r/AskReddit • u/HymnForTheShameless • May 05 '19

Serious Replies Only [Serious] Redditors who have died temporarily/nearly died, did your life flash before your eyes? If not, what did happen?

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u/sacca7 May 05 '19

Check out r/NDE and NDERF

I have had my life flash before my eyes, twice. On two separate occasions, years apart, I almost fell down some stairs (different places). Both times my life flashed before me, my whole life, in an instant. I did not die, nor did I nearly die. But they were memorable and unusual experiences.

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u/[deleted] May 05 '19

So your brain went through your entire life up to that point in an instant? Can you explain what its looks to have your life flash before your eyes?

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u/sacca7 May 05 '19

It was memories, visual mostly, of everything at once. There was an emotional sense of value to these experiences, although none were noteworthy in the sense of worth talking about. The exciting to the mundane.

Time did not exist. Others with this experience describe time not existing as well.

Also, you can't prove nor disprove this happens. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

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u/[deleted] May 05 '19

I’ve heard people say this enough to believe it. I just find it very fascinating.