HeavenIsReal · May 9, 2023 · 148 views
Searching 5,000+ NDE accounts…
Finding relevant experiences and synthesising an answer
Searching 5,000+ NDE accounts…
Finding relevant experiences and synthesising an answer
If you or someone you know is in crisis, please reach out.
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is available 24/7. Call or text 988 to speak with a counselor. You are not alone.
What NDEs say
People who attempt suicide and have NDEs consistently report that their biggest regret is not realizing how deeply loved they already were and how capable they were of getting through their pain.
The moment of attempting suicide can reveal something unexpected. Jacob Cooper describes standing at that threshold and suddenly seeing that even though he felt completely stuck, he would have been able to move through it, and he would have emerged stronger 4. What hit him hardest was the realization that he was far more loved than he had ever imagined, a regret he says is shared by the majority of people who survive suicide attempts 4.
This pattern of regret appears across accounts, though not all involve suicide. What people describe is the sudden, overwhelming comprehension of love that was already present in their lives, love they had stopped paying attention to 3. The regret is not about moral failure. It is about not seeing what was real, about taking their own life for granted when something precious was right there 3.
The accounts cited above, with the relevant quotes
Corduroy Brown, a 31-year-old musician and TV worker in West Virginia, had a near-death experience in 2021. He first got COVID-19 mildly, but weeks later developed MIS-C, causing multiple organ failure in his heart, lungs, and kidneys. He was hospita...
Betty's life was a storm of darkness before her near-death experience in 2019. Orphaned at 23 by her parents' joint suicide amid their battle with addiction, she spiraled into her own abyss: atheism, prostitution, heroin and meth addiction, and a cyc...
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If you are carrying this question because someone you love attempted or completed suicide, what these accounts suggest is this: the regret is not about you failing them. It is about them not being able to see, in that moment of desperation, how much love already surrounded them. That blindness is part of the pain they were in, not a reflection of what you did or did not do.
This synthesis was generated from real NDE accounts in our archive. It is not medical or spiritual advice. Accounts are first-person testimonies — reported experiences, not verified facts.
Angel was a young woman who partied at raves and used drugs heavily. Her near-death experience happened after she overdosed on meth, ecstasy, weed, alcohol, and PCP during a rave in Cincinnati. Alone in a hotel tub around 5 a.m., her body went numb, ...
Jake Cooper, a child at the time, had a near-death experience caused by suffocation. During the NDE, he lost his breath and felt detached from his body. He connected to an eternal breath of life, experiencing clarity between two worlds and downloads ...
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