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doughmixer1982

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Jun 8, 2023
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I have never seen partial hanging work out for anyone on this site. I will say almost 100% of people here post that they will try partial and come back saying they failed.
Yes there are videos of people succeeding with partial hanging and I am not sure how they did it..May be they are 100% determined and bear the pain.
 
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hell toupee

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That's because naturally, this website is going to be filled with people who failed - obviously the ones who were successful can't report back, so everything you read here is going to be skewed. Also need to keep in mind that there are lurkers here who we have no idea if they are successful or not.

If you filter out the attempts where people did lose consciousness, but had an equipment failure, you would reduce a lot of the reports of people not being successful. Furthermore, it seems a lot of people are using partial to dip their toes in the water so to speak. Easing in to it seems like it makes it much more difficult to occlude the carotid arteries - the people who practice and were able to bring on loss of consciousness, or just before blacking out, all stated that they applied their body weight quickly, or sat in to it quickly, just letting all of their weight relax.

Still others aren't putting enough pressure. The use the position where they just kind of lean forward, which obviously does not create enough pressure to get the deeper carotid arteries, and instead simply block the jugulars, which are veins, not arteries, and are responsible for draining blood from the head. So as the carotids continue to pump blood in to their head, it's not draining, so people get that exploding head feeling.

For me, I feel like the only partial position that is actually doable is where you are sitting down, with your waist buttocks in the air, and your legs straightened out in front of you. This is how Robin Williams died.

Other than that, partial does have more variables to consider, as unconscious movements could disrupt the pressure on the carotids and cause people to wake back up or stand up.

My own wife died via full suspension about a year ago (actually her tippy toes were on the ground but she was able to swing freely with her toes just grazing the floor so it was basically full suspension). I did not witness it but found her. She didn't do any research or even tie any knots. She simply wrapped an extension cord around her neck like 5 or 6 times, then the other end around an overhead cabinet handle that she wrapped in a figure 8 pattern, like how they tie off boats at a dock.

For all intents and purposes she must've been out quick because there was a lamp on an end table that was just an inch or 2 from her dangling arm - had she panicked or made any pronounced movements, the lamp would've been knocked over without question. She appeared completely normal - just looked like she was sleeping. When I first saw her, I thought she was staring at something on the ground as her head was obviously tilted down. When I got closer I saw her eyes were closed and I obviously saw the extension cord.
 
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zizzou

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That's because naturally, this website is going to be filled with people who failed - obviously the ones who were successful can't report back, so everything you read here is going to be skewed. Also need to keep in mind that there are lurkers here who we have no idea if they are successful or not.

If you filter out the attempts where people did lose consciousness, but had an equipment failure, you would reduce a lot of the reports of people not being successful. Furthermore, it seems a lot of people are using partial to dip their toes in the water so to speak. Easing in to it seems like it makes it much more difficult to occlude the carotid arteries - the people who practice and were able to bring on loss of consciousness, or just before blacking out, all stated that they applied their body weight quickly, or sat in to it quickly, just letting all of their weight relax.

Still others aren't putting enough pressure. The use the position where they just kind of lean forward, which obviously does not create enough pressure to get the deeper carotid arteries, and instead simply block the jugulars, which are veins, not arteries, and are responsible for draining blood from the head. So as the carotids continue to pump blood in to their head, it's not draining, so people get that exploding head feeling.

For me, I feel like the only partial position that is actually doable is where you are sitting down, with your waist buttocks in the air, and your legs straightened out in front of you. This is how Robin Williams died.

Other than that, partial does have more variables to consider, as unconscious movements could disrupt the pressure on the carotids and cause people to wake back up or stand up.

My own wife died via full suspension about a year ago (actually her tippy toes were on the ground but she was able to swing freely with her toes just grazing the floor so it was basically full suspension). I did not witness it but found her. She didn't do any research or even tie any knots. She simply wrapped an extension cord around her neck like 5 or 6 times, then the other end around an overhead cabinet handle that she wrapped in a figure 8 pattern, like how they tie off boats at a dock.

For all intents and purposes she must've been out quick because there was a lamp on an end table that was just an inch or 2 from her dangling arm - had she panicked or made any pronounced movements, the lamp would've been knocked over without question. She appeared completely normal - just looked like she was sleeping. When I first saw her, I thought she was staring at something on the ground as her head was obviously tilted down. When I got closer I saw her eyes were closed and I obviously saw the extension cord.
Sorry for your loss and your wife. How are you doing today, a year out? Does it get better?
 
