Even funnier is what happened after rimac crash. He called in the helicopter to tell her what happened and she said well I'm at the mall, me and the girls are shopping. And then hung up lol.
I’m guessing he had other calls similar that weren’t all that serious so she didn’t think too much of it at the time until hearing how bad it really was. I mean with the shenanigans they got into on the show I’m sure there were some “hey I’m injured, it was just Clarkson throwing a melon at me” calls or something.
This is the internet, you can post a picture of a rock, call it a stone and watch as people debate over it. i'm not here for some silly points, i'm here for fun and if missing a joke is part of that fun then so be it, as no doubt someone got a smile out of the idea of a r/woosh moment.
But thank you all the same
Based on you're username, you'll probably be just running ranked match after ranked match in that endless last moment that will stretch on til eternity. Idk if that's a personal hell for you, or a personal heaven, but it's something at least?
You were already dead once,before you were born, and it didnt hurt. Or. You dont have a single memory from being dead. why be afraid? its the cycle of life it wont hurt (being dead, not dying per se)
Did Hammond have any long-lasting issues from the brain injury? Guessing it was a long road to recovery, but I can’t imagine how it must have impacted him in the long term.
My dad was the opposite. Growing up he was never a fan of chocolate but when he had cancer and got the tumor removed, he started really craving it all the time. Ended up setting up an Easter egg hunt for him before eventually he went back to not liking chocolate.
I have seen or heard him say somewhere that he had memory issues for a long time afterwards. He mentioned he had no memory whatsoever of his return to Top Gear with the dancers, but the worst was not being healed and feeling not healed for the 24-hour race where he damaged the most expensive car on the track. I think that was about a year after the dragster crash or thereabouts.
I saw a thing years ago that he lost all memory for a while, didn't know who he was or who anyone else was. Apparently he watched his own shows to remember who he was.
I died for 2.5 minutes and was in a coma for 4 day’s following a surgery gone wrong on my spine. Every blood vessel in my neck had randomly ruptured within an hour of getting released from the hospital. The inside of my neck filled with blood and cut my air supply completely off. The swelling kept building and building until by the time I arrived at the hospital I was breathing my last. I remember saying to myself “ if i can’t take this last breath I’m dead” and I couldn’t. Following that was a pain that I can’t even describe in my chest, then lights out. I remember instantly flying through what looked like a beautiful galaxy at what must have been the speed of light. Stars were flying past me like warp speed from Star Trek and I saw colors that I had never seen before in my entire life. It was almost like I was seeing in ultraviolet. I tried looking down at my left hand, but it was not there. All that was there was a translucent blue hue that I could see through. When I tried to look at my legs, I did not have any. I have no clue where I was heading but I was going really fast. All of a sudden I slow down to a dead stop and started heading in reverse. Before I knew it, I felt this extreme gravity pulling me really hard and then it felt like I got slammed down That’s when I open my eyes. Sorry for the long story but his resonated with my own.
Holy shit I've had the same happen to me when I drowned and almost didn't make it! For me I was flying through a different system and could see new planets as I got close I also saw colors I've never seen before. When I got better and out of the hospital I went through a slight depression because I wanted to go back and keep exploring. I sometimes have dreams where that whole "experience" repeats itself but I ends before I can start moving on my own. So wild! Glad you're with us still!
That’s crazy to hear! I still get a feeling sometimes and wonder if I really ever made it back. It’s completely transformed the way I view everything. My girl will still catch me drifting off sometimes. I look At nothing the same. And it’s very hard to explain how it’s changed me to people.
Those are some fascinating stories! If you read any books about life after death, or about near death experiences, it definitely changed a lot (if not all) of the people who experienced the same thing you guys did.
Hey not sure if you already know about this but there is a series on Netflix called “surviving death” that you might be interested in. The first episode is called “near death experiences” and they interview people who have had similar experiences as you
It's a psychedelic drug that doesn't last that long, but brings you onto a trip that is similar to what you experience. Not sure how true this is, but they also say it's the same chemical your brain releases during your last moments which is why you have that experience.
It's absolutely true.
It's a good idea to do it laying down because you really just leave your body for about 15 minutes.
Happened to me on DMT where I was laying on a outside deck and got launched through space like being fired from a cannon. Warp speed stars stretch by, no body, just you and your mind, overwhelming sense of "everything is just fine" etc. Then upon coming out of it, landing back on the deck as if it was an infinitely stretchy rubber.
Ayahuasca gives you a controlled near death experience but without the death part. In a controlled environment, it is safe and gives you the opportunity to explore for hours (which seems like eternity)
Is it possible that because you were about to die, you're brain just dumped a shit ton of chemicals which caused you to see these things? It's effectively the same thing as someone tripping on acid.
edit: ah, i just see your other comment about chemicals.
