I went to hell in my NDE (Yes, I’m am and was a born again Christian when it happened)
Was in hospital very sick- got peritonitis in addition to my illness and had really high fever- passed out while throwing up- went into convulsions, Nurses and docs rushed in icing me down- dousing me in water etc-
During that time something happened- I felt myself slip away- and went to hell (so now when people tell me to ‘go to hell’ I can tell them- “already been there- and they sent me back for you”)
Was immediately engulfed in suffocating sand, crawling with insects, worms, and very hot (probably felt the heat because of the high fever)- I remember trying to catch my breath but couldn’t because of the heat-
Began to weep uincontrollably - heard a pinging sound- and then a voice said “Count these sounds” I began counting, but the sounds got faster and faster and I lost ocunt- and began to weep uncontrollably again because I failed
The voice then said “Don’t worry, you no longer exist” And I was ripped out of place I was in and into what I can only describe as ‘complete nothingness’
That sounds better than hell huh? NOPE! There was still, somehow, a sense of ‘consciousness’ yet I was in a huge empty black void and oddly aware of it. The sense of ‘nothingness’ was so isolating, so lonely, so empty that it was overwhelming
Then I came to in the hospital bed
Now- do I believe in actual NDE’s where the person ‘dies’ and ‘sees’ other worlds? No- I believe something happens to the synapses during the dying process, or due to high fevers- I believe it’s a ‘coping mechanism’ (kind of like the shock that animals feel, where they don’t feel anything or really know what’s going on, when they are being killed by other animals)
What happened to me was no doubt brought on by the high fever- but what I experienced felt and seemed as real as me sitting here typing this- I can only describe it a kind of ‘lucid dreaming’ type of experience brought on by high fever and synapses going wild-
I know NDE victims like to describe floating above their bodies and ‘seeing things In the room’ that they ‘couldn’t possibly have seen in their bodily position’ BUT I feel they DID see the things they describe- perhaps in a reflection, or subconsciously at some point- I believe there is a rational explanation for it-
Interesting story.
I had a vision/dream of hell once. I was in a room with no windows or doors. It smelled really bad, like rotting flesh and I was bathed in this feeling of being trapped and alone. Woke up sweating and shaking. Dropped to my knees and prayed hard for about an hour.
I get what you’re saying about the possible neurophysiology behind these experiences, yet I believe it’s much more complex than what we know. It is God who created the laws of nature, so we can never completely understand those laws. Not only that, but He can suspend them as He chooses. I know what I’m told; the person knows what they experienced, and God knows everything! :)
I underwent my second triple bypass surgery 2 Jan 2008. There were some severe complications which caused the surgical team to put me in a chemically-induced coma. I was out for three full days and as the Filipino nurses were bringing me around, I thought for sure I was on my way to hell. I thought I had wasted a good confession. Then I regained consciousness and figured I’d better change ways. One of the nurses said something to me and I automatically answered him in Tagalog. I hadn’t been in the Philippines for 50 years! This took place in Delray Beach FL, which we call Paradise!
Are you a Christian now?
Are you a Christian now?
Oops. Somehow I missed the first sentence of your post. Anyway, I think the worst thing you can say to someone is “go to hell”.