Περιγραφή Εμπειρίας
I was aware that I was coming round from the operation. I began to hear the voices of the surgeon and staff first, and heard them say, 'Breathe Paul! Breathe!' I heard them saying that they would apply air via a tube but I was completely unable and unwilling to even try to breathe. My body was a dead weight, which seemed to have nothing to do with 'me'. What happened next seemed to me to last about an hour, although it was only seconds.
I felt that my mind was about four feet to the right of my head. I knew that I was still in the operating theatre, but I was no longer part of it. Suddenly, I felt as if someone was pushing me gently from behind. 'It's your turn,' said a voice and I was very surprised, as I'd had the impression that I was at the end of a long, long line of people (who I couldn't see but only sensed). The feeling was just like being sent to the front of the queue at a supermarket check in, I remember - pleasant surprise.
In front of me, I then saw a huge open rectangular doorway, completely black beyond. Around it, the operating theatre started to fade away and I approached the doorway. The feeling was one of utter peace. There was no pain, no worry. It was indescribable. The I saw the number forty-nine about three feet tall in front of me (my age then) and I said, 'Only forty-nine eh? I thought I'd have made it to at least to fifty!' and I laughed. I felt so happy, but then I remembered that my daughter was getting married the next summer, and that I was looking forward to receiving an award soon.
The voices of the theatre staff came back to me, and I was pulled violently back into my body, I started to feel pain in my throat as they pulled out the tube. I felt 'heavy' being back inside my body, and wanted to go back to where I'd been. I had a headache for two days afterwards and a feeling that I didn't really belong in this world, but that it was my duty to stay. The world seemed so grey, so heavy, almost 'dead' compared to my experience. It took me some days to get used to it all again! It was as if I'd been away for ages.
In front of me, I then saw a huge open rectangular doorway, completely black beyond. Around it, the operating theatre started to fade away and I approached the doorway. The feeling was one of utter peace. There was no pain, no worry. It was indescribable. The I saw the number forty-nine about three feet tall in front of me (my age then) and I said, 'Only forty-nine eh? I thought I'd have made it to at least to fifty!' and I laughed. I felt so happy, but then I remembered that my daughter was getting married the next summer, and that I was looking forward to receiving an award soon.
The voices of the theatre staff came back to me, and I was pulled violently back into my body, I started to feel pain in my throat as they pulled out the tube. I felt 'heavy' being back inside my body, and wanted to go back to where I'd been. I had a headache for two days afterwards and a feeling that I didn't really belong in this world, but that it was my duty to stay. The world seemed so grey, so heavy, almost 'dead' compared to my experience. It took me some days to get used to it all again! It was as if I'd been away for ages.
Πληροφορίες Υπόβαθρου
Gender:
Female
Date NDE Occurred:
10/10/02
Στοιχεία NDE
Κατά τη διάρκεια της εμπειρίας σας, υπήρχε κάποιο σχετιζόμενο γεγονός που απειλούσε τη ζωή;
Yes Surgery-related Life threatening event, but not clinical death My throat closed up and I couldn't breathe.
Πώς θεωρείτε το περιεχόμενο της εμπειρίας σας;
Mixed
Η εμπειρία περιλάμβανε
Out of body experience
Νιώσατε ότι αποχωριστήκατε από το σώμα σας;
Yes I was aware of my body lying there but didn't see it as I was looking elsewhere.
Σε ποιο σημείο της εμπειρίας σας βρισκόσασταν στο υψηλότερο επίπεδο συνείδησης και εγρήγορσης;
Explained above.
Φαινόταν ότι ο χρόνος επιταχυνόταν ή επιβραδυνόταν;
Everything seemed to be happening at once; or time stopped or lost all meaning Everything was different, but the same. The 'here' and 'now' are one place. The same with time. It's all the same. There's no linear time. No space as we know it.
Είχε η ακοή σας κάποιον διαφορά από το φυσιολογικό;
The voices of the staff faded away, but there was no sound. I seemed to 'mind read' the words I heard and spoke.
