful to what I thought

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