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intrepidity

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12. This describes exactly my own experience.
Sat Jun 19, 2021, 03:23 AM
Jun 2021

And I mean, exactly.

But when I realized what was happening, I totally freaked out at the utter weirdness of it, and snapped back into my body immediately. But for just a couple of seconds, I was out of my body -- sort of. It was more like my astral body was superimposed on my physical body, like a double-image on an old black-and-white TV. That imagery illustrates what the sensation was like, and as I said, it ended almost as soon as it began, because of my total freak-out reaction.

The only detail I can add is that I freaked out when I felt my astral shoulder pulling away from my body. After I calmed down, I laughed and laughed and laughed, because upon receiving exactly what I had wanted for so long, my own fear aborted the experience. I gave up then on ever trying again (even though I hadn't been 'trying' on that occasion), one, because I now had first-hand experience that it was real--even though I had already believed so--and two, because I accepted that I was my own worst adversary on some things. It was a profound, life-altering experience, to be sure.

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No, and no. Dial H For Hero Jun 2021 #1
As a critical care nurse and first responder... absolutely Murphyb849 Jun 2021 #2
Yes. Age 4 during a tonsillectomy 1950. rickford66 Jun 2021 #3
Not me - but my mother leftieNanner Jun 2021 #4
Election night 2016 was as close as I have come. Tomconroy Jun 2021 #5
Yes, but I have no superstitious ideas about it. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2021 #6
1+ keithbvadu2 Jun 2021 #7
Not a near death experience, but out-of-body experiences. Jeebo Jun 2021 #8
I have experienced stuff while I was between BigmanPigman Jun 2021 #11
This describes exactly my own experience. intrepidity Jun 2021 #12
Cats NJCher Aug 2021 #21
Thanks for sharing that, Cher. Jeebo Aug 2021 #22
I have had visits from both of my pups after they died. BigmanPigman Aug 2021 #26
I have pre birth memories I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2021 #9
Bleeding ulcer. Dark, dark black stool. Was pumping dry. keithbvadu2 Jun 2021 #10
Twice vercetti2021 Jun 2021 #13
Yes LiberalLoner Jun 2021 #14
A recent piece on NDE'S flotsam Jun 2021 #15
I am glad he said this. BigmanPigman Jun 2021 #16
My sister inlaw flatlined for quite some time. C Moon Jun 2021 #17
Kaiser does that? Cool! BigmanPigman Jun 2021 #18
I don't believe in a god either. That happened about 15 years ago, C Moon Jun 2021 #19
I'm going to have to look into IANDS BigmanPigman Jun 2021 #20
No, but when I used to be a nursing assistant one of my patients had one. milestogo Aug 2021 #23
That's the sort of thing BigmanPigman Aug 2021 #24
Well I'm sure people have come up with explanations that dismiss it. milestogo Aug 2021 #25
Open pelvic fracture, a lot of bleeding inside and out. Hotler Oct 2021 #27
Did you leave your body at any point? BigmanPigman Oct 2021 #28
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