Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survivor Shares Near Death Experience | Johnnie Davis Near Death Experience!
What Researchers Found
The Story
Johnny Davis was a 40-year-old man with idiopathic cardiomyopathy. He suffered a sudden cardiac arrest at home on Christmas Eve 2012. His heart stopped for over 16 minutes while he lay in bed with his wife. She performed CPR until EMTs arrived and shocked him six times to revive him. He entered a coma for two days. During the NDE, Johnny left his body and saw himself lying down. He felt enveloped in love, safety, and peace, like a newborn held by its mother. His consciousness heightened greatly. A clear voice told him it was not his time and he could not stay. He experienced pure joy and did not want to return, feeling no attachment to earthly life. After the NDE, Johnny recovered fully against medical odds. He became more calm, appreciative, and compassionate. He now serves as an inspirational speaker, best-selling author, and success coach. He helps others with mindset tools and spirituality, and reports ongoing spiritual connections through dreams.
“like that in my life i had never had any drugs a day in my life and so”
The account describes a severe cardiac arrest with prolonged clinical death, supporting high medical severity, and a vague out-of-body perception of seeing himself lying down. However, there are no specific, verifiable, or unpredictable details from the physical environment, no attempts at verification, and no documented veridical perceptions, limiting evidential strength.
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
The account describes a severe cardiac arrest with prolonged clinical death, supporting high medical severity, and a vague out-of-body perception of seeing himself lying down. However, there are no specific, verifiable, or unpredictable details from the physical environment, no attempts at verification, and no documented veridical perceptions, limiting evidential strength.
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.