I've never had to truly face my own mortality. But I don't think I'm afraid to die. I've had a great life, very few regrets, etc.

I survived a tornado, a number of years ago. My survival and the lack of damage to my home were miracles. Surviving that sort of thing does give you some perspective on what's important in life.

My son almost died, but I don't know if that falls into this category or not.

I flat lined 3 times in 9 minutes after my sons birth

yes - the experience changed my perception of life

Mach said:

Wow. Thank goodness you survived!

hokie1 said:

rapid blood loss can be a killer

my friends all say I should write a book on the near death experiences I had that day

Well, I was 1 hr 15 mins from death but it wasn't close enough, I was never scared for my life.

Mach said:

Did you have that out of body experience people talk about or see the "light". I find this all very interesting. Of course, only share if you feel comfortable.

hokie1 said:

I didn't have th floating watching my body one

I did travel to this (yeah laugh ) purple room - the most incredible room I have ever been in -

It's all a bit to much to share here though

I was forced to leave the purple room - forced to go back
and i really really didnt want to leave ( the purple room )

I got attacted, hit by a car and left for dead pinned between the car and a cement piller. That opened my eyes more than any other time I had knocked on deaths door

Mach said:

You never cease to amaze me. You´re quite an interesting person with a very full life...
It´s good that you survived so you could continue spreading that positivity ( and raise your children, of course).

It made me realise that you can face death and make it so it changed my perception and took my fear away.

This past Febuary I was in a car accident. But luckily I came out with only a bloody nose, and a scrape under my left eye.

yes, I have and my new perspective didn't last long.

Steadwood said:

You did ? I hope you are doing fine again .

Serious said:

Oh it was 5+ years ago now

...I was one of the lucky ones.

...Thanks to my change in percepion and attitude I seem healthier and fitter now than I was 10 or 15 years ago

Steadwood said:

OMG, you must have been so young back then. I am just glad you survived and are healthy now .

Serious said:

not too young unfortunately

...Looking back it has been a positive experience... I was sorta given a second chance...

...There are lots of folks wandering about not realising that they are in danger... I didn't...


Note to all:-...Go get your cholesterol checked!



...I was given a chance to do something about it

...and Thank You so much ... I'm far better now and enjoying life

...Well... Most times

Steadwood said:

I am sure you were quite young .
It's wonderful that you have grown from that experience and it shows that you are a strong person .

Steadwood said:

I am sure you were quite young .
It's wonderful that you have grown from that experience and it shows that you are a strong person .

Serious said:

Ok... I'll accept that

...Thank You... I think we all are in different ways

I haven't stared death in the face but this thread made me think that I'm very afraid to die. Not the fear of the unknown and what happens after, but I'm afraid of the possible pain and suffering. Dying a slow death due to illness or being in a horrible car accident or murdered brutally. Morbid, I know...but I've seen many family members die horrible deaths. I don't want to follow in their footsteps.

fearing death IMHO is negative but fearing NOT living to the full spurs you on to life

Suffered a pulmonary embulis after my son was born. They were waiting to see if the blood clot would either go into my heart or lung. Whilst I was lying there two nurses were making the bed and checking my drip and I was drugged up and on oxygen and in and out of consciousness but I heard them say "This young lady will not make it through the night so we must keep a constant eye on her".

Funny enough this didn't seem to bother me one bit. As I drifted into unconsciousness I felt safe, warm and I could see people in a haze and my mother in law was there and I was talking to her. She said "well you have just died but its not your time and you have to go back" I did not ant to because I felt like I belonged there even though I couldn't tell you where it was.

Anyway I woke up and said "why did you bring me back, why?" The nurse said to me "You don't know how many times we hear that".

Apparently I suffered a very mild heart attack because of the clot the heart stopped for a few minutes. The clot bypassed the heart and went into the lung but because of the oxygen deprivation I suffered this heart attack.

I am now not afraid of death. In fact when the time does come I shall welcome it. It is nothing to be scared of and the sense of belonging and being loved was overwhelming.

Yes, it changed my life. I am more tolerant, I say I love you to my family constantly, and I tend not to hold a grudge for too long and I like to make people laugh.

When I was around 8 or 9, I stupidly put a gobstopper in my mouth while bouncing on a trampoline. Needless to say, the inevitable happened and it went down my throat. I stood there choking for a few minutes, all by myself. My trampoline was all the way down the bottom of the backyard and my parent and grandparents were a long way away, too far to hear me. So there were a few seconds there were I started to think "This is it" and I tried coughing. It worked and it came straight back up. Makes you appreciate oxygen a little more I always usually have a few days sometimes now where I think about what I would have done if coughing hadn't worked. Still turns my stomach a bit.