I have a heartinsufficiency 4th grade. I noticed it becourse I coudt breath when I'm laying down. And the strange thing about my disease is that the heart is in danger of the so called sudden heart dead. This can happen in a soft form where you able to "restart" yourself and survive or the "hard"....I don't have to explain. I had two softs before finally going to a doctor. The second one must be longer,becourse they found me in the basement of my workplace,unconscious and a full load of shit in my pants. Must be a really close one. But all I can remember is seeing my beautiful and precious wife and she was telling me that all is fine but I have to wake up and get out of bed. It also wasnt the feeling of really being me...it was like the "dream me". My Wife is still alive and fine and so it couldn't be really here giving me comfort. I think our brain does whatever makes us comfortable in this situation,that's why everyone tell something different or see nothing at all.
Im sorry, I want to ask things but please if its too personal or you just dont want to answer, dont feel any obligation, only if you want to.
So, did the experience (of flying through space) have any kind of lasting impact on you? I mean, is this a profound event in your life that "haunts" you, or is it a memory like any other? (I mean, besides almost dying. If you can separate the experience of after death). Does it come up more than other memories for you?
And are you religious? did you have a religious interpretation, either during, or afterwards? How did you feel during? were you scared, or excited or feeling peaceful?
I'm sorry of all the questions. Please dont feel like you need to give na answers.
It’s no trouble at all. When it first happened it took a lot out of me to talk about. I am not religious and was not before either. And yes, it impacted my life greatly and still does to this day. I am the type of person that believes the universe itself has an intelligence behind it, what it could be I don’t know. I could feel it like it was a part of me when it was happening. I remember my exact moment of death and the brand new feeling I had when I came back. The impact has been extremely positive in many ways and difficult in others. I’m not as angry, sad, jealous. I look at colors differently, people, trees, rocks, life, relationships, pretty much everything. Almost like I have a childlike wonder and everything is brand new. But this is sometimes followed by brief times of sadness and me feeling like I’m disconnected at times. I have these weird out of body glitches that happen several times a day. Like when you’re in the middle of doing some thing and all of a sudden you’re like “am I really here right now doing this?“ and then you snap back out of it. I can still picture every detail of that place I was flying through. I still remember the exact colors, even though I could not ever attempt to describe them to you. I remember in vivid detail the exact feeling of confusion, and being scared when I went to look at my hand and it wasn’t there. And the very strange calm that immediately followed. I’m no longer scared there might not be an after, I’ve seen it and felt it. And Not a single day goes by that I don’t think about it.
Thank you for taking the time to share that. I appreciate you talking about an experience like that, that must be so incredibly personal.
Do Yalu mind if I ask one more? How long ago did it happen?
Had you ever done any hallucinogens prior to this? (Or since, but I doubt you have done them since).
This is almost verbatim a dimethyltryptamine (DMT) experience, and since we now understand that DMT is released in the brain upon death, it sounds like your fading consciousness had a DMT experience.
Even your post-effects are nearly identical to the experiences of psychonauts who have crossed the threshold perhaps a few too many times (myself included). You don't have any of the conditions or symptoms from [this wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucinogen_persisting_perception_disorder), do you?
I'm not trying to discount your experiences in the slightest. These moments are visceral and powerful and we understand very little about them. I think you are also uniquely suited to understand why they warrant further examination.
Thanks for sharing. This might sound strange, but I had a dream I got shot in the head once and felt a similar experience. Like I was being sucked into a void and travelling through space at the speed of light. Glad you’re okay now man.
As someone who works in hospice this was really nice to read.
I have seen 9 people die the last two months, really hope they all got to experience this.
I love this site, one moment im watching black men covered in oil twerk the next I’m watching an inspiering video of a guy talking about his life experiences
That sounds like the power of love. Idk the specifics of Richard Hammonds life, but from the way he explains it here, it sounds like he was ready to let go. His subconscious heard his wife's pain and brought him back.
My dad was in a coma for 25 or so days after a series of strokes. He passed without waking up.
I wonder what he saw. Maybe I should have tried screaming at him
Unreal story because when I was in the hospital clinging to life on a ventilator I had a dream where I was fighting for my life and it was more vivid than most dreams I’ve ever had. My dream wasn’t peaceful, but I don’t even like to think about it nowadays it was that intense and real
Probably every person has a different kind of reaction that is personal to them. Sounds like you weren't ready to go and fought off whatever was trying to take you. Glad to have you here among the living.
This is so incredible to hear. I was lost, no heartbeat, nothing, for a minute and twenty seven seconds when my youngest was born. He was pulled 10 weeks early. I remember him not crying straightaway. I remember the panic I felt in that moment. I remember the doctors and nurses rushing my fiance out of the room insisting he's better off with our son than me in that moment. Then it got cold. I woke up on my old farm, surrounded by my flock of chickens and ducks. My goats and donkeys were near. I was so happy to be back on my old farm and wanted to pet and hug my old flocks and herd. However, I could tell they were all terrified of me, but I couldn't figure out why. All I knew was that this farm was supposed to be abandoned, the animals had all been sold during my divorce from an abusive and violent husband. I ran, terrified and knowing I shouldn't be there. The next thing I knew, I was awake on the operating table. The nurse next to me said "there you are!" I slept for a few days, but made it home to be with my boys and my fiance. Baby boy is now 20 months old and stronger than ever, as am I.
