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When my mother was dying, we thought she was hallucinating, what she described sounds like an NDE |
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When my mother was dying, we thought she was hallucinating, but what she described sounds like an NDE. Could this be true?
People who are dying frequently describe seeing a wonderful light or a landscape they want to enter. They may talk with people who are invisible to everyone else, or they may look radiant and at peace. Such "deathbed visions" may be related to NDEs. We have a page with more information about these kinds of experiences. |
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I had one of these experiences, but no one told me I was in danger. Was my doctor lying to me? |
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Probably not. Dr. Raymond Moody, in his 1975 book Life After Life, created the term "near-death experiences" to describe the clinical death experiences of people he had interviewed. However, although being close to death is a fairly reliable "trigger," identical experiences happen under very different circumstances, even to people who are in no way close to physical death. The best known experiences are those of saints and religious mystics. Deep prayer and meditation can produce events like NDEs, as can other altered states of consciousness, without the person being near physical death. |
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Does an NDE really change a person's life? |
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Almost every near-death experiencer reports changes after the experience. The changes may be numerous. They may occur at the physical, psychological, and/or spiritual levels. They may be very difficult or impossible for the NDEr to describe or explain. The changes reflect a fundamental shift in the NDEr's ideas of what life is all about. We have a page with more information about changes spawned by NDEs. |
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How do people react when they come back? |
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A person who has just had a near-death experience probably has very mixed feelings. One person may express anger or grief at being resuscitated; another may express relief. Other typical reactions:
- fear that the NDE signified some kind of mental disorder;
- disorientation because reality has shifted;
- euphoria, feeling special or "chosen";
- withdrawal to ponder the experience.
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