Near-death-like experiences without life-threatening conditions or brain disorders: a hypothesis from a case report
Frontiers in Psychology May 22, 2014 Enrico eFacco, Christian eAgrillo
A case of near-death experience (NDE) occurred without any life-threatening conditions, challenging the dominant hypotheses that NDEs stem from brain disorders or psychological reactions to the threat of death. The individual experienced typical NDE features—peace, bright light, encountering deceased relatives, and transcending space and time—despite being medically stable. This evidence indicates that neither a brain-based nor a wish-fulfillment explanation can fully account for such experiences, suggesting a broader theoretical framework is needed to understand the phenomenon.