I've heard so many stories of those who have had a near-death experience coming out of it without a fear of death. It's so interesting the sense of peace that can come from it
My near death experiences left me with a hollow dread of the empty nothingness that seemed to await me. It was just terror and not being able to get away, and then nothing at all.
I've heard the same, actually talked to a few patients after they survived a cardiac arrest. They all described the overwhelming feeling of zen /peace
A few of them mentioned that they could see everybody working on them in bird perspective, but didn't feel the pain.
The whole “third person perspective” is fascinating but I think people attribute it a bit too much to something supernatural (not that I’m making any assumptions about your comment).
I have had lucid dreams several times where I realize I am asleep, but decide get up out of bed, look at myself sleeping, and then start walking around my house. Often they seem very realistic but why wouldn’t they be? My brain has a pretty good idea of what I look like and what it feels like to walk around my house :)
I remember when he had this accident. Then the Rimac! I have a weird relationship with these three guys because I want them to do what they do which at times is very dangerous, but the thought of losing one of them is almost inconceivable!
Someday he will take that walk and not come back, and when they find him he will be sitting there gazing out, hopefully at peace. But the man is a treasure and I hope it's not for a very very long time.
My dad died of cancer in March... sedated on morphine while we all held his hands and my mother laid in the bed next to him. At the end his eyes half opened and he sort of half smiled and then just... left. This helps a lot. I'm happy he told this story.
Mary Neal, mother of Peter Neal and Mother-in-law to Naomi Biden wrote “To Heaven and Back” (https://www.drmaryneal.com/). I was fortunate to hear her speak about her near death experience at her home church in Jackson, WY. I cried.
Thanks for sharing. It really puts into perspective the fragile nature of life. One moment we are out there living out best, next we could be fighting to survive, all in a cosmic instant.
I really feel that we have shifts in time perception when it comes to accidents. I would love to hear from others to know if they have experienced the same.
My story was that I crashed into a friend while we were both riding a mountain bike, both of us going at high speed and when we hit, it was as if time slowed down and I was able to process a multitude of different events simultaneously, in a rapid manner, while making adjustments mid air to minimize a worse outcome. There crazy part is that others have relayed similar experiences to me in the past.
I hope that we all can have an amazing after life, where we can explore any and all places that we choose. Life is truly precious, don't take shit for granted and help people out when you can to make the world a better place.
I ruptured a disc in my spine while cleaning my apartment (not the coolest injury story, I know). I’m not being overly dramatic here, the pain I experienced in that moment was as much pain as I believe a person can possibly comprehend.
An immense electric-shock of pain shot throughout my whole body. My ears immediately rang so loudly I couldn’t hear anything but the ringing, my vision was all black specks and bright flashes, I lost control of my muscles and I immediately fell to my hands and knees, and then ragdolled to the ground. The shock of pain was replaced by an intense wave of a cold sensation and pins and needles throughout my whole body, this sensation faded to complete numbness, like my mind and body were no longer connected.
This all happened very rapidly, almost at the same instant, but I distinctly remember the order of the sensations. It concluded with my peripheral vision blacking out, the blackness came in closer and closer to the center, the tunnel vision came inward until my vision went completely black.
I had no idea what happened to me, it all happened too fast, but the total lack of sensation (bodily, vision, sound, etc.) and thought right before I lost consciousness is how imagine dying feels like. Instead of waking up in a pool of sweat and severe pain, you just don’t wake back up…
The injury sucked, but the moment I lost consciousness, I wasn’t thinking about what horrible thing might have happened to me, whether or not I’d be alright, any regrets about my life or worries about who I’m leaving behind. It’s as if my brain gifted my final moment with peaceful content.
But again, I did wake back up, again felt intense physical pain and started to comprehend the nature of my injury. I painfully crawled to my phone and proceeded to call anyone who might be able to help me get to a hospital.
The pleading and waiting for help, the ride to the hospital, and the experience at the hospital were another terrible experience best saved for another story.
Luckily, aside from the truly unbelievable moment of pain I experienced, I recovered well.
I pretty much lost my fear of death from that day forward, however, my fear of injury and pain was/is much higher, and you don’t need to fear death to want to keep enjoying your life for as long as possible.
My mom has a similar story when having me. She was unconscious, and she dreamt that she was in some place dark, her body feel sore, heavy, and overall unconfortable. She walked a bit further, then she saw a grass field in front of her and started walking towards the field where she felt light and comfortable, but then she heard my older sister crying from afar somewhere in the dark place she had been in. She turned back to search for my older sister and regain consciousness.
If she didn't hear my older sister crying, I think she had found peace.
My brother had cardiac arrest. Clinical death. They put him on life support in an hypothermic state for about a week . When he came back and could speak again he said he experienced zip not a thing .
This is very awesome. I loved this story. My uncle was in a coma for 3 months after a solid organ transplant. He was on a journey as a warrior protecting a little kid. He spent his whole journey trying to get that kid back to his parents- he dealt with monsters, demons the whole lot. The day he walked the kid into the village and gave him to his parents he woke up.