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hell toupee

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Sep 9, 2024
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Sorry for your loss and your wife. How are you doing today, a year out? Does it get better?

I appreciate the kind words - thank you for that.

Right after she passed, it was horrible. We were married for 24 years (married quite young) and spent every waking moment together - it was like we were attached at the hip - just really enjoyed each other's company.

Right before, I had also become disabled - was put in a wheelchair and lost most of the use of my fingers from mysterious nerve damage that doctors couldn't figure out.

Anyways, I spent many nights sobbing like a baby and on one of those nights I had an incredibly bizarre experience - I honestly thought I was losing my mind. After that, I started having weird synchronicities happen. Had they happened once or twice I would've just chalked it up to coincidence - but when they kept happening over and over, it convinced me that birth and death are doorways, not a beginning and ending.

Now all I want to do is join her, as I'm crippled, can't drive, can't even get down steps without major hassle. I am satisfied that my life is basically over without any prospect of a future - the problem is finding a viable way to ctb, just like most people here. Being in a wheelchair severely limits my options, unfortunately. I wish I could just snap my fingers and turn myself off, as I am an overthinker, and spend a little too much time in my head, so it's exhausting to be constantly worried about failing at an attempt and ending up even worse off than I already am.

To answer your question though, the experiences I had did calm the mourning aspect of losing my wife - in fact, it convinced me that she is perfectly fine - she just isn't tuned in to physical existence anymore. I don't expect anyone else to believe that, but it's my truth based on my experiences. So that part got better, however it was replaced with the anxiousness and anxiety of trying to find a method that will work for me without fail. I absolutely cannot fail.
 
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zizzou

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Sep 25, 2025
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I appreciate the kind words - thank you for that.

Right after she passed, it was horrible. We were married for 24 years (married quite young) and spent every waking moment together - it was like we were attached at the hip - just really enjoyed each other's company.

Right before, I had also become disabled - was put in a wheelchair and lost most of the use of my fingers from mysterious nerve damage that doctors couldn't figure out.

Anyways, I spent many nights sobbing like a baby and on one of those nights I had an incredibly bizarre experience - I honestly thought I was losing my mind. After that, I started having weird synchronicities happen. Had they happened once or twice I would've just chalked it up to coincidence - but when they kept happening over and over, it convinced me that birth and death are doorways, not a beginning and ending.

Now all I want to do is join her, as I'm crippled, can't drive, can't even get down steps without major hassle. I am satisfied that my life is basically over without any prospect of a future - the problem is finding a viable way to ctb, just like most people here. Being in a wheelchair severely limits my options, unfortunately. I wish I could just snap my fingers and turn myself off, as I am an overthinker, and spend a little too much time in my head, so it's exhausting to be constantly worried about failing at an attempt and ending up even worse off than I already am.

To answer your question though, the experiences I had did calm the mourning aspect of losing my wife - in fact, it convinced me that she is perfectly fine - she just isn't tuned in to physical existence anymore. I don't expect anyone else to believe that, but it's my truth based on my experiences. So that part got better, however it was replaced with the anxiousness and anxiety of trying to find a method that will work for me without fail. I absolutely cannot fail.
Thank you for your story and I'm sorry about your health. I just lost mine as well, together for 9 years. It would be nice to believe there really is something after.
 
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58Alice85

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Aug 31, 2025
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I will be using partial to kill myself. I have seen enough pics of succesfull hangings to be convinced. It is also statistically one of the most popular methods to kill yourself. You have to position yourself correctly, then endure pain and slowly lose consciousness. I suspect most of these failure stories are people who's SI kicks in and they undo the rope. Or they are using something which does not block the arteries like bedsheets instead of rope.
 
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eternalpace

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Oct 18, 2025
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Partial hanging caused me a lot of grief… problems with the rope… then problems with its placement… problems with the survival instinct… etc. etc. etc.
 
hmnow

hmnow

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Jul 29, 2025
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I have never seen partial hanging work out for anyone on this site. I will say almost 100% of people here post that they will try partial and come back saying they failed.
Yes there are videos of people succeeding with partial hanging and I am not sure how they did it..May be they are 100% determined and bear the pain.
The stats actually show more people die from partial hangings than full suspension hangings
 
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AntarusDragon

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Sep 29, 2025
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I appreciate the kind words - thank you for that.

