The Phenomenology of Distressing Near-death Experiences and Their Aftereffects
Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition November 27, 2024 Amal Ait Melloul, Karolina Kinnunen, Etzel Cardeña
Objective: To explore what it is like to have a distressing near-death experience (NDE) and its aftereffects. Method: We accessed all distressing NDE narratives from the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) database and analyzed eight individual narratives using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Results: Distressing NDEs include features such as disturbing...