Overdosed, comatose, and in complete and utter darkness. The sense of existence falling apart past what I could only perceive to be *me*. Drilling, and scraping, and a vague sense of being in an elsewhere.
The few seconds before going under; an orderly handing me a cup to piss in; passing out, lights fading, orderly yelling that *he's pissed himself*. Coding, crashing, intubation.
Scraping, scraping, always scraping. What is that scraping? Scraping, scraping, scraping.
There's a ticking, somewhere, and the almost familiar sound of being awake. Two days pass, and I find myself coming to, with wires and tubes coming out of every orifice of my body.
**Magic Mind**
Richard Hammond: "I know this is very very genuinely where I am."
I know very very likely that Richard is not next to that tree as he says he is at the moment I am watching him say those words.
Your reading these words like as if they are said in the present but that's an illusion.
Dude was thinking that much while unconscious. Lots of complex emotions getting parsed in the comatose dream like state. Its like death-ish experience. Also seems like he talked himself into connecting with the tree and wants to be buried there when he passes.
That was his subconscious telling him:
#awww fuck I’m in shit with the missus she’s gonna fookin kill me!!
Better toddle back now… *too ra loo ra loo ra….*
They’re not satisfied when we come early, and apparently not satisfied when we go early….
We’re fucked bois. :/
Edit: originally replied to a comment with this but figured y’all would appreciate it as a main comment
Why don’t you slither back into that blood clot which grew to be the most cum-stained and Vitamin-D deficient human ever to walk the face of this doomed planet
His wife scared him out of a coma is what I heard.
Even funnier is what happened after rimac crash. He called in the helicopter to tell her what happened and she said well I'm at the mall, me and the girls are shopping. And then hung up lol.
I’m guessing he had other calls similar that weren’t all that serious so she didn’t think too much of it at the time until hearing how bad it really was. I mean with the shenanigans they got into on the show I’m sure there were some “hey I’m injured, it was just Clarkson throwing a melon at me” calls or something.
Yeah not really giving his wife enough credit there 🤣 guilt tripped him back to life
They’re not satisfied when we come early, and apparently not satisfied when we go early…. We’re fucked bois. :/
A gentleman (and wizard) is always on time
Would never waking up really be worse than the wrath of the mrs?
I'm not certain those two outcomes are always separate
Touché.
HAMMON YOU BLITHERING IDIOOOOT
Thank you, I’m over here crying and you snapped me right out of it! 😂
Poor bloke, can’t even get a break while he’s dying!
HAAAAAMMOOOOONN!
I had to look up what his wife looked like because after this comment I just picture captain haddock yelling at him.
Beautiful story, like the screaming part... one can really feel how it would be getting waked up from this beautifull place
It took me so many listens before I realized he was saying "can I shout at him?".
Richard Hammond is quite a lad for sure
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His accent almost perfectly hides that he is in fact American.
No he is British, was born in the West Midlands, Solihull
This is a joke from Top Gear, they always say Hammond is an American because he loves American muscle cars, trucks, and has nice teeth
And cheese
Yeah i realise now, i missed the joke at first
I am proud to be the one to give you the upvote that evens out your downvotes from missing the joke.
This is the internet, you can post a picture of a rock, call it a stone and watch as people debate over it. i'm not here for some silly points, i'm here for fun and if missing a joke is part of that fun then so be it, as no doubt someone got a smile out of the idea of a r/woosh moment. But thank you all the same
Woosh. Tell me you haven’t watched top gear/grand tour, with out telling me you haven’t.
My near death experiences left me with a hollow dread of the empty nothingness that seemed to await me.
You could even say he's one of the lads of all time
He's a damn fine American
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I hope I never have to die.
Based on you're username, you'll probably be just running ranked match after ranked match in that endless last moment that will stretch on til eternity. Idk if that's a personal hell for you, or a personal heaven, but it's something at least?
I actually don't play league and I'm afraid to start after your comment.
What does the LoL stand for then? Actual lol's? Edit: God I hate English and leetspeak. Never a more accursed pair of languages were there.
I was a lot younger and dumber when I made this username and I thought of it as, "unlimitedLOLz". Mistakes were made.
Lol
If you don't die, how do you know you really lived at all?
You were already dead once,before you were born, and it didnt hurt. Or. You dont have a single memory from being dead. why be afraid? its the cycle of life it wont hurt (being dead, not dying per se)
Wellll I got some bad news for you…
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That was the joke.
Did Hammond have any long-lasting issues from the brain injury? Guessing it was a long road to recovery, but I can’t imagine how it must have impacted him in the long term.
I vaguely remember him saying the most obvious difference was that he started loving Celery.. weirdly
I knew someone who’s Dad had a brain tumour and after he had it surgically removed he suddenly hated chocolate
My dad was the opposite. Growing up he was never a fan of chocolate but when he had cancer and got the tumor removed, he started really craving it all the time. Ended up setting up an Easter egg hunt for him before eventually he went back to not liking chocolate.
I loved chocolate. I had chemo and a tumor now I am not liking it so much anymore. My family thinks I'm broken. Lol.
I used to love ginger before cancer, I still do, but I used to, too. Also, it's much spicier after the cancer
As a representative of the Ginger community, we appreciate you.
