People Reveal the Near-Death Experiences That Changed Them Forever

After struggling with depression and inhalant addiction, this person overdid it one night. A doctor later explained it simply: “your brain ran out of oxygen.” They remembered lying back, closing their eyes, and hearing “an incredibly deep pulsating noise,” almost like a hum.

Then everything took on an unreal feeling, and they realized they were dead. “A small figure materialized in front of me,” they said, adding that it brought “the greatest sense of dread and foreboding I have ever experienced.” The fear made them fight to wake up.