“Six Minutes Without a Heartbeat”: One Redditor’s Harrowing Experience Challenges Everything We Believe About the Afterlife

In 2003, the user, then a teenager walking home, collapsed in the street. They were swiftly attended by paramedics who announced that by the time they arrived, “the patient had no pulse.” The heart had stopped.

Yet, in those horrifying moments between the collapse and resuscitation, something extraordinary—or perhaps terrifying—happened.

The user said, “I was dead. Not metaphorically. My heart stopped.” They claimed to recall every second of those six minutes, describing them not as peaceful, but as a deep, psychological battleground.

A Presence Like No Other

Most near-death experiences (NDEs) follow a familiar pattern: bright light, a sense of calm, a feeling of being embraced. But this story describes something entirely different.

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