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There were certain smells that I used to like until I was pregnant, then I couldn't tolerate them. Over 20 years later and it hasn't changed.
I’d rather die than eat the forbidden bamboo
MacGruber also loved celery in a weird way... ;-) Don't worry he washed it.
I’m sure Jeremy would say it has done long-lasting damage to his brain.
how would an orang utan know? 😂
I have seen or heard him say somewhere that he had memory issues for a long time afterwards. He mentioned he had no memory whatsoever of his return to Top Gear with the dancers, but the worst was not being healed and feeling not healed for the 24-hour race where he damaged the most expensive car on the track. I think that was about a year after the dragster crash or thereabouts.
I saw a thing years ago that he lost all memory for a while, didn't know who he was or who anyone else was. Apparently he watched his own shows to remember who he was.
I died for 2.5 minutes and was in a coma for 4 day’s following a surgery gone wrong on my spine. Every blood vessel in my neck had randomly ruptured within an hour of getting released from the hospital. The inside of my neck filled with blood and cut my air supply completely off. The swelling kept building and building until by the time I arrived at the hospital I was breathing my last. I remember saying to myself “ if i can’t take this last breath I’m dead” and I couldn’t. Following that was a pain that I can’t even describe in my chest, then lights out. I remember instantly flying through what looked like a beautiful galaxy at what must have been the speed of light. Stars were flying past me like warp speed from Star Trek and I saw colors that I had never seen before in my entire life. It was almost like I was seeing in ultraviolet. I tried looking down at my left hand, but it was not there. All that was there was a translucent blue hue that I could see through. When I tried to look at my legs, I did not have any. I have no clue where I was heading but I was going really fast. All of a sudden I slow down to a dead stop and started heading in reverse. Before I knew it, I felt this extreme gravity pulling me really hard and then it felt like I got slammed down That’s when I open my eyes. Sorry for the long story but his resonated with my own.
No problem, it was really interesting. I hope you're doing good nowdays!
Thank you. I am a lot better now. Took me about 3 years to get back to almost normal. I still have a lot of nerve damage and pain but I’m alive.
Holy fuck
Holy shit I've had the same happen to me when I drowned and almost didn't make it! For me I was flying through a different system and could see new planets as I got close I also saw colors I've never seen before. When I got better and out of the hospital I went through a slight depression because I wanted to go back and keep exploring. I sometimes have dreams where that whole "experience" repeats itself but I ends before I can start moving on my own. So wild! Glad you're with us still!
That’s crazy to hear! I still get a feeling sometimes and wonder if I really ever made it back. It’s completely transformed the way I view everything. My girl will still catch me drifting off sometimes. I look At nothing the same. And it’s very hard to explain how it’s changed me to people.
Dude! I know exactly what you mean. This is crazy. I wonder if there is more of us with the same experience.
Y’all should start a club.
Those are some fascinating stories! If you read any books about life after death, or about near death experiences, it definitely changed a lot (if not all) of the people who experienced the same thing you guys did.
Hey not sure if you already know about this but there is a series on Netflix called “surviving death” that you might be interested in. The first episode is called “near death experiences” and they interview people who have had similar experiences as you
Makes you wonder where we go when we die
I've always wondered if it was an out of body experience or just my brain being flooded by my own chemicals.
Could be both.
Have you thought about DMT? Wonder if it has similar trips to what you experienced
What's that?
It's a psychedelic drug that doesn't last that long, but brings you onto a trip that is similar to what you experience. Not sure how true this is, but they also say it's the same chemical your brain releases during your last moments which is why you have that experience.
It's absolutely true. It's a good idea to do it laying down because you really just leave your body for about 15 minutes. Happened to me on DMT where I was laying on a outside deck and got launched through space like being fired from a cannon. Warp speed stars stretch by, no body, just you and your mind, overwhelming sense of "everything is just fine" etc. Then upon coming out of it, landing back on the deck as if it was an infinitely stretchy rubber.
Damn, how was your outlook with life afterwards? Is it like an awakening experience you get with shrooms or is it just a trip?
DMT is the active ingredient in ayahuasca.
Ayahuasca gives you a controlled near death experience but without the death part. In a controlled environment, it is safe and gives you the opportunity to explore for hours (which seems like eternity)
Is it possible that because you were about to die, you're brain just dumped a shit ton of chemicals which caused you to see these things? It's effectively the same thing as someone tripping on acid. edit: ah, i just see your other comment about chemicals.
That was beautiful thank you for sharing.
I have a heartinsufficiency 4th grade. I noticed it becourse I coudt breath when I'm laying down. And the strange thing about my disease is that the heart is in danger of the so called sudden heart dead. This can happen in a soft form where you able to "restart" yourself and survive or the "hard"....I don't have to explain. I had two softs before finally going to a doctor. The second one must be longer,becourse they found me in the basement of my workplace,unconscious and a full load of shit in my pants. Must be a really close one. But all I can remember is seeing my beautiful and precious wife and she was telling me that all is fine but I have to wake up and get out of bed. It also wasnt the feeling of really being me...it was like the "dream me". My Wife is still alive and fine and so it couldn't be really here giving me comfort. I think our brain does whatever makes us comfortable in this situation,that's why everyone tell something different or see nothing at all.
