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Tell it in your own words

Whatever you remember, in any order. Optional, and it fills in the questionnaire for you. Please leave out names and places.

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When and where

Country and, in the US, state. Never a city or an address, and nothing that could identify you.

How old were you at the time Sex Country Roughly when Religion or belief at the time

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What brought you close to death

Researchers find that once an experience happens, its cause does not seem to change what is in it. We ask so the atlas can show that too.

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The sixteen questions

The Greyson NDE Scale, the checklist researchers have used since 1983. Answering these is what lets your experience be compared with the studies.

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Afterwards

What the experience felt like, and what changed since.

Overall it felt

Since then (tick any that apply)

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What may we do with it

Your choice on each, separately. We store no IP address and no contact details.

I am 18 or older. Count my answers in the community statistics, shown only in groups of five or more people. Publish my story on this site, with identifying details removed, after a person has read it. Share with researchers one day, without the text of my story, and only under a written agreement.