Life is a beach: 32-year-old woman who died and came back to life reveals what life is like after death: ‘There was sand and a strange man’
A woman who died and came back to life has revealed what it’s like on the other side.
Courtney Santiago, 32, was dead for about 40 seconds. “I didn’t hide the shock on my face, it felt like a lifetime,” she said.
In July last year, Ms. Santiago underwent a breast MRI scan, which she does regularly because of the BRCA-2 gene.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this is one of the most common genes that increases the risk of breast cancer.
Courtney Santiago, 32, claims she had a near-death experience after passing out during a routine MRI. “I wasn’t afraid to leave my body, my life, my son, or my family and friends — none of it felt important,” she said
After the IV was put in, she became nauseous and quickly lost consciousness.
In a video on TikTok, Ms Santiago said, “There was no concept of time at all, just a feeling of complete peace.”
“I wasn’t afraid to leave my body, my life, my son, or my family and friends — none of it felt important,” she said.
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Doctors surveyed more than two dozen patients in the US and UK whose hearts suddenly stopped in the hospital but then recovered.
Their experiences included “life evaluation,” such as reviewing memories and evaluating how they had treated others throughout their lives.
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She slipped into a “dream state” where she was standing on the beach in front of a man she’d never met but felt like she’d known for ages.
The man told her that everything was fine and that it wasn’t time to leave yet.
Suddenly her surroundings began to change. She was in the mountains, then in the backyard of her parents’ house and other places where she felt most connected to nature.
Ms. Santiago claimed that after waking up, she could not speak and her body felt completely stiff.
Tests revealed she suffered from vasovagal syncope, a condition in which patients faint due to an overreaction to certain triggers, such as blood or emotional stress. In response, your heart rate and blood pressure drop, reducing blood flow to the brain. This causes you to briefly lose consciousness.
Although the heartbeat can last up to 10 seconds, the disease is not life-threatening.
“I am 100 percent sure what I saw was the ‘in between’ and much more than just a fainting spell,” Ms. Santiago said.
In a series of TikTok videos, Ms Santiago said she felt something could go wrong with the MRI. “When we die we’re not gone and where we go we’re happy,” she said.
Weeks before the episode, she had suffered a bad breakup and the death of a friend. This may have contributed to the near-death experience, she said.
A near-death experience (NDE) is triggered by a single life-threatening situation, such as severe physical injury or someone’s heart stopping.
Experts estimate that 10 to 20 percent of people whose heart has stopped have a near-death experience.
That is five percent of the total population.
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