Approximately 10% of the population has faced a near-death experience (NDE).
I was one of them.
Mine occurred 6 months ago, during a planned cardiac procedure. Thankfully, a precordial thump and 2 minutes of CPR brought me back to life.
The amount of information I gathered from the 180 days since the event has been invaluable. I hope to be able to share a portion of my knowledge with readers.
The concept of NDE is not new. It is rumored that Socrates may have suffered an event. However, it was not until the works of Dr Bruce Greyson, published in the book After, that NDEs began to be widely accepted and discussed by medical personnel. Another early pioneer, who coined the phrase "near-death experience," was Raymond Moody, whose book Life After Life began the field of empirical study examining similarities between those who shared their near-death stories.
NDEs are defined as events that are triggered by "life-threatening episodes when the body is injured." These episodes can occur during massive trauma, during an operation or procedure, or when the body is deprived of oxygen, such as during a myocardial infarction or massive strokeor even drowning or hypothermia. Blunt trauma with massive tissue shock, such as a high fall, could also cause an NDE.
