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Near death --Do you believe?

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Offline abfantastic
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:57 am
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Michaela Roser Survived a Near-Death Experience
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Michaela Roser
By Katherine Tweed

Michaela Roser recalls the wind blowing in her face as she was strapped to the gurney on the side of the road. She was being wheeled to a helicopter that would airlift her to the hospital. The 17-year-old was sleeping when her family’s car was hit from behind. The next thing she remembers is being engulfed by a white light, around the same time she briefly flat lined during the airlift.

She shares her vivid near-death experience, and following two weeks in a coma, with Discovery Health's “I Was Dead.” Aol Health recently spoke with Roser, now a thriving 32-year-old behavior therapist, about her experience with death, and how it helps her live a more fulfilling life.

Aol Health: What do you remember directly after the car accident?

MR: I was going into the hospital. I thought I was dreaming and I went back asleep. The next memory is being engulfed, almost hugged, by a light. I was surrounded by this fuzzy white light and everything was very peaceful and there was no mind chatter. It was the best feeling I’ve ever felt. I remember that I didn’t have to think of the question, it was already answered. I was there, it was obvious that I was in the moment, it wasn’t a dream. I wasn’t really in a physical form, I couldn’t look down and see my hand, but there was an obvious sense of, this is happening right now.

Aol Health: Did your life flash before your eyes?

MR: It wasn’t really what I would have expected. There were flashes, like different snapshots of different places and people. It wasn’t just past -- it was past, present and future. It was from dancing when I was a little girl, to what had actually just happened. And what was happening at the time and my family and friends sitting around worrying about me. One of my most vivid memories is one with my grandchildren. And I don’t even have children yet.

Aol Health: Did you want to give in to the light?

MR: I realized that if I wanted to let go into that place, I would be okay, but I would never be in the same form again. I wouldn’t be Michaela Roser here on Earth. I had an overwhelming feeling I wanted to live more.

Aol Health: What happened after you decided you wanted to live?

MR: The whiteness turned to all these different colors. And I even felt tears, but I wasn’t in a physical form. Then it felt like I got sucked through outer space -- not through a tunnel but through what felt like a chute. Then I was looking at my body in the hospital bed. It was all very natural. I knew what was happening, and I wasn’t afraid.

Aol Health: What was it like seeing yourself in the hospital bed?

MR: At first I just watched it. It was like watching yourself in the movie. I could go in and out of my body. When I was in my body, it would hurt so bad that I’d have to come out. I could just say ‘I want to go the nurses’ station’ and then I’d be there. I went to the cafeteria. I overheard my mom and dad having a very detailed conversation with my grandmother.

Aol Health: Why didn’t you travel to the beach, for instance, instead of just the nurses’ station?

MR: I felt very strongly the feeling between my spirit and my body. It was like I was waiting around to get back into my body. I already had chosen to not go back to the spiritual side. I needed to focus attention on my physical self to get better.

Aol Health: What sort of rehab did you have to undergo after coming out of the coma?

MR: Once I woke up, they only kept me for four or five days. My left bicep was cut in half, so I had a scar. I had a head injury with brain shearing. My eyebrow was where my hairline should have been. I had long and short-term memory loss. My attention span was like a two-year-old's. I’d get excited about doing something, and then forget about what I wanted to do. I had recreational, behavioral and physical therapy -- there was testing all the time on my brain functioning. I had to retest to go back to school with my class, which I did.

Aol Health: What about people who doubt your experience?

MR: I’m not trying to convince anyone of anything, I’m just telling the story of what happened to me. I know it happened, and I’ve had enough proof along the way of telling my stories. One of my friends is a physicist, and we go round and round about it. He'll say, "I definitely think there’s something behind it," and I'll say, "There’s definitely something. How can I explain remembering a conversation word-for-word when I was upstairs in a coma?" Basically I tell him I can’t prove it.

AOL health:How did your near-death experience change how you have lived your life?

MR: It has pushed me to experience new things. I’m from a small town of 1,800 people in Pennsylvania. One red light, white bread Pennsylvania. So being in LA is a big leap. I would have maybe never left that place.

I’m not afraid to die, so it’s made me not afraid to try things. I’m a behaviorist; I work with the developmentally challenged to help them to socialize and live life on their own. I want to understand everyone and all kinds of people, and it doesn't matter what other people think.

I’m going to [graduate] school to be a psychologist. This [experience] definitely made me want to be a helper; I think it increased my patience, too. I have a high tolerance for when things don’t go right. If something happens, I just try to be happy and think of the positive things.
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Offline Rocki
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I totally believe it Abfan. First book i read on the subject was when I was about 11 yars old - lol I know, odd child! - most recent was re-reading Betty Eadie's book Embraced by the Light. In between I've probably read - well a whole lot, of books sharing near death experiences.

