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One of the hardest things to do after an NDE is to put such an experience into words. I will try my best.
So I ask with all god’s love to stay with me while I tell my experience. My NDE was about 8 years ago but according to the realness of it, it was yesterday, in a different form of time.
It was September 2009 when I arrived home completely frozen after a jog. I was cold and wanted to make a fire in our fireplace. I noticed that my wide sports pants had caught fire. I tried to knock out the flames with my hands, but that didn't work - on the contrary!
It was in 2015--22nd April, two days after my birthday. I was to undergo a wrist surgery to release a tendon, as I was in immense pain and movements were restricted in my thumb.
Before beginning, I apologize for the grammatical errors, English is not my maternal language.
Here, I must do a preamble before going further. I’ll try to do a short story. I got my first NDE at 8 years old (got hit by car while riding bike) and the last one last summer when I drowned myself in Costa Rica; for a total of 9 NDEs (2 cars hit me while doing bike, 2 serious car accidents (a skull fracture), 2 drownings and 3 majors surgeries, including one to remove a brain tumor (a grade 2; not cancer but suppose to die anyway) with a clinical death of about ten seconds).
I was 3 years old, swimming with family all day. Everyone decided to get out of the pool and go play volleyball, and my floaties were taken off. I wanted to play too, but I was told I was too little. So, I thought, fine I'll go swimming. It felt like my floaties were still on, so I took a big leap off the step (as I normally did), and I was sinking.
