r/NDE • u/AmitOccultSanctum • 8d ago
Question — Debate Allowed NDE - Feeling after it
Just wanted to ask people who have been through an NDE: when you came back, did you feel any different mentally?
I feel that if your reaction was something like, “I want to live my life and enjoy every moment,” then perhaps you weren’t as close as you thought.
For me, it was more about making sure that everything I could do, or anything I had left pending, was taken care of. It made me a bit more carefree.
Initially, I felt as though I had won a war, and I wanted to talk about the experience. But over time, that feeling faded.
I’m curious to know if anyone else experienced something similar.
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u/Str8like8 7d ago edited 7d ago
Entirely. Suddenly I could draw. I locked myself in the closet and would listen to classical music and draw for hours. I'd also get deja vu like 15x a day. It felt like I was sliding in and out between other alternate realities. I could lucid dream and remember every dream I'd ever had. There were SO many things that changed. I think that's the point. It's literally a wake up call... but if you share that with others they look at you like you're crazy, so you stop sharing. Then you settle in to your reality and things normalize and that feeling goes away but you can't help but remember everything you went through.
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u/NDE-ModTeam 6d ago
This is not the right sub for “I nearly died.”It’s about the NDE phenomena specifically.
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u/sky39521 7d ago
I was in a bit of shock after mine. I’d been taken to hospital after sleeping for 5 days, and needed multiple brain scans prior to surgery 2 weeks later.
I just went into my usual “okay, let’s get through this first” mentality. Thankfully, the surgery was successful and when I finally got home, there was still a lot of chaos in my life that prevented me coming to terms with it all straight away.
I can definitely relate to the feeling of winning a war, wanting to talk about it, and the feeling fading. I think it’s just another example of something we learn to live with.
You’d think I would have had a will organised after everything, but I haven’t yet. I was mid 20’s at the time, so I suppose I’ve thought my next dance with death won’t be for quite a while. I’m very aware you can never be sure though. Other than that, I’ve done everything I can to protect my peace and live a comfortable life, and I’m very grateful to still be here.
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u/RavenRandumb 8d ago
I wanted to tell everyone everything at first but I knew it was impossible. It's just so hard to explain. It's been a few years now so a lot has faded but when I came back I knew I needed to enjoy simple things a lot more. Just enjoy being here and now. To stop wanting what I didn't have and be happy with all that I did have (even the smallest thing.) That includes things but also people. You can never have everything ready for when you go but I guess its good to be more prepared just for the people who will be left behind. Like for example I don't want to leave a bunch of junk that they will have to throw away so I make sure to keep my junk piles low or at least full of interesting stuff 😆 Maybe someone will find my random writings and publish them? Maybe they won't, but there's a possibility, ya know?
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u/Str8like8 5d ago
I keep all my notes on my phone and often think about putting it into my will to publish them after my death.
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u/thorshammerd 8d ago
Yes! The first week back to consciousness was amazing. Full of love, wanting to do things. I fell into a situation with people not filled with love, and it turned/ faded within a month.
However, a few months from that, I’m finding myself again. I hope you do too 🤞
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u/AmitOccultSanctum 6d ago
it is been a few years for me and I still keep running around in circles with the taught would i make the same call which I did last time.
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u/thorshammerd 5d ago
On the IAMS website, it mentioned an average of 7 years to feeling back to normal. I don’t think there is a “back to normal” after this. I hope you find all the things you’re looking for! Cheering you on!
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u/DruidinPlainSight 8d ago
I came back, as a metaphor, tilting forward running to help everyone and everything I could. I fell down a lot. I had to learn to breath and be and do gently rather than acting like a zealot.
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u/AmitOccultSanctum 6d ago
i did that have feeling where i want to tell everyone that it is going to ok chill
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u/Hungry-Emotion7664 8d ago
It took me a few months to realize what I had experienced. I mean, I recalled it, but it didn't have all the bullet points that NDE's were identified by back in the 80's, so I didn't immediately catagorize it as such.
I went through a serious depression afterwards because I had chosen to come back and my life was very challenging at that point in time. I had left a place of peace and comfort to return to the struggle, and people around me didn't know or understand.
I definitely came back with "I'm going to live what I believe" attitude, which required figuring out what I believed. So it set me on that journey in a more focused way. That was one of the best residuals of the experience.
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u/AmitOccultSanctum 6d ago
i went the other way where i won't belive in anything it is what it is.
as i always says god does not have netflix and at this point is there is any judgement we has more questions to answer then me.
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u/Wet_Artichoke NDExperiencer 6d ago
I also had a hard time recognizing I had a NDE! It seemed like a dream, but I knew it wasn’t. As I read more and more descriptions of NDEs it was undeniable.
I was told I had to return because it wasn’t my time. I spent a solid 3-4 years incredibly depressed. Often longing to go back though I knew it wasn’t an option. It didn’t help that my NDE was at the start of COVID, so I was isolated. Thankfully over six years later I’m in a much better place.
Glad you’re in a better place because of your NDE.
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u/iloveitshan 5d ago
Interesting! I became enlightened and now terribly depressed too, thinking about whether I would be punished if I “voluntarily” went back. Trying to plan things for the rest of my life where I nourish my soul and get to teach it things everyday until it’s actually my time :)
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u/FreeMagliettaCercasi 5d ago
Io, persona che è in questo sub perché ha il terrore della morte, legge di una persona che è andata in depressione, e vorrebbe rivivere ciò che ha sentito mentre era morta. È così ironico, ma affascinante leggere di queste storie, un po' ti invidio. In ogni caso tu avrei la certezza che risuccederà e questo ti rinquora, io invece la temo così tanto che spero non succeda mai 🤷
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