Right after she passed, it was horrible. We were married for 24 years (married quite young) and spent every waking moment together - it was like we were attached at the hip - just really enjoyed each other's company.

Right before, I had also become disabled - was put in a wheelchair and lost most of the use of my fingers from mysterious nerve damage that doctors couldn't figure out.

Anyways, I spent many nights sobbing like a baby and on one of those nights I had an incredibly bizarre experience - I honestly thought I was losing my mind. After that, I started having weird synchronicities happen. Had they happened once or twice I would've just chalked it up to coincidence - but when they kept happening over and over, it convinced me that birth and death are doorways, not a beginning and ending.

Now all I want to do is join her, as I'm crippled, can't drive, can't even get down steps without major hassle. I am satisfied that my life is basically over without any prospect of a future - the problem is finding a viable way to ctb, just like most people here. Being in a wheelchair severely limits my options, unfortunately. I wish I could just snap my fingers and turn myself off, as I am an overthinker, and spend a little too much time in my head, so it's exhausting to be constantly worried about failing at an attempt and ending up even worse off than I already am.

To answer your question though, the experiences I had did calm the mourning aspect of losing my wife - in fact, it convinced me that she is perfectly fine - she just isn't tuned in to physical existence anymore. I don't expect anyone else to believe that, but it's my truth based on my experiences. So that part got better, however it was replaced with the anxiousness and anxiety of trying to find a method that will work for me without fail. I absolutely cannot fail.
Hello sir, please accept my condolences regarding your wife. But I wanted to ask — what exactly did you start noticing as strange among those coincidences?
I'm also someone who feels and knows that there is life after death, and that we don't simply disappear (again, that's just my own opinion and experience).
 
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PotentiallyWasted

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Jul 20, 2025
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The stats actually show more people die from partial hangings than full suspension hangings
Don't they say that a higher percentage of suicides by hanging are partial not full suspension? And technically what you said doesn't contradict this but I just wanted to make it clear that partial is not more lethal than full.
 
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hmnow

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Jul 29, 2025
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Don't they say that a higher percentage of suicides by hanging are partial not full suspension? And technically what you said doesn't contradict this but I just wanted to make it clear that partial is not more lethal than full.
I was just looking at the stats in Canada, within hangings full suspensions hangings were less common than Partial Suspension

... reported a higher percentage of partial suspension cases, with about 83.4% being partial suspension and only 16.6% full suspension, indicating partial suspension is more common in that set of cases...

but there seems to be a wide range of stats, so maybe there is an issue with counting as well
 
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hell toupee

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Sep 9, 2024
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Hello sir, please accept my condolences regarding your wife. But I wanted to ask — what exactly did you start noticing as strange among those coincidences?
I'm also someone who feels and knows that there is life after death, and that we don't simply disappear (again, that's just my own opinion and experience).

Thank you for the kind words. I've had so many of these strange synchronicities that I could write a book.

At the risk of sounding schizophrenic or like a crazy person, I'll refrain from posting most of it, and there were 2 different types of phenomena that I experienced. One was synchronicities, which I would most certainly dismiss as coincidences if they didn't start happening so often, the other was a weird conversation of sorts that I still can't believe happened - I was basically communicating with my wife, which I did not want to believe at the time - I thought I was just talking to myself, however I kept demanding proof that this was real, and I received information about my mother and father before I was even born. I confirmed this with my mother and the information was accurate. My wife didn't even know my mother other than as an acquaintance - and there's absolutely no way either myself or my wife could know this - and it was very personal information - my mother never told anyone - it had to do with something an argument they had when my dad went to Vietnam. Nobody in my family knew anything about this other than my mother and father. That was the final nail in the coffin that convinced me that what was happening was not just a figment of my imagination - unless I'm clairvoyant or something, which I am not. That episode happened one time, shortly after my wife passed. I was desperate, crying like a baby, so it started by me simply talking out loud to her, as if she was in the room with me. This is very difficult to explain, but I received "impressions"? in my head of what happens when we die, etc. I had asked if the communication could take place in my own head, or did I have to keep speaking out loud. The "impression" or answer was that thoughts and emotions are simply energy, and unless someone is adept at clearing their mind, all of the competing thoughts in the head can come across like static on a radio, which makes the energy hard to decipher. By speaking out loud, the energy is more focused and directed.

