Christine Clawley - Experiences of Timelessness in a Near-Death Experience
What Researchers Found
The Story
The person was a 24-year-old recent college graduate. The NDE was caused by necrotizing fasciitis, a flesh-eating bacteria infection in her throat, chest, and abdomen. She had a one to 10% chance of survival and was put into a medically induced coma for life-saving operations and treatments. During the coma, she had three dreams that felt like entire lifetimes. In one dream, she lived a full life from young woman to older adult. She also experienced complete surrender to physical and emotional pain, along with a sense of oneness, timelessness, incredible beauty, and peace. After waking from the coma, she faced physical challenges, including relearning to breathe, eat, talk, and walk while weighing less than 90 pounds. She developed mindfulness and presence, and an awareness of death that made family connections and moments more meaningful. She dealt with PTSD-like symptoms, increased intuition, empathy, and precognitive dreams. This shifted her from an intellectual, goal-oriented life to a journey exploring time's role in healing and learning from indigenous elders, which shaped her personal and professional path.
No veridical perception claims of external events are reported; the account describes internal dreams, subjective feelings of oneness, and timelessness during a medically induced coma, with no specific, verifiable observations from impossible vantage points.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
Score reflects transformation as described. Domains scored 0 indicate the topic was not discussed, not that no change occurred.
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What Researchers Found
No veridical perception claims of external events are reported; the account describes internal dreams, subjective feelings of oneness, and timelessness during a medically induced coma, with no specific, verifiable observations from impossible vantage points.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
Score reflects transformation as described. Domains scored 0 indicate the topic was not discussed, not that no change occurred.