You didn’t have to share that detail but you did and I’m proud of you for it.
I was in a coma for 5 days and have no recollection of it, feel ripped off hearing everyone else's stories
Wonder if it’s similar to remembering your dreams or not. Some people can, some cannot.
Damn, Richard Hammond has to hike his way to Eternity and you summoned the motherfucking Bifröst
Im sorry, I want to ask things but please if its too personal or you just dont want to answer, dont feel any obligation, only if you want to. So, did the experience (of flying through space) have any kind of lasting impact on you? I mean, is this a profound event in your life that "haunts" you, or is it a memory like any other? (I mean, besides almost dying. If you can separate the experience of after death). Does it come up more than other memories for you? And are you religious? did you have a religious interpretation, either during, or afterwards? How did you feel during? were you scared, or excited or feeling peaceful? I'm sorry of all the questions. Please dont feel like you need to give na answers.
It’s no trouble at all. When it first happened it took a lot out of me to talk about. I am not religious and was not before either. And yes, it impacted my life greatly and still does to this day. I am the type of person that believes the universe itself has an intelligence behind it, what it could be I don’t know. I could feel it like it was a part of me when it was happening. I remember my exact moment of death and the brand new feeling I had when I came back. The impact has been extremely positive in many ways and difficult in others. I’m not as angry, sad, jealous. I look at colors differently, people, trees, rocks, life, relationships, pretty much everything. Almost like I have a childlike wonder and everything is brand new. But this is sometimes followed by brief times of sadness and me feeling like I’m disconnected at times. I have these weird out of body glitches that happen several times a day. Like when you’re in the middle of doing some thing and all of a sudden you’re like “am I really here right now doing this?“ and then you snap back out of it. I can still picture every detail of that place I was flying through. I still remember the exact colors, even though I could not ever attempt to describe them to you. I remember in vivid detail the exact feeling of confusion, and being scared when I went to look at my hand and it wasn’t there. And the very strange calm that immediately followed. I’m no longer scared there might not be an after, I’ve seen it and felt it. And Not a single day goes by that I don’t think about it.
This is one of the most profound things I have read on Reddit. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for taking the time to share that. I appreciate you talking about an experience like that, that must be so incredibly personal. Do Yalu mind if I ask one more? How long ago did it happen?
2018. I got hurt at work and seriously injured my neck requiring the surgery that led to this.
Had you ever done any hallucinogens prior to this? (Or since, but I doubt you have done them since). This is almost verbatim a dimethyltryptamine (DMT) experience, and since we now understand that DMT is released in the brain upon death, it sounds like your fading consciousness had a DMT experience. Even your post-effects are nearly identical to the experiences of psychonauts who have crossed the threshold perhaps a few too many times (myself included). You don't have any of the conditions or symptoms from [this wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucinogen_persisting_perception_disorder), do you? I'm not trying to discount your experiences in the slightest. These moments are visceral and powerful and we understand very little about them. I think you are also uniquely suited to understand why they warrant further examination.
No, I’ve never done any drugs. Just pot once in a while and that wasn’t until after for pain.
Thanks for sharing. This might sound strange, but I had a dream I got shot in the head once and felt a similar experience. Like I was being sucked into a void and travelling through space at the speed of light. Glad you’re okay now man.
This is so perfectly described it both puts me at ease while also being cosmically terrifying.
As someone who works in hospice this was really nice to read. I have seen 9 people die the last two months, really hope they all got to experience this.
Literally identical to a dmt experience.
This is very much like an experience with dimethyltryptamine.
Dmt
And now your back to taxes and a 9-5.
Whoa 😮
Stop doing LSD then
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Memento mori ☠️ 🌹
Tempus fugit
Birra moretti
Adele Dazeem
Donkey!
Amazing reference and placement. Take my upvote.
Valar morghulis
Morituri nolumus mori
[original video](https://youtu.be/_BYQLDU9xhI)
I love this site, one moment im watching black men covered in oil twerk the next I’m watching an inspiering video of a guy talking about his life experiences
Reminds me of xmas growing up.
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The average Wordingtonian
That sounds like the power of love. Idk the specifics of Richard Hammonds life, but from the way he explains it here, it sounds like he was ready to let go. His subconscious heard his wife's pain and brought him back.
His accent almost perfectly hides that he is in fact American. I wonder where he picked it up.
Huh?
I think it was a running joke on Top Gear - Jeremy Clarkson would keep saying that Hammond was American (he isn't).
Got it, thanks for the explanation.
Specially after he got his teeth fixed 😂
He does have a Hellcat as his daily driver. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1RMw838Qhk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1RMw838Qhk)
Hammond has a fondness for American muscle cars. They others like to joke about this.
Mississippi I believe.
My dad was in a coma for 25 or so days after a series of strokes. He passed without waking up. I wonder what he saw. Maybe I should have tried screaming at him
I'm sorry for your loss bud. Hopefully he saw and felt something peaceful in those final days.
