A man who ‘died for three minutes’ has told of the astonishing visions he experienced beyond the grave after an extraordinary comeback. Relaying the story for him, a mate detailed how his pal had a drug overdose and subsequently endured a stroke, leading to a death pronouncement for nearly three minutes en route to hospital.
Astonishingly, despite the medics witnessing his heart flatlining and doubting any chance of revival, his pulse miraculously returned.
Taking to Reddit, he recounted: “He remembers the stroke, and being wheeled to the ambulance on a stretcher. Then he felt like he was floating under ice cold water, and it was dark, but he wasn’t really thinking or feeling anything emotionally, just existing and knowing it was very very cold and he couldn’t see. Then he woke up, and the EMTs were kind of freaked out because his heart had stopped long enough that they figured he was done.”
As he recuperated in the hospital, he pondered over his eerie out-of-body occurrence and became convinced it was a stint in hell. His comrade continued: “At some point in the following days he became convinced that what he experienced was hell minus the knowledge of suffering, like a toned-down preview, and thought it was a warning for him to change his life. Sadly he didn’t stay clean for long.”
In the comments beneath his post, one user shared: “Wow! This reminded me of a dream of my mum’s. She told me about while I was a kid. She said she woke up, engulfed in a room of flames and people screaming. Then she blinked and it was gone. She was convinced that was a sign she was going to hell. She’s cleaned up since then and is a really good person.”
Another chimed in: “That actually is supposed to be what Hell is like. You’re alone in the dark, aware of being alone in the dark, for eternity. No fire, no demons torturing you. Just – eternal darkness and the awareness that you’re alone.”
Lastly, a third individual added their experience, stating: “Working in a hospital and taking care of people who have been legally dead and have come back either on their own accord or with CPR, I’ve heard these people say that they felt like they were falling. They also wake up really confused not remembering the situation. To me it seems like what they experience is close to a dream that you’re falling and wake up with a jolt.”
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