“I was dead, technically,” wrote a Reddit user who experienced a near-death event. Their heart had stopped, and EMS revived them en route to the hospital. What stayed with them, however, was what happened during those moments between life and death. They described a six-minute experience that felt like a lifetime, encountering what they believe was the afterlife. But instead of peace, they met a presence—childlike yet cruel—that tormented them psychologically. “It batted me around like a cat with a caught mouse,” they said. The pain they felt wasn’t physical but soul-deep, worse than any earthly suffering. The loss of...
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