[To eliminate confusion after moving this post to the commentary thread, the immediately above post to which tim refers in the first sentence below ("NDE caused by head/injury/coma") is this one --Laird]
Connecting up with the theme above (NDE caused by a head injury/coma). This study from China found the incidence of NDE to be lower than that reported in survivors of cardiac arrest.
"Infrequent near death experiences in severe brain injury survivors - A quantitative and qualitative study"
Our present study was aimed at collecting this valuable information from survivors of severe head injury after a prolonged coma. The study was conducted in the head injury department of Guangdong 999 Brain hospital, Guangzhou, China.
Only three patients had clearly recognisable NDE narratives. One of them had a negative NDE and interestingly reveals that he thought he was being 'punished for his wrongs.' We obviously can't draw that conclusion, though.
Individual differences in opinions about death
The second subject who had the 3-D light experience on the other hand opined that death is the end of material life: "You know, the more I think of it, it makes me think that death actually takes everything away from you and gives you a whole new identity.
It's like….you don't die exactly. But you do die in terms of materialism. Your body dies….your sense of having body dies…your all materialistic possessions die….You actually die… and then, there is a completely new you. I don't know if it's after-life…or just a big vacuum up there. But there is for sure, I….I….just can't explain it."
It's worth a look for those interested in this subject and you can actually "click" on the small pictures to enlarge them. I bet you're thrilled about that, Malf.
http://www.annalsofian.org/article.asp?i...aulast=Hou
Hou Y, Huang Q, Prakash R, Chaudhury S. Infrequent near death experiences in severe brain injury survivors - A quantitative and qualitative study. Ann Indian Acad Neurol 2013;16:75-81
NB* Apologies if I've already posted this somewhere. Don't think I have but I wouldn't bet against it.
(This post was last modified: 2020-03-22, 11:02 AM by Laird.)
Connecting up with the theme above (NDE caused by a head injury/coma). This study from China found the incidence of NDE to be lower than that reported in survivors of cardiac arrest.
"Infrequent near death experiences in severe brain injury survivors - A quantitative and qualitative study"
Our present study was aimed at collecting this valuable information from survivors of severe head injury after a prolonged coma. The study was conducted in the head injury department of Guangdong 999 Brain hospital, Guangzhou, China.
Only three patients had clearly recognisable NDE narratives. One of them had a negative NDE and interestingly reveals that he thought he was being 'punished for his wrongs.' We obviously can't draw that conclusion, though.
Individual differences in opinions about death
The second subject who had the 3-D light experience on the other hand opined that death is the end of material life: "You know, the more I think of it, it makes me think that death actually takes everything away from you and gives you a whole new identity.
It's like….you don't die exactly. But you do die in terms of materialism. Your body dies….your sense of having body dies…your all materialistic possessions die….You actually die… and then, there is a completely new you. I don't know if it's after-life…or just a big vacuum up there. But there is for sure, I….I….just can't explain it."
It's worth a look for those interested in this subject and you can actually "click" on the small pictures to enlarge them. I bet you're thrilled about that, Malf.
http://www.annalsofian.org/article.asp?i...aulast=Hou
Hou Y, Huang Q, Prakash R, Chaudhury S. Infrequent near death experiences in severe brain injury survivors - A quantitative and qualitative study. Ann Indian Acad Neurol 2013;16:75-81
NB* Apologies if I've already posted this somewhere. Don't think I have but I wouldn't bet against it.
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