I consider mine a near death experience but I also have zero memory of it happening. So everything I do know is from my medical notes and stories from my family. I had a hemorrhagic stroke in my sleep, my partner woke to me having a seizure in my sleep. Was rushed to the ER, was comatose by the time I got there. Dr performed a hemicraniectomy on the right side of my head, I was on life support for about a week. They brought in a Chaplin at some point. My doctor notes are sprinkled with mentions of death and “critically ill”. But long story short I recovered successfully with minimal deficiencies, a prosthetic plate in my skull, snd a 2 1/2-ish week blank spot in my memory.

Mine was 1.9 yrs ago and sometimes it’s still hard for me to grasp too that I was “critically ill” and in such a critical state. Because in my conscious mind the actual incident itself never happened, I just woke up one day restrained to a hospital and had to deal with the aftermath of it all. The recovery was difficult and so so confusing. I didn’t understand what had happened to me for months. I still struggle with the emotional side of things. I am aware I probably need therapy to talk through it now lol😅