It was not a personal experience but I feel it’s worth sharing. I have not mentioned this to anyone except a couple of people because I feel people won’t believe me. I was a single mother of a beautiful, musically gifted young man for a long time. We were very close as we had no other close relatives in Australia where we lived. Even after I remarried, my son and I remained best friends. Unfortunately he was diagnosed with narcolepsy and depression. Coexistence of the two conditions is rare, I was told and difficult to treat due to completely conflicting treatments

His life was a living hell and we were struggling everyday with medical appointments, hopelessness, despair and sleeplessness. I was emotionally fraught and sleep deprived too with worry and helplessness of watching my beloved son’s distress and being unable to help. Anyway, on the afternoon of 12th November 2013,we had a major row which I have not forgiven myself for since. 20 minutes later my son yelled out from his room downstairs ' mum you were right. I have been very selfish ' I asked him to come upstairs so we could talk and he said that he needed some time to himself. Thinking nothing of it, I said ok sure but I am here whenever you needn’t to talk. That’s the last time I heard from him. We found him 4 hours later in our swimming pool.

However in the time I discovered he was missing and during the time I was rushing from room to room desperately and increasingly concerned- calling out his name, I suddenly heard his voice, very clearly say 'Yes ...' a very tired voice that sounded like he hadn’t been woken from deep sleep., I ran frantically towards the sound .... but there was nothing more. There was no one else at the time at home. I heard his voice coming from his room which overlooked the swimming pool.

Timelines - we had the row at 2:45 pm. At 3 pm my son said his goodbye (though I didn’t know that at the time), 4:30 pm I started to look for him. 8 pm was when we found him in the pool. I heard his voice exactly at 5:15pm, he would haven been technically dead for at least an hour by then

At the time of your experience was there an associated life-threatening event?   No 

Was the experience difficult to express in words?       

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness?           Was not my experience but I heard my sons voice at least an hour after his death

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness?      Normal consciousness and alertness   Was not my experience but I heard my sons voice at least an hour after his death

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience.   Was not my experience but I heard my sons voice at least an hour after his death

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience.   Was not my experience but I heard my sons voice at least an hour after his death

Did you see or hear any earthly events that were occurring during a time that your consciousness / awareness was apart from your physical / earthly body?      

What emotions did you feel during the experience?   Was not my experience but I heard my sons voice at least an hour after his death  

Did you pass into or through a tunnel?   No  

Did you see an unearthly light?   No  

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice?   I encountered a definite being, or a voice clearly of mystical or unearthly origin
I heard my son respond to me calling out his name desperately looking for him, hours after he would have been dead already

Did you encounter or become aware of any beings who previously lived on earth who are described by name in religions (for example: Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha, etc.)?   No  

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings?   No  

Did you become aware of past events in your life during your experience?   No  

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world?   No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down?   No

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything?   No

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure?   No

Did you come to a border or point of no return?   No

Did scenes from the future come to you?  No 

During your experience, did you encounter any specific information / awareness suggesting that there either is (or is not) continued existence after earthly life (“life after death”)?   No  

During your experience, did you encounter any specific information / awareness that God or a supreme being either does (or does not) exist?   No  

During your experience, did you encounter any specific information / awareness that you either did (or did not) exist prior to this lifetime?   No  

During your experience, did you encounter any specific information / awareness that a mystical universal connection or unity/oneness either does (or does not) exist?   No  

During your experience, did you encounter any specific information / awareness regarding earthly life’s meaning or purpose?   No  

During your experience, did you encounter any specific information / awareness regarding earthly life’s difficulties, challenges, or hardships?   No  

During your experience, did you encounter any specific information / awareness regarding love?   No  

During your experience, did you encounter any other specific information / awareness that you have not shared in other questions that is relevant to living our earthly lives?   No  

Did you have a sense of knowing special knowledge or purpose?   No  

What occurred during your experience included:   Content that was entirely not consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience    

My experience directly resulted in:   Large changes in my life

Did you have any changes in your values or beliefs after the experience that occurred as a result of the experience?   Uncertain   I did not believe in consciousness after death but now I am uncertain-

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience?   No       

Have you ever shared this experience with others?   No 

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience?   No  

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened:   Experience was definitely real  

What do you believe about the reality of your experience at the current time:   Experience was definitely real  

Have your relationships changed specifically as a result of your experience?   No  

Have your religious beliefs/spiritual practices changed specifically as a result of your experience?   No  

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience?   No     

Did the questions asked and information that you provided accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?   No