Περάσατε μέσα από ένα τούνελ;
No
Η εμπειρία περιλάμβανε
Presence of deceased persons
Συναντήσατε ή γίνατε ενήμεροι για οποιουσδήποτε θανόντες (ή ζωντανούς) beings;
Yes Someone was behind me, guiding me, but I never saw them. They were neither male or female, it was just 'someone'. I cannot describe the voice, as it was not audible. I 'mind read' their words.
Η εμπειρία περιλάμβανε
Darkness
Είδατε ένα άλλου κόσμου φως;
No The opposite. I saw a blackness, but it was welcoming and not frightening. The way you like the dark if you have a migraine.
Φαινόταν ότι εισήλθατε σε έναν άλλον, εξωκοσμικό κόσμο;
A clearly mystical or unearthly realm Described above.
Η εμπειρία περιλάμβανε
Strong emotional tone
Ποιες άλλες συναισθήματα νιώσατε κατά τη διάρκεια της εμπειρίας;
Surprise then utter bliss. Complete indifference to what was happening to my body. Confusion and disappointment at coming back.
Η εμπειρία περιλάμβανε
Special Knowledge
Ξαφνικά φάνηκε να καταλαβαίνετε τα πάντα;
Everything about the universe There's a time for everything. A role for everyone. A reason for everything. The purpose of life is not just our own happiness.
Σας ήρθαν πίσω σκηνές από το παρελθόν σας;
My past flashed before me, out of my control I felt no power. Others had the power; I felt as if I was 'following orders' and was very happy to do so.
Σας ήρθαν σκηνές από το μέλλον;
No
Η εμπειρία περιλάμβανε
Boundary
Φτάσατε σε ένα όριο ή περιοριστική φυσική δομή;
Uncertain Big open doorway, comforting soothing blackness beyond. No fear. I was going towards it, but came back.
Φτάσατε σε ένα όριο ή σημείο χωρίς επιστροφή;
I came to a barrier that I was not permitted to cross; or was sent back against my will I didn't want to return to my body, but was forced.
Θεός, Πνευματικότητα και Θρησκεία
Ποια ήταν η θρησκεία σας πριν από την εμπειρία σας;
Liberal
Ποια είναι η θρησκεία σας τώρα;
Liberal
Είχατε αλλαγή στις αξίες και τις πεποιθήσεις σας λόγω της εμπειρίας σας;
No
Μετά το NDE
Ήταν η εμπειρία δύσκολο να εκφραστεί με λέξεις;
Yes The sudden change of feelings and the sense that time was dislocated. I was not dead but I was out of my body.
Έχετε ψυχικές, ασυνήθιστες ή άλλες ειδικές ικανότητες μετά την εμπειρία σας που δεν είχατε πριν;
No
Υπάρχουν ένα ή περισσότερα μέρη της εμπειρίας σας που είναι ιδιαίτερα σημαντικά ή με νόημα για εσάς; Παρακαλώ εξηγήστε.
Best - bliss of being out of the body. Worst - being dragged back.
Έχετε μοιραστεί ποτέ αυτή την εμπειρία σας με άλλους;
Yes The doctors said it's just a symptom of the anesthesia. Some friends were obviously nervous about it, didn't like to talk about death etc.! My daughter was scared too. No one seems to feel like I do about it all.
Σε οποιαδήποτε στιγμή της ζωής σας, έχει κάτι αναπαράγει οποιοδήποτε μέρος της εμπειρίας;
No Not since but BEFORE, when I was seven. During a tonsils operation, I could see the doctors and nurses working on my body as I hovered near the ceiling. I recalled that they wore green clothes (which they only wore in the theatre and which of course I'd never seen before).
Υπάρχουν άλλες ερωτήσεις που θα μπορούσαμε να κάνουμε για να σας βοηθήσουμε να εκφράσετε την εμπειρία σας;
If the person had had any similar experiences BEFORE the one they're relating.