near death experience
Brushing with mortality
A near death experience is a vivid, often mystical experience reported by people who have come close to dying or been clinically dead before being revived.
Common elements include seeing a bright light, feeling peaceful, encountering deceased relatives, or observing one's own body from above.
These experiences profoundly affect many who have them, sometimes changing their outlook on mortality.
After his near death experience, he no longer feared dying.
Also spelled near-death experience.
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- tunnel visionInability to see periphery
- lightVisible electromagnetic radiation
- floatingStaying atop liquid
- out of bodySensation of leaving flesh
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- spiritual experiencesmystical union, divine vision, divine encounter, spiritual vision, heavenly visions
- afterlifeheaven, hell, paradise, purgatory, limbo
- uplifting storiessuccess story, comeback story, underdog story, redemption story, survival story
- origin storieslab accident, alien planet, mutation, tragic backstory, gamma radiation
- Peak experiencesflow state, epiphany, enlightenment, euphoria, ecstasy
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Coming into the world
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near death experienceordinary day
Uneventful twenty-four hours
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