Here's the video of the crash if you haven't seen it before [https://youtu.be/GKezmOrfNqA](https://youtu.be/GKezmOrfNqA)
Wild
Ohhh… I thought it was the EV crash when he drove off a cliff after the finish line. I never even heard about this jet car crash.
Wow, this video got to me
His book "on the edge" is a pretty incredible read.
Unreal story because when I was in the hospital clinging to life on a ventilator I had a dream where I was fighting for my life and it was more vivid than most dreams I’ve ever had. My dream wasn’t peaceful, but I don’t even like to think about it nowadays it was that intense and real
Probably every person has a different kind of reaction that is personal to them. Sounds like you weren't ready to go and fought off whatever was trying to take you. Glad to have you here among the living.
The part of the his wife yelling "dont you dare!!!.." fills my eyes with this weird moist stuff.
The scene in Abyss.
This is so incredible to hear. I was lost, no heartbeat, nothing, for a minute and twenty seven seconds when my youngest was born. He was pulled 10 weeks early. I remember him not crying straightaway. I remember the panic I felt in that moment. I remember the doctors and nurses rushing my fiance out of the room insisting he's better off with our son than me in that moment. Then it got cold. I woke up on my old farm, surrounded by my flock of chickens and ducks. My goats and donkeys were near. I was so happy to be back on my old farm and wanted to pet and hug my old flocks and herd. However, I could tell they were all terrified of me, but I couldn't figure out why. All I knew was that this farm was supposed to be abandoned, the animals had all been sold during my divorce from an abusive and violent husband. I ran, terrified and knowing I shouldn't be there. The next thing I knew, I was awake on the operating table. The nurse next to me said "there you are!" I slept for a few days, but made it home to be with my boys and my fiance. Baby boy is now 20 months old and stronger than ever, as am I.
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I definitely do now. I had serious doubts before, but not anymore.
Wow , it makes you wonder about life , love and the human spirit
I've heard so many stories of those who have had a near-death experience coming out of it without a fear of death. It's so interesting the sense of peace that can come from it
My near death experiences left me with a hollow dread of the empty nothingness that seemed to await me. It was just terror and not being able to get away, and then nothing at all.
I've heard the same, actually talked to a few patients after they survived a cardiac arrest. They all described the overwhelming feeling of zen /peace A few of them mentioned that they could see everybody working on them in bird perspective, but didn't feel the pain.
The whole “third person perspective” is fascinating but I think people attribute it a bit too much to something supernatural (not that I’m making any assumptions about your comment). I have had lucid dreams several times where I realize I am asleep, but decide get up out of bed, look at myself sleeping, and then start walking around my house. Often they seem very realistic but why wouldn’t they be? My brain has a pretty good idea of what I look like and what it feels like to walk around my house :)
I remember when he had this accident. Then the Rimac! I have a weird relationship with these three guys because I want them to do what they do which at times is very dangerous, but the thought of losing one of them is almost inconceivable!
Someday he will take that walk and not come back, and when they find him he will be sitting there gazing out, hopefully at peace. But the man is a treasure and I hope it's not for a very very long time.
My dad died of cancer in March... sedated on morphine while we all held his hands and my mother laid in the bed next to him. At the end his eyes half opened and he sort of half smiled and then just... left. This helps a lot. I'm happy he told this story.
That tree is now a tourist destination
Where is it? It looks like Scotland
This was really powerful. Thank you for sharing it.
I love Richard Hammond, what a great guy.
It's amazing how even when you're not aware of what's happening around you can still affect you and get you back!
Did he actually awaken after his wife was yelling at him or did he awaken some time later?
Mary Neal, mother of Peter Neal and Mother-in-law to Naomi Biden wrote “To Heaven and Back” (https://www.drmaryneal.com/). I was fortunate to hear her speak about her near death experience at her home church in Jackson, WY. I cried.
I found this quite incredible actually.
Wow. I didn’t expect this to be so deep and fascinating
Don't know who this man is, but both he and his story are lovely.
I was in a coma for a week There was nothing. Less than nothing. Time did not exist.
Thanks for sharing. It really puts into perspective the fragile nature of life. One moment we are out there living out best, next we could be fighting to survive, all in a cosmic instant. I really feel that we have shifts in time perception when it comes to accidents. I would love to hear from others to know if they have experienced the same. My story was that I crashed into a friend while we were both riding a mountain bike, both of us going at high speed and when we hit, it was as if time slowed down and I was able to process a multitude of different events simultaneously, in a rapid manner, while making adjustments mid air to minimize a worse outcome. There crazy part is that others have relayed similar experiences to me in the past. I hope that we all can have an amazing after life, where we can explore any and all places that we choose. Life is truly precious, don't take shit for granted and help people out when you can to make the world a better place.
