" My mother drop dead in the hospital . When she was revived , she allege , ' I was just sleeping . Leave me alone . ' She was indeed dead , and the whole time she thought she was gone . "
A while back, redditoru/panchovilla_asked,“People who have been declared legally dead, what did you experience and see?“Their stories are fascinating, wild, and a little eerie — and honestly, you just have to read them. Here’s what they had to say:
1.“I wasn’t breathing and was in the ambulance. I was very scared and in a lot of pain. Then, everything started to get blurry, and the sound became very muffled. As the last sounds faded away and everything started going black, my pain went away, and I felt completely calm. My last thought was, ‘Finally, I can rest.'”
" The next thing I make love , all the pain sensation came rushing back , and everything was really bright and loud . I regard nothing and was at peace . "
— Cycicle
2.“When I was 14, I was rushed to the ER for an infection caused by gangrene. While in surgery, I lost vitals for over one minute. When I became conscious, I asked my parent, ‘Who was the bald doctor in the doorway talking to me about Cherry and cereal?’ It turns out that my grandfather, whom I had never met, had a favorite dog named Cherry and ate cereal every night before bed, just like I do….It was weird.”
" I was very well-to-do and had an overall feeling of safe . frightened my pappa , though lol . "
— Jeffreyknows
3.“My grandmother was declared dead for a few minutes during a surgery, which became complicated. She said she was traveling towards a bright light down a tunnel and felt super peaceful. All of a sudden, the light got blocked. She said she saw her dad standing at the end of the tunnel, waving his hand at her, as if telling her to turn around.”
" She says she remembers allege , ' Okay , Dad . I love you , ' and turned around and then just , nothing , until she wake up in the OR recovery room . She was say that they performed CPR on her for four minutes before her heart started gravel again . "
— BurrSugar
4.“I actually have a family member who died for 22 minutes. He said he saw himself and his wife (my aunt); he was outside, and he saw her when they were screaming for a doctor. He also saw his parents. He said he was floating, and then, dark shadows started grabbing him. He said it was terrifying.”
— None
5.“My mother, who had died in the hospital, said it was a deep sleep with total darkness (that says a lot because she is very religious and didn’t see the whole ‘I saw a light’ thing). When she was revived, she said, ‘I was just sleeping. Leave me alone.’ She was indeed dead, and the whole time she thought she was asleep.”
6.“My father was declared dead for eight minutes. He said he saw nothing; it was just like being asleep, but without the dream. No passage of time — simply emptiness.”
— Nyxara
7.“My best friend flatlined for a few minutes after she was brought to the hospital from an incident. During that time, she saw herself from a third-person POV on a hospital bed, as well as a few doctors in the room. They brought a defibrillator and started it; as soon as it touched her chest, she ‘came back’ to her own body.”
— Binnie91
8.“My grandma was declared dead after giving birth to her first child (my aunt). She says that she could still hear everything the doctors were saying, but it was like watching a movie or something.”
— White_Wolf_Dreamer
9.“I had a motorcycle accident when I was 13. I saw nothing. I’m missing a block of time — about an hour before the accident to a week later when I woke up in the hospital.”
— ikarus189
10.“My uncle died for a few minutes. We received a call from my aunt saying that he died and explained that he saw the light — saw the other side and encountered his mum and uncle. His reply to them was, ‘F**K THAT’ and literally came back to his body! We got the call an hour after that happened, and he is still going strong to this day.”
— Kyamne
11.“It was nothing for me — just nothing. Like, I went to sleep, I could hear the machines in the hospital, but I couldn’t open my eyes. I just remember thinking, ‘Oh hey, I’m alive.'”
— mapleismycat
12.“My father was dead for a few minutes after dropping from a heart attack at work. Miraculously, CPR saved his life. He said that there was nothing. No light or life flashing before his eyes. Just nothingness.”
— RyFromTheChi
13.“It’s like waking up from anaesthesia. One minute I’m chillin, feeling the oxy flowing through me, next thing I know, there’s bright lights, and my chest hurts from CPR. Felt like no time had passed between the two.”
— thekrillin
14.“A friend of my older sister was involved in a snowmobile crash and was legally dead for around 10 minutes. He said it felt like nothing — like, he doesn’t remember the time leading up to the crash and doesn’t remember being dead. He has no memory of the instance whatsoever.”
— LeluWater
And finally…
15.“It’s very hard to explain. But there was this light, I guess you could call it God, but it was and wasn’t. It was a giant ball of light, and it would surround me. I call it the source, because it’s the name that I feel could describe it better. But even then, while I was there, I couldn’t explain some things. It felt like I knew everything, and words I didn’t know existed were there. I felt calm, and there was angelic music that gave me this feeling of a joyous calmness. Time felt different; it flowed differently.”
" There is so much I ca n’t account about it , but it was only positive . I felt love . "
— thelordschosenginger
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