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On February 8, 2011, I died 4-times during a heart attack and had a profound near-death experience.
After experiencing obvious red flag signals of a heart problem, I reluctantly agreed to a cardiologist visit. I had one scheduled for 3-weeks out but, on the previous night, I blacked out after standing up from sitting on the bed. My now-late wife worked for a cardiologist, who had also been our neighbor and when she told him that morning of my situation, he insisted I come in that day for testing.
And so I found myself in the vehicle, an accidental case, I guess. They were there. Firstly, only two of them, one traffic police as a rescue member, then a driver. Is it his car? with which I crashed? Anyways, as you call it, I had an out of body and here I am in my body soon after it.
I'm not really tooting me own horn here, just connecting... but during my moments of 'Night Lights' these days, I simply recall an experience that left me believing I've already been to 'the other side'... and back again.
I never considered my experience to be an NDE until I was listening to a podcast today and realized it met the definition. You see, even though I was raised in a religious home, I've been an atheist since I was a child, so I have a tendency to see things very practically. I've also suffered from sleep paralysis since I was a teenager and never confused it with anything paranormal, so this was just another weird thing.
I went into shock from rapid blood loss and lost consciousness, I didn't die which is why I never considered it an NDE.
In 2010 I became very ill due to alcohol abuse and was subsequently hospitalized. Due to my weakened immune system, I picked up several infections in the hospital. This led to sepsis and respiratory failure requiring a tracheostomy and mechanized ventilation (life support). According to my family, there was little chance I would survive, and if I did survive I would have significant mental deficits.
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