I nearly died ask me anything

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If anyone's interested in what it actually feels like

Yes - what did it feel like?

What did it feel like?

What happened to you? What did it feel like?

What happened? Why didn't you die?

Did you have any kind of near death experience? Any sense of awareness of what was happening but feeling peaceful, joyful, etc?

Did you have any kind of near death experience? Any sense of awareness of what was happening but feeling peaceful, joyful, etc?

Were you aware? Were you terrified?

Do you mean you technically died and were brought back or nearly did?

What happened to make you nearly die?

My gallbladder burst I was ill for weeks with gallstones and it became infected and it ruptured sepis flooded my body .... I had emergency surgery to save me but my body was giving up I was put in to intensive care and I remember a lot .... I was terrified before I had surgery but to sick to show it ..... after surgery I knew I was dying it's a very strange feeling ..... there was a constant voice in my head telling me it was ok ..... I felt remarkably calm and chilled not sure if that was the drugs but I felt ready to go

I could hear the doctors , nurses and machines but I felt warm and cozy it's such a strange feeling I remember looking down on myself and it wasn't scary at all .... I could see them fussing over me

This is silly. What it felt like for you may or may not be someone else’s experience. I nearly died also. Of sepsis. I spent 3weeks in ICU and got very very lucky. FWIW I felt nothing. I certainly didn’t feel scared, worried, relieved etc until I was in a normal enough mental state to realise what had happened.
It has however meant that I now feel incredibly lucky to be alive and grateful for all I have.

oooh very interesting , has it changed you at all?

I definitely think that’s the drugs talking.

My body stopped responding to the antibiotics i was becoming immune to them... my crp was through the roof .... My heart stopped

So how come you're alive?

I was in icu after my second baby. No wonderful experiences- but post traumatic stress for years.

Did you see/hear/sense anything of a religious nature?

This is silly. What it felt like for you may or may not be someone else’s experience.

As is the case with every single one of these AMA threads! I don't think it's silly OP, I'm sorry you went through that and so glad you recovered :)

Has it made you have a different outlook on life?

Glad you recovered Op.I too had a near death experience caused by sleep apnea.I was floating above my body and was told it wasn't my time by what I can only describe as a being of light.I was then told what year I would die and what I would die from.This was in 2006.It was a very calming experience.I was above my body also.

Yes, I hope death is a calm experience

Empathy - you believe you know what you're going to die of, and when?!

tell us!

Brutus,I was told 2029 and heart attack caused by my husband making me jump.This was in 2006,in 2012 I had a stroke and in 2014 I had a heart attack,obviously survived I wasn't aware I had a blocked Carotid artery and Ischemic Heart Disease back in 2006.Have had a triple bypass now.I don't worry about when I go,be it 2029 or before.