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This Is Actually Happening

308: What if they couldn’t wake me up?

Feb 27, 2024
A host shares their experience of a sudden seizure, awakening to a new reality with love and gratitude. Reflecting on near-death events, emotional connections, and profound self-realization. The journey of healing, forgiveness, and navigating life after trauma.
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Quick takeaways

  • Surviving a medical emergency triggers introspection on existential questions and gratitude for life.
  • Fluctuating mental states post-regaining consciousness reveal transformative emotional shifts and impermanence of moments.

Deep dives

Experience of Suddenly Losing Consciousness

The speaker recounts a harrowing experience of suddenly losing consciousness after experiencing strange sensations crawling up their neck and into their skull. They describe a sensation akin to tripping on acid before blacking out completely. Upon regaining consciousness, they felt like they were being born, with no memory of the past, struggling to place the current situation or recognize loved ones.

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