There are, of course, always differences in each individual's experience but there's also always a similar theme which runs through them - great thread Abfan, thank you - I think the subject is fascinating!

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I believe too. I know doctors/scientist poo poo the notion but, I have read far too many accounts from people who have experienced this phenomenom to diss the events as rubbish.

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Morning Melon, lovely to see you and hope you had a guid new year - totally agree poppet, there are just too many accounts of such experiences out there for me not to believe x

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I BELIEVE
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Yes - I also believe. I have a close friend who some 25 yrs ago, before it was deemed
to be unacceptable, had a troupe of elephants. He travelled a lot and was off-loading
them from a ship when one crotchety female turned on him putting a tusk through his
groin.. she swung him through the air and slammed him to the floor, going in for the
kill by trying to kneel on him. He managed somehow to roll away and was taken to hospital
not expected to survive beyond a couple of hours.
Although unconscious he can remember hearing in detail the conversations around his bed,
then he was aware of moving along a passageway, light and warm, almost like drowning with
faces and things coming into his field of vision- someone he loved who had died some years
before held him briefly but told him 'No not yet' and he must go back.
It's a much longer story than this, he is alive and well and still a close friend-his experience
is as clear in his mind today as when he told me shortly after it happened - he has no
doubts in his mind and no fear whatsoever of dying.

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Offline Rocki
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"his experience
is as clear in his mind today as when he told me shortly after it happened - he has no
doubts in his mind and no fear whatsoever of dying."

An amazing tale that is too Angelica, seems that all I've read about and/or heard about who've had one of these experiences have no fear of dying - I think it's great to know we don't just stop!

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Offline Cherub132
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Angelica wrote:
Yes - I also believe. I have a close friend who some 25 yrs ago, before it was deemed
to be unacceptable, had a troupe of elephants. He travelled a lot and was off-loading
them from a ship when one crotchety female turned on him putting a tusk through his
groin.. she swung him through the air and slammed him to the floor, going in for the
kill by trying to kneel on him. He managed somehow to roll away and was taken to hospital
not expected to survive beyond a couple of hours.
Although unconscious he can remember hearing in detail the conversations around his bed,
then he was aware of moving along a passageway, light and warm, almost like drowning with
faces and things coming into his field of vision- someone he loved who had died some years
before held him briefly but told him 'No not yet' and he must go back.
It's a much longer story than this, he is alive and well and still a close friend-his experience
is as clear in his mind today as when he told me shortly after it happened - he has no
doubts in his mind and no fear whatsoever of dying.


What an amazing account, Angelica....yes, I too believe in these occurances!! It's as if we are being given a "second chance". From books I have read, many people then go on to completely turn their life around.

I find it comforting to think our loved ones are there waiting to be reunited with us on another plane.

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Offline Ken
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Cherub132 wrote:
Angelica wrote:
Yes - I also believe. I have a close friend who some 25 yrs ago, before it was deemed
to be unacceptable, had a troupe of elephants. He travelled a lot and was off-loading
them from a ship when one crotchety female turned on him putting a tusk through his
groin.. she swung him through the air and slammed him to the floor, going in for the
kill by trying to kneel on him. He managed somehow to roll away and was taken to hospital
not expected to survive beyond a couple of hours.
Although unconscious he can remember hearing in detail the conversations around his bed,
then he was aware of moving along a passageway, light and warm, almost like drowning with
faces and things coming into his field of vision- someone he loved who had died some years
before held him briefly but told him 'No not yet' and he must go back.
It's a much longer story than this, he is alive and well and still a close friend-his experience
is as clear in his mind today as when he told me shortly after it happened - he has no
doubts in his mind and no fear whatsoever of dying.


What an amazing account, Angelica....yes, I too believe in these occurances!! It's as if we are being given a "second chance". From books I have read, many people then go on to completely turn their life around.

I find it comforting to think our loved ones are there waiting to be reunited with us on another plane.[/quote]
I find it comforting to think our loved ones are there waiting to be reunited with us on another plane
Me too Cherub darling, me too.
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Offline JanPlus
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Abs, I know there is life after death. I have no doubts what so ever.
I also believe that some people do have out of body moments when they are momentarily dead.

The act of dying, I liken it to when a baby is expelled from the womb. They know nothing of this place we call earth.
They are born to live here.
When we die, I believe it is being re-born again to live in heaven.
It's not death as such but a new beginning.
I don't fear death but I fear the pain that can be associated with dying.

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