NDE, or Near Death Experiences

[WriterDom]

Anyone had one or know anyone that did?

Carl Sagan believed they might be psychological replay of the experience of birth. Not all NDE are the wonderful walking into the light to greet a long lost relative. Some have hellish NDEs.

 

[Ambrosious]

The closest I ever came was pissing off "she who owns the pussy," also know as FG or Fantasy Goddess.

It wasn't pretty, let me tell you.

The closest I ever want to come to seeing hell.

 

[brazenblaze]

I've never had one, however I find it odd that this subject has come up. I just finished "Passage" by Connie Willis and would have have to say that I think NDE is similar to what it is in that book. A chemical response in the brain, nothing more.

 

[Andra_Jenny]

I have been given last rites once,

had to face down a tornado once,
was hauled off a construction site in a coma,
plus many, many, many bizaare substance abuse situations,
and I detected no NDE's unless bizaare hallucinations count.

 

[Pyper]

When I first read Carl Sagan's theory about NDE's, I found it very interesting. Bright white light at the end of a long tunnel= birth. However, these days, I'm more inclined to believe that NDE's are a chemical response due to a lack of oxygen reaching the brain. Just seems more plausible to me.