Do you guys believe they can really happen? You guys might think i am crazy for saying this but i think i've had one before while meditating. Lol havent told anyone except my man and my sister about it though because i don't want to be laughed at.
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...from a nursing viewpoint, you can only take it subjectively, what the person is telling you...I know of no equipment or monitor that would allow one to objectively detect or view such an event...all you could possibly do from an objective standpoint would be to use an EEG machine to monitor brainwave activity, there is some data available on level of consciousness studies...Just a question. If someone is in an altered state of consciousness, whether being deep in meditation, or near death in the ER, or in a dream, or doing psilocybin mushies, how can you tell whether they've had an actual out-of-body experience or had a dream vision of what they perceive to be the point of view outside of their body?
Just a question. If someone is in an altered state of consciousness, whether being deep in meditation, or near death in the ER, or in a dream, or doing psilocybin mushies, how can you tell whether they've had an actual out-of-body experience or had a dream vision of what they perceive to be the point of view outside of their body?
It was not like any dream I ever had. And the doctor and nurse working on me were saying very scary things like "we lost her" "let's get her back again". It was scary....so I left. Honestly, it was a conscious decision, this is scary. I don't want to be here. I will leave.
When I was told to return, I got lost (never good at directions) and I could again hear the nurse and doctor but I could not find them. Then I heard my husband who had arrived at the hospital and walked into the room. His voice made me laugh. "what the f*** are you doing to my wife" and I was able to follow his voice. Then the doctor said "here she is. This time let's keep her".
I don't actually care whether people believe it or not. If it's easier for an individual to believe I had a dream that's their right.
AnnaMarie, I'm afraid you took my question as a challenge to your integrity, and that certainly was not my intent. It was a musing type of comment, an open-ended question. I do believe that just about anything is possible, and I don't rule out just about anything offhand.
I am sorry if you took offense. I believe you're truthful, and your account truly is interesting and thought-provoking.
In answer to the question, yes, I've had out-of-body perceptions. Not when I got hit with the defib a couple times, but during a dream state. On awakening, I asked myself the same question I asked in my last post, and I couldn't answer it, and I do get very vivid, detailed, sometimes realistic, sometimes weird dreams, so I chalked it up to one of those.
I did not take offence by your post AT ALL.
What did you feel in that moment?Do you guys believe they can really happen? You guys might think i am crazy for saying this but i think i've had one before while meditating. Lol havent told anyone except my man and my sister about it though because i don't want to be laughed at.