I'll give you one synchronicity, which was the most recent. A couple weeks before the 1 year anniversary of her passing, I had started reading a book called "The Midnight Library". It's a fiction book about a girl who attempts suicide and finds herself in this afterlife library where all of the books represent other lives she has lived, and she can open them and re experience those lives. On the exact day of the 1 year anniversary, before bed I continued reading. On the very first page that I had started reading, about half way down, the main character, Nora, is in a life where she's a scientist on the South Pole. She is talking to a colleague and out of the blue, the colleague says "Nono". At first I thought it was a typo, however the very next line is Nora saying "Nono?". After that they just move on with the conversation, no explanation or anything is given as to why the colleague blurted out "Nono". Since this is a digital book, I did a search for that word and it only appears in the 2 aforementioned sequences. Nono was my wife's name, which is a highly unusual name, and what are the chances that her name appears there for absolutely no reason (in the story) on the exact day of her 1 year anniversary of passing?

Now, if it had just been that one time, I certainly would dismiss it as a weird coincidence. But when things like that have happened a dozen times, I don't know how else to understand this.

The synchronicities are strange, however it was that "conversation" (I still feel like a weirdo saying that) that really convinced me, as things were explained to me that I would have no way of knowing. Mostly stuff about life, why we are here, etc. To sum it up, because I could literally write a book about it, was that we intimately plan our lives, in a similar way that a programmer makes a video game. We agree to some basic "root assumptions" before we are born, such as the existence of time, or cause and effect, and the fact that we are hyper focused in this physical existence purposely, so it does not spoil the immersion. I was "told" that death is not like turning off a light, you are still you, and actually birth is a much more traumatic experience that death. Birth implies cramming your consciousness in a very limited physical body, and not all souls choose to do this. Consciousness, at heart, is purely creative and always expanding. So death is like being freed from a very confined box, you no longer have all of the limitations that a physical body implies. It's like being able to breathe after holding your breath for a very long time.

I'll stop here, because I could continue forever with this.
 
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I mean there are 100s of videos that prove your statement wrong, also those who make it work cant come back here and say they did exactly.
 
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iusedtobehappy

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Thank you for the kind words. I've had so many of these strange synchronicities that I could write a book.

At the risk of sounding schizophrenic or like a crazy person, I'll refrain from posting most of it, and there were 2 different types of phenomena that I experienced. One was synchronicities, which I would most certainly dismiss as coincidences if they didn't start happening so often, the other was a weird conversation of sorts that I still can't believe happened - I was basically communicating with my wife, which I did not want to believe at the time - I thought I was just talking to myself, however I kept demanding proof that this was real, and I received information about my mother and father before I was even born. I confirmed this with my mother and the information was accurate. My wife didn't even know my mother other than as an acquaintance - and there's absolutely no way either myself or my wife could know this - and it was very personal information - my mother never told anyone - it had to do with something an argument they had when my dad went to Vietnam. Nobody in my family knew anything about this other than my mother and father. That was the final nail in the coffin that convinced me that what was happening was not just a figment of my imagination - unless I'm clairvoyant or something, which I am not. That episode happened one time, shortly after my wife passed. I was desperate, crying like a baby, so it started by me simply talking out loud to her, as if she was in the room with me. This is very difficult to explain, but I received "impressions"? in my head of what happens when we die, etc. I had asked if the communication could take place in my own head, or did I have to keep speaking out loud. The "impression" or answer was that thoughts and emotions are simply energy, and unless someone is adept at clearing their mind, all of the competing thoughts in the head can come across like static on a radio, which makes the energy hard to decipher. By speaking out loud, the energy is more focused and directed.

I'll give you one synchronicity, which was the most recent. A couple weeks before the 1 year anniversary of her passing, I had started reading a book called "The Midnight Library". It's a fiction book about a girl who attempts suicide and finds herself in this afterlife library where all of the books represent other lives she has lived, and she can open them and re experience those lives. On the exact day of the 1 year anniversary, before bed I continued reading. On the very first page that I had started reading, about half way down, the main character, Nora, is in a life where she's a scientist on the South Pole. She is talking to a colleague and out of the blue, the colleague says "Nono". At first I thought it was a typo, however the very next line is Nora saying "Nono?". After that they just move on with the conversation, no explanation or anything is given as to why the colleague blurted out "Nono". Since this is a digital book, I did a search for that word and it only appears in the 2 aforementioned sequences. Nono was my wife's name, which is a highly unusual name, and what are the chances that her name appears there for absolutely no reason (in the story) on the exact day of her 1 year anniversary of passing?