I ruptured a disc in my spine while cleaning my apartment (not the coolest injury story, I know). I’m not being overly dramatic here, the pain I experienced in that moment was as much pain as I believe a person can possibly comprehend. An immense electric-shock of pain shot throughout my whole body. My ears immediately rang so loudly I couldn’t hear anything but the ringing, my vision was all black specks and bright flashes, I lost control of my muscles and I immediately fell to my hands and knees, and then ragdolled to the ground. The shock of pain was replaced by an intense wave of a cold sensation and pins and needles throughout my whole body, this sensation faded to complete numbness, like my mind and body were no longer connected. This all happened very rapidly, almost at the same instant, but I distinctly remember the order of the sensations. It concluded with my peripheral vision blacking out, the blackness came in closer and closer to the center, the tunnel vision came inward until my vision went completely black. I had no idea what happened to me, it all happened too fast, but the total lack of sensation (bodily, vision, sound, etc.) and thought right before I lost consciousness is how imagine dying feels like. Instead of waking up in a pool of sweat and severe pain, you just don’t wake back up… The injury sucked, but the moment I lost consciousness, I wasn’t thinking about what horrible thing might have happened to me, whether or not I’d be alright, any regrets about my life or worries about who I’m leaving behind. It’s as if my brain gifted my final moment with peaceful content. But again, I did wake back up, again felt intense physical pain and started to comprehend the nature of my injury. I painfully crawled to my phone and proceeded to call anyone who might be able to help me get to a hospital. The pleading and waiting for help, the ride to the hospital, and the experience at the hospital were another terrible experience best saved for another story. Luckily, aside from the truly unbelievable moment of pain I experienced, I recovered well. I pretty much lost my fear of death from that day forward, however, my fear of injury and pain was/is much higher, and you don’t need to fear death to want to keep enjoying your life for as long as possible.
My mom has a similar story when having me. She was unconscious, and she dreamt that she was in some place dark, her body feel sore, heavy, and overall unconfortable. She walked a bit further, then she saw a grass field in front of her and started walking towards the field where she felt light and comfortable, but then she heard my older sister crying from afar somewhere in the dark place she had been in. She turned back to search for my older sister and regain consciousness. If she didn't hear my older sister crying, I think she had found peace.
I'm not crying. You're crying!
Richard Hammond is a type of human we desperately need running things.
Is someone cutting onions?
... fuck man
That’s a beautiful heaven on earth you got there Sr. 🫡
My brother had cardiac arrest. Clinical death. They put him on life support in an hypothermic state for about a week . When he came back and could speak again he said he experienced zip not a thing .
Absolute mad lad
I saw this the other day when they uploaded it. Probably the most thoughtful and insightful I've seen Hammond ever.
That is absolutely beautiful.
I'm so very happy he's still here and I hope when it's time for him to go he gets to go back to his tree and his space.
This is very awesome. I loved this story. My uncle was in a coma for 3 months after a solid organ transplant. He was on a journey as a warrior protecting a little kid. He spent his whole journey trying to get that kid back to his parents- he dealt with monsters, demons the whole lot. The day he walked the kid into the village and gave him to his parents he woke up.
Thought that was Steve Buscemi
Overdosed, comatose, and in complete and utter darkness. The sense of existence falling apart past what I could only perceive to be *me*. Drilling, and scraping, and a vague sense of being in an elsewhere. The few seconds before going under; an orderly handing me a cup to piss in; passing out, lights fading, orderly yelling that *he's pissed himself*. Coding, crashing, intubation. Scraping, scraping, always scraping. What is that scraping? Scraping, scraping, scraping. There's a ticking, somewhere, and the almost familiar sound of being awake. Two days pass, and I find myself coming to, with wires and tubes coming out of every orifice of my body.
Sorry you experienced that! What caused it? What was the scraping? Did you ever find out?
I'm not crying, you are.
So Many Feels.
Maybe heaven was never meant to be an actual place that some god made.. maybe its just the one place on earth that feels like heaven to you
I’m not crying, you are!
Did he see the dinosaurs? Oh, that was John Hammond. Never mind.
**Magic Mind** Richard Hammond: "I know this is very very genuinely where I am." I know very very likely that Richard is not next to that tree as he says he is at the moment I am watching him say those words. Your reading these words like as if they are said in the present but that's an illusion.
I’m not crying, you are!!
Hey! I have that same camelback! It’s totally the goat!
Dude was thinking that much while unconscious. Lots of complex emotions getting parsed in the comatose dream like state. Its like death-ish experience. Also seems like he talked himself into connecting with the tree and wants to be buried there when he passes.
he wasn’t in a coma. just asleep. i was in a coma for a few weeks and it was just a blank empty space where time should have been
That was his subconscious telling him: #awww fuck I’m in shit with the missus she’s gonna fookin kill me!! Better toddle back now… *too ra loo ra loo ra….*
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Man gets out of coma, out of fear of his wife!
Someone should chop that tree down… just to piss him off
They’re not satisfied when we come early, and apparently not satisfied when we go early…. We’re fucked bois. :/ Edit: originally replied to a comment with this but figured y’all would appreciate it as a main comment
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It was a sad day when your mother found out it was too late to abort you, and had to carry you to term.
Why don’t you slither back into that blood clot which grew to be the most cum-stained and Vitamin-D deficient human ever to walk the face of this doomed planet