I have heard stories about how near death experiences totally changed the outlook and attitude of the people that have experienced them. But what is there in a near death experience to cause this drastic change?
I have heard stories of and seen on tv various people who began to be more faithful, loving, courageous, optimistic etc after a near death experience
Why do some people go through near death experiences and change not a bit while others are completely transformed ?
Looking for some answers as usual
As with any other significant experience different people will react in different ways. As for near deaths I would assume that the more vivid and real the experience feels to the person the more dramatically it will affect their life. I have never experienced anything like this or known anyone who has, but I have read about it as well as seen stuff on TV about it.
Maybe for some people just the realization of coming so close to dying shakes them up and makes them have more appreciation for the things they do have in life and that's why they change so much and become more loving, faithful etc.
Coming that close to actually losing every thing and everyone you have would definitely be a eye opener! Although, if it really is like it's described, then to me it would be standing right in the presence of God and I'd imagine that would make almost anyone change for the better!
It's funny isn't it. We only really appreciate something, when he have lost it or when we are on the verge of losing it. Whether it be life, love, home or many other things
Just another strange aspect of human behaviour, i guess
ive heard of people being sweethearts and then they have a neardeath experience and become complete and total assholes and vise versa, but really its horrible that people dont appreciate what they have until they almost lose it or completly lose it
I had a near death expierance when I was 12 years old, ( lol ) I fell off a 35 foot high catwalk while doing a ropes coarse and was caught just as I hit the ground by my relay team, if that counts as a N.D.E.
Anyways, I found that my outlook on life changed somewhat. I became more openminded and I started getting interested in History, I became facsinated with literature and reading, and that was about the time I started to write. As the experiance stared to sink in, I began to appriciate my household plants more, as odd as that sounds.
That doesn't sound odd at all....I would appreciate every living thing after an experience like that! And thank you for sharing it here.
Not a problem. Im glad to finally get it off my chest after so long. xD
Same here, I got in a bad car wreck while driving out of town (Everyone says I should be dead and am extremely lucky to be alive)
Since then I started thinking about my future more and what I want to do in life, Iv'e started writing a book, studying other cultures, I took up fencing, got a new puppy and I am going to China this summer to name a few changes
in short that kinda opened my eyes and made me realize how short life really is
My mother has had many NDE's as she is an epileptic with cerebral paulsy. Her seizures started after a car accident as a child. Her first seizures were intense and there wasn't a very clear understanding of epilepsy in the 1970's so she was misdiagnosed with mental retardation until she had a seizure that caused her heart to stop. She was dead for 30 seconds at least but I wasn't really there so I can't be sure of the actual amount of time. I do know that she actually believes she had a meeting with an angel who told her about me years before I was born, and for that she was changed.