OPINION (Independent) – Seeing your life flash before your eyes, experiencing time slow down or having the feeling of drifting out your body may be more common than first thought, as a study suggests one in 10 people has had a near death experience (NDE). Danish researchers studying the body’s response to imminent mortal danger, real or otherwise, said these experiences are triggered by the same mechanism that causes lucid “wakeful” dreaming. Respondents reportedly variously meeting past family members, feeling their soul
“sucked out” or being paralyzed by a demon sat on their chest – a phenomenon which has since become a recurring dream in one of the participants. Previous research in patients whose hearts stopped has suggested between 5 percent and 8 percent of people experience an NDE. But the Danish study used questionnaire responses from 1,034 participants, across 35 countries, and found nearly 300 people reported some kind of psychological or spiritual experience. READ MORE
