Suicide Prevention & Near Death Experience (NDE): Make It Through the Rain
What Researchers Found
The Story
The man was in deep despair in 1984. He had lost his wife, daughter, money, and inheritance. He slept in his car and lost 60 pounds in three months. He tried to crash into a pillar at 70 miles per hour to end his life but could not turn the wheel. At a stoplight, he rested his head on the steering wheel and felt heavy darkness and isolation. During this moment, his car lit up like a flashbulb in a dark room. He shifted from despair to joy and cried out to God that they would make it. This experience calmed him and gave him hope. After the event, he turned his life around. He became a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience and an ordained minister. He now lives comfortably and shares the lesson to hold on one more day for positive change.
“was yelling out I said then God God we're going to make it we're going to”
This account describes a profound emotional and spiritual transformation during suicidal despair in a conscious state, with no veridical perceptions of external events, no medical crisis, and no impossible sensory access; the only specific detail is a radio song that is publicly available and not unpredictably perceived.
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
This account describes a profound emotional and spiritual transformation during suicidal despair in a conscious state, with no veridical perceptions of external events, no medical crisis, and no impossible sensory access; the only specific detail is a radio song that is publicly available and not unpredictably perceived.
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.