Near death experience?

Has anyone ever had one? Do you think it would help be less suicidal? I've never had one, just wondering if anyone here has?

I've come close to dying three times, and was saved by medical intervention. But I've never had one of those out of body, walk towards the light experiences.

I have never had one. I hear that some of them can present a very attractive picture of the afterlife. I wonder if that would make death more appealing. Anyway, there are many books on the subject. Maybe you could find an answer to your question in one of them.

Yes, I have had a Near Death Experience. It happened during a heart attack when I was 49 and under a lot of pressure. I put up a web site about them it is at aleroy.com and my full experience is on it. My life was changed forever and all the doubts I once had were answered. My journey through life after the experience has been remarkable and my goal is to help others find the peace and joy that I have found.

I have had one long ago as a kid, coming close to drowning. I am content to wait. I also learned to not fear the dying, there is that peaceful feeling and relaxation. Now what may happen to me before the death, that can cause some worries especially getting older and more things physically going haywire.

yeah I guess almost drowning might be a common one. Almost drowned in a swimming pool when I was 4, but I think safety of kids around pools has come a long way since then.

My mom almost drowned when she was a kid. She said it was a very peaceful experience. That seems hard to believe, but then I am quite sure the way they picture on TV is wrong.

I believe that is understandable. Once the initial panic of not able to breathe passes and the blood and oxygen no longer goes to the brain you go out like a light in a matter of seconds. It is why the carotid restraint or chokehold used in martial arts and used to be common with police was so effective, not a choke at all, cutting off blood to the noodle. One of the biggest dangers with drowning is a person either has to be muscled out by enough people or like with lifeguards and how they carry those pontoon type floats they keep handy.

No, I never had an NDE. But I heard of an NDE where a young man died, and in the Afterlife he was reunited with his Parents who had died several years previously. He was presented with the option of returning to Earth or to stay with his Parents. He had a Wife back on Earth but you loved both his Wife and his Parents equally.
So it was a Catch-22---that is, either decision would be equally painful.

We're all connected to the original life source, but after death I think that line, that connection, is no longer there. We go home. I saw my friend who'd died when he was 39, once in a dream. He was on a train, looking out a window at me. I was also on a train looking out my window, but on a parallel tarck; our respective trains were going in opposite directions. He apologised and said he wasn't able to contact me anymore.

@KM76710 there was a very naughty and probably dangerous game we used to play, we called it police, in which a friend grabbed and squeezed the other by the diaphram really hard, after they'd hyper-ventilating for a minute. It made you pass out or faint. Not sure which. Always played it with friends who'd let us down onto the floor gently. After a while we'd wake up. Luckily, nobody died.

i had one on June 30th of this year. my blood pressure dropped way too low, and my brain wasn't getting blood or oxygen. Apparently this had been going on for several weeks before it dropped as low as it did, and i was finally rushed to the hospital. All from the meds they put me on.

The answer is "no" for me. i am still very suicidal. Passively at this moment. It tends to swap back and forth depending on who i'm around and what is happening. During extreme issues, i find it very difficult to keep moving forward and want it all to stop. Want all of me to stop. Thats usually when i begin the search for my means. i have given up telling others. It doesn't change things, so why bother.

Do you mean metaphorically or literally ?

I know this thread is old but when I almost drowned i started swallowing water in an attempt to breathe and it was painful. Fortunately I was wearing a life preserver (kayaking accident in rapids) and it pulled me up out of the water. I don't fear death anymore but the body problems getting to it. I also wear my life preserver in quiet water now.