Have you ever had a near death experience?

Question

Back in third grade, I signed up for my school's swim team, thinking I was a good swimmer. So it was time for us to go practice. 

When I got in the pool, we had to do these exercises. Well I was fine until I started to sink. I remember saying "I can't swim, I can't swim!!" But my coach kept saying "Hold your breath!!"

So I went under the water for like 5 seconds, then started flapping and waving my arms frantically.

To this day, I'm still afraid of water, but not as much.

Strider90 · Accepted Answer

My 5th parachute jump in the Special Forces. It is the final jump to earn my Jump Wings. I had a bad feeling about this from the moment I sat in the plane. The load master began picking the men, stick after stick. Now it is my turn. Im the 3rd man in the stick. The bad feeling is still there. GREEN LIGHT! GO GO GO! First man jumping, second man jumping, Im making steps forward to small platform of the door, JUMP of the plane that is flying with more than 300 miles per hour! I literally am hit from the probe blast and have no idea what is going on. Parachute opens! Everything good for a second! Then the stupid wind blows me towards the 2nd man in the stick! He doesn't see me! I pull right to avoid him but it is too late! I scream ''Are you FUCKING CRAZY?'' and then got stuck in his parachute!!! Both our parachutes lost the air inside them and we both started falling from a 400 meter height. Suddenly, I got myself out of his parachute and we were filled with air again. We were both saved.

As you can probably guess... I had a lot of shit coming from our schools commander.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I went unconscious and stopped breathing. As I went unconscious, I could feel my nerves completely release, just a weird hot/cold sensation, then everything went black. My brother was there and saw me convulsing, then stop. After a moment, I started convulsing again, then started to breath. I woke up a minute or two later. It took a few minutes for me to even make a sound, a few minutes more to make even vowel sounds, about a half hour before I could speak in sentences again.

I think it was an asthmatic coma. Most people die when it gets to that stage. I hadn't noticed any symptoms up to that point, just suddenly hit.

amybeelicious · Accepted Answer

Many times, I got ran over twice, once my friend's car randomly stopped on the middle of the highway and then smoke and water blew out of it so we had no choice but to jump out of it or blow up, once I had a kidney infection so bad I almost died, oh and in high school a truck driver attempted to kidnap me..

TheDevilInside · Accepted Answer

When I was 4, I underwent a heart operation, where they took my heart out of my body and replaced its functions with a machine. Does that count?

P. S.: They later returned my repaired heart back into my body, so I'm not a cyborg...

Jeffrey625625 · Answer

Almost slid off a mountain in our Suburban during winter visit to Lake Tahoe. We were driving in icy roads, which are far much more dangerous than snowy roads, and we hit a patch of ice. 1 axle lost traction and we started sliding towards the left edge (with no guardrails), luckily Stabilitrak saved our asses and got the truck sliding in the other direction where we hit a huge chunk of snow. Truck was not damaged at all, that chunk of snow we hit on the right side of the road was a pillow for us. A old Land Cruiser witnessed it, but we didn't even get out of the car and just drove off like it never happened. Had a few laughs after, though I will remember how dangerous ice is for the rest of my life. Snow is your friend, ice is not. . .

sovetskii13 · Answer

Possibly. I got mild epilepsy. I was driving to college one day on a state highway (route) when I had some kind of seizure. Suddenly I woke up still driving but on a different street. I turned around to try getting back on the correct route. While driving I heard sounds as if my car is dragging metal or something. I pulled over, got out, and the left side of the rear bumper broke off and was on the road. Along with that the front left side of the car was a little dented along with scrapes. Still have no idea how all those things happened to the car. No one ever followed me and never got contacted by police. So, who knows?

JustinCaseUDontKnow · Answer

Yes , i almost drowned age 11 , me and my sister & mom
were with a friend and her kids our age , we were in a creek
i saw the bottom of the creek so i tell people never trust a
inner tube of tire to be used as a life jacket always take money
and buy one

Jack-Shepard · Answer

Yes, i was clinically dead for a couple of minutes, i was 5 years old and i had a severe asthma, and one day i had a strong asthma attack while i was sleeping i woke up not able to breath or call on my family, then on the way to the hospital i just died... doctors said it was a miracle that they were able to resuscitate me.

HollywoodGlam · Answer

Few years, I got an epilepsy seizure. I was sitting with my family and having breakfast. All of sudden I fell off the chair and reached the corner end of the kitchen. Fortunately I didn't fell on my head but on my face.

MaiNameIsSunshine · Answer

Last Saturday, the wire on my computer charger was broken, but I didn't know that. I stepped on it and there was a giant spark, even left a burn mark on the ground. However, I was wearing shoes, thus I did not experience any burn. I usually don't wear shoes around the house so thank Ford I was wearing them at that precise moment.

KHaskins · Answer

Almost got shot in the head once as a kid. A foolish uncle of mine left a loaded shotgun out in his garage, and one of my kid cousins moved it to grab a baseball bat it was leaned up against - it misfired. I was standing outside the garage with my father. I got covered in sawdust when the buckshot punched through the wall about two feet above my head, and six inches to the right of his.

DoraLikesSugar · Answer

God yes. I just near died when I saw these shoes Just fabulous.

matheus_mb · Answer

A motorcycle almost ran me over when I was 11. Almost! I swear that it passed millimeters away from my feet. It took me some time to get the courage to cross a street alone again.

TheEnding · Answer

I can sooo relate. Once when I was much much younger, I went to a beach in Aruba. I accidentally stood at an area in the water where the sand would move from under your feet and you wouldn't have anything to stand on. So that happened, and I couldn't swim, so I started to drown. It was a bit traumatizing. I'm still a bit afraid of water too, and I have no desire to go swimming again

TheINTJ · Answer

Yes. Over a year ago, I was held at knifepoint.

douride2 · Answer

I have had 2 near death experiences. 1 was a motorcycle car accident the other was a near fatal infection.

Cowboy6666 · Answer

Yeah two times I almost got hit by firing when I was young by happy new year perv celebrate guys... Second time almost stopped my breath when I took bath in a lake.

samit11 · Answer

Yes. I witnessed two wars and in every minute passing I saw death.

josephumar · Answer

one time in the sea & one time in the war & in the police station & in the care  i do't know how i am in life until yet

cl_517 · Answer

Yes, I was in middle school. I was bulimic and anorexic, long story short, according to my doctor my heart stopped for 8 seconds.

Pinkbeauty · Answer

no I never had a near death experience

jmmmfi · Answer

I wish I think that would be so cool!

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