Have you ever had a "near death experience"?

I haven't, but a few weeks ago my husband comes home and tries to check his blood pressure because his arm had been tingling. It wouldn't read it so we went to a Walgreen's and he was told to head directly to the ER because of how high it was. We get to the ER and it reads 240/139. The Dr. Said he must have some strong veins, because blood pressure that high can easily kill you.

The admitting nurse said he won the prize for the person needing to be in the ER most that day.

Needless, to say he is on medication now, but luckily he has absolutely no damage from running that high.

Falling asleep at the wheel at about 55-60 mph and ended up on the other side of the road only to wake up in time to get over.

Got in a wreck at 70 mph going to work last Tuesday with my friend. The oncoming car's driver had a heart attack swerved into our lane. I luckily walked away fine, my friend dislocated his foot and unfortunately the other driver passed away.

Shitty situation all the way around.

None of these sound much like near death experiences.

Yeah i was talking more along the lines of people literally dodging death..but i guess it is rare

I mixed some chemicals yesterday that I knew would react but ended up reacting much more violently and quicker than I'd seen before and I basically had a small bomb go off in my face, luckily I turned away at the right time and only had my ears ringing for about 3 minutes.


In my partying days I had bunches of drunk crashes that could've should've been a lot worse. I've woken up driving 60mph in ditches headed for trees and was able to avoid rolling or hitting anything. I've got good reactions behind the wheel and have avoided an untold number of wrecks from people pulling out in front of me or running stop signs or slamming their brakes for something.

Luckily I've never had any medical issues or been hospitalized or even needed a scrip past some pain meds or antibiotics.

Wow UMTR... Glad everything is ok... That's sounds like a pretty scary deal.

Not really near death, but it is something that I always look back on.

When I was 3 or so, my mother drove me to the grocery store and parked out front. If she was going to be fast, she would keep the car running and lock the doors and tell me to only unlock the doors for her. (I grew up in the 70's... It was normal then.)

As soon as she walked inside, this guy came from the side of the building and started trying to unlock the door. Then he leaned over and smiled real eerily and say "hey, can you unlock the door please."

I was absolutely frozen in fear. He then ran off. I often wonder WTF that guy had planned. At minimum, he was going to steal our car. But, he knew I was in there bc he watched me the whole time. Pretty sure that life would have sucked if I had opened that door.

When I was an undergrad at UK, I caught the flu once. It was February, cold as shite and not even mid-term. So life royally sucked. I was sick as a dog.

On top of that I developed pneumonia. I decided to hole up in my room until it blew over. Almost my last bad decision.

During one of the darkest nights of my sickness, I felt that I was dying. I was dreaming but awake at the same time. I saw a huge spiral staircase that led to what I can only describe as my version of heaven.

On the staircase, and several people ahead of me, I saw my recently deceased Mom. She was absolutely beautiful and dressed all in white. There were other familiar faces, too, but it was my Mom on whose face I was fixed.

I called out to her and tried pushing past the people between us. When I got close enough to get her attention, she gave me a radiant, loving smile of recognition but then raised her hands in a motion indicating I should stop.

I couldn't hear the words she spoke to me but I could understand enough from lip-reading to know she was saying, "Turn back. It's not your time. I'll be here waiting. Go and live a full life. I love you."

I recovered from my closest-to-death experience that semester with no permanent damage to my body. However, I get a flu shot every year and take care of my health. It's what my Mom would have wanted for me.

Also, I don't have the slightest fear of death. I think Mom took care of that for me, too.