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A year or two ago, I had a severe bout of depression (right at the time when I found out I had Asperger's), and I tried to do myself in four times. I'm glad I didn't manage it, because now I realise what a bad idea it was, and I've come to terms with the reasons I had for doing it.
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To "Child of the 80's"
 If it's OK that I ask, at the time you had your Near Death experience, what was your religious belief system
Did you get the impression that if you died, you would be in Heaven??
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Don't know if this counts, but on September 9th, 2001, I was at a DC airport to catch a flight to the LA airport. When I was there, everybody seemed to want to take that flight so all the seats were filled with a long waiting list. There was an announcement that anyone who gave up their seats would get $6000 and a flight at a later time. Well, I didn't want to take up my seat despite the money. Two days later, one of those flights crashed into the Pentagon (and I could have been on that flight if I had taken up my seat)
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Don't know if this counts, but on September 9th, 2001, I was at a DC airport to catch a flight to the LA airport. When I was there, everybody seemed to want to take that flight so all the seats were filled with a long waiting list. There was an announcement that anyone who gave up their seats would get $6000 and a flight at a later time. Well, I didn't want to take up my seat despite the money. Two days later, one of those flights crashed into the Pentagon (and I could have been on that flight if I had taken up my seat)
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Wow, that is pretty scary.  I am glad you didn't give up your seat. :o

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My dad had a massive heart attack whilst he was in hospital.  The doctor happened to be on the scene and managed to re start his heart.  My dad claims to have seen what happened from above himself including which staff were in attendance.  One of the nurses confirmed what he saw.  The docotr later said that if my dad had had his attack minutes later the doctor would have been on his tea break and wouldn't have got there in time to save him.
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Wow

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Over Xmas/New Year 1977/78 I was with my family in Bali when I was struck down with menegitis (i had had it since November but doctors thought I was OK - but it appears i was only in remission and it reoccurred during our holiday).

I was in Denpasar Hospital.  During the night i technically died.  My mum was asleep in her hotel when she woke and saw me at the end of her bed.  Apparently I said to her "Mum I have to go now" and she replied in an angry voice "get back to bed right now".

She then woke my dad and they ran to the hospital to find me being resucitated.

My only memory of the event is that mum yelled at me !  It was years before I liked her again.  Even tho I realise now she did the right thing.

If the religious side of it is of any interest - I was then and still am an athiest - as is my entire family.
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Whoa. I once heard of a guy who died in a hotel fire, but according to his parents he phoned them after he died.

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Over Xmas/New Year 1977/78 I was with my family in Bali when I was struck down with menegitis (i had had it since November but doctors thought I was OK - but it appears i was only in remission and it reoccurred during our holiday).

I was in Denpasar Hospital.  During the night i technically died.  My mum was asleep in her hotel when she woke and saw me at the end of her bed.  Apparently I said to her "Mum I have to go now" and she replied in an angry voice "get back to bed right now".

She then woke my dad and they ran to the hospital to find me being resucitated.

My only memory of the event is that mum yelled at me !  It was years before I liked her again.  Even tho I realise now she did the right thing.

If the religious side of it is of any interest - I was then and still am an athiest - as is my entire family.
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Wow...this one made me shiver...great story...and good to see the menegitis cleared up...


as for me...I know of one of my friends whose grand mother passed away, and days earlier he had been searchign for something, and in the middle of the night(when she had passed), he saw her figure standing at the foot of his bed pointing to the right.  He then glanced at the right side where she pointed and foudn what he had been looking for.  Later he found out that he had seen his grandmother exactly one minute before doctors pronounced her dead.  Wouldn't consider it a near death experiance, but rather scary in the least...

I had also once seen on Unsolved mysteries, of a man who died in a car crash at 6:37 I think the time was, and like a few years later, his mother got a message on the answering machine, at 6:37, that was just his voice saying the words, "Follow me."  I may be peering off topic here, but I thought it was a good story...

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Wow...this one made me shiver...great story...and good to see the menegitis cleared up...


as for me...I know of one of my friends whose grand mother passed away, and days earlier he had been searchign for something, and in the middle of the night(when she had passed), he saw her figure standing at the foot of his bed pointing to the right.  He then glanced at the right side where she pointed and foudn what he had been looking for.  Later he found out that he had seen his grandmother exactly one minute before doctors pronounced her dead.  Wouldn't consider it a near death experiance, but rather scary in the least...

I had also once seen on Unsolved mysteries, of a man who died in a car crash at 6:37 I think the time was, and like a few years later, his mother got a message on the answering machine, at 6:37, that was just his voice saying the words, "Follow me."  I may be peering off topic here, but I thought it was a good story...
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Thanks - I was one of the lucky ones - I lost several school friends that year to menengitis.  It was the variety caused by ameoba's in water.  When swimming pools have heated up and not had time to cool down overnight.  Then you dive in and the contaminated water is forced up your nose into your brain.  Of course these days public swimming pools are closed down after a certain amount of days over a certain temp to prevent this disease.


I have heard many amazing stories similar to your friend and his grandmother.  Its so freaky to think someone feels they have unfished business and have to help someone out in some shape or form.  She obviously needed that final contact with him.

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Time does stand still in times like this..looking back out my window, I saw the tanker, & the car carrier all jack knife and charging towards me...all in slow motion I saw the chain reaction of a 17 car & truck pileup, all heading towards me..I remember anticapating and then feeling each hit/crash and the crunching of metal and the sound of breaking glass and sceeching tires...wondering which next crash was going to crush my car and kill me.
I knew I was gong to die..your life does pass before you, it's like the whole event took over a hour to happen..
I woke up to bright lights and a paramedic shaking me and asking my name. I was hurt, broken arm, seperated knee and some scratches but O.K. No one was killed in the huge wreck, but there was some people seriously hurt, my mom's car totaled. I got lucky that day..stupid dog. >:(
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OMIGOD   :o  We see those huge chain reaction type freeway crashes on TV and you wonder how each car had a survivor.  The slow motion side of it must have been scarey.  You know your reactions wont happen in time etc.

Glad to hear you came out of it ok.

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OMIGOD   :o  We see those huge chain reaction type freeway crashes on TV and you wonder how each car had a survivor.  The slow motion side of it must have been scarey.  You know your reactions wont happen in time etc.

Glad to hear you came out of it ok.
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Thanks. I'm O.K. but I can't listen to The Godfathers "Birth, School, Work, Death" anymore, without freaking out..it was playing on the radio when the pileup started..
Ironic though, I now live in Long Beach, and travel the infamous 710 with hundreds of thousands of container trucks going to & from port. Theres lots of fog in the early morning and they have pileups AT LEAST twice a year here...you'd think I would have learned my lesson. :)

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When I was 16 someone treated me to  an Aspen ski trip. Keep in mind I had NEVER skiied in my life. Anyways a mere 4 hours after my first ski lesson, I decided to be adventurous and go on the Advanced trail. Well I was a natural, keeping right up with the pros, that is until I missed a sharp turn and went flying right off of a cliff!!
The next thing I remember was waking up with an oxygen mask on my face surrounded by EMS. As it turns out I had fallen about 80 ft but the snow was soft enough for me to sink into. When they found me I was in a daze and wheezing with an asthma attack(I'm guessing from shock) and my left ankle was badly sprained from being twisted in the ski.

I have not skiied since.
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80ft!!!