Now, if it had just been that one time, I certainly would dismiss it as a weird coincidence. But when things like that have happened a dozen times, I don't know how else to understand this.

The synchronicities are strange, however it was that "conversation" (I still feel like a weirdo saying that) that really convinced me, as things were explained to me that I would have no way of knowing. Mostly stuff about life, why we are here, etc. To sum it up, because I could literally write a book about it, was that we intimately plan our lives, in a similar way that a programmer makes a video game. We agree to some basic "root assumptions" before we are born, such as the existence of time, or cause and effect, and the fact that we are hyper focused in this physical existence purposely, so it does not spoil the immersion. I was "told" that death is not like turning off a light, you are still you, and actually birth is a much more traumatic experience that death. Birth implies cramming your consciousness in a very limited physical body, and not all souls choose to do this. Consciousness, at heart, is purely creative and always expanding. So death is like being freed from a very confined box, you no longer have all of the limitations that a physical body implies. It's like being able to breathe after holding your breath for a very long time.

I'll stop here, because I could continue forever with this.
Please do continue forever because this is beautiful. I absolutely believe all of it. Tell us more?
 
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EternalShore

EternalShore

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huh, @hell toupee made a good point~ We're all sewer slidal and alive (and I presume many of us have failed before), so it's more likely that people in this group have failed rather than successful attempts~ idk how the logic exactly works, but it's skewed, yesu! :3
Anyways, yeahhh, whenever someone says they're attempting partial, I kinda expect them to come right back the next day~ >_< There are users who have succeeded with partial~ this even includes those who have previously failed it~
sewer slide is painful unfortunately~ :( at least, it is with any relatively accessible that won't cost a fortune~
 
AntarusDragon

AntarusDragon

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Thank you for the kind words. I've had so many of these strange synchronicities that I could write a book.

At the risk of sounding schizophrenic or like a crazy person, I'll refrain from posting most of it, and there were 2 different types of phenomena that I experienced. One was synchronicities, which I would most certainly dismiss as coincidences if they didn't start happening so often, the other was a weird conversation of sorts that I still can't believe happened - I was basically communicating with my wife, which I did not want to believe at the time - I thought I was just talking to myself, however I kept demanding proof that this was real, and I received information about my mother and father before I was even born. I confirmed this with my mother and the information was accurate. My wife didn't even know my mother other than as an acquaintance - and there's absolutely no way either myself or my wife could know this - and it was very personal information - my mother never told anyone - it had to do with something an argument they had when my dad went to Vietnam. Nobody in my family knew anything about this other than my mother and father. That was the final nail in the coffin that convinced me that what was happening was not just a figment of my imagination - unless I'm clairvoyant or something, which I am not. That episode happened one time, shortly after my wife passed. I was desperate, crying like a baby, so it started by me simply talking out loud to her, as if she was in the room with me. This is very difficult to explain, but I received "impressions"? in my head of what happens when we die, etc. I had asked if the communication could take place in my own head, or did I have to keep speaking out loud. The "impression" or answer was that thoughts and emotions are simply energy, and unless someone is adept at clearing their mind, all of the competing thoughts in the head can come across like static on a radio, which makes the energy hard to decipher. By speaking out loud, the energy is more focused and directed.

I'll give you one synchronicity, which was the most recent. A couple weeks before the 1 year anniversary of her passing, I had started reading a book called "The Midnight Library". It's a fiction book about a girl who attempts suicide and finds herself in this afterlife library where all of the books represent other lives she has lived, and she can open them and re experience those lives. On the exact day of the 1 year anniversary, before bed I continued reading. On the very first page that I had started reading, about half way down, the main character, Nora, is in a life where she's a scientist on the South Pole. She is talking to a colleague and out of the blue, the colleague says "Nono". At first I thought it was a typo, however the very next line is Nora saying "Nono?". After that they just move on with the conversation, no explanation or anything is given as to why the colleague blurted out "Nono". Since this is a digital book, I did a search for that word and it only appears in the 2 aforementioned sequences. Nono was my wife's name, which is a highly unusual name, and what are the chances that her name appears there for absolutely no reason (in the story) on the exact day of her 1 year anniversary of passing?

Now, if it had just been that one time, I certainly would dismiss it as a weird coincidence. But when things like that have happened a dozen times, I don't know how else to understand this.

The synchronicities are strange, however it was that "conversation" (I still feel like a weirdo saying that) that really convinced me, as things were explained to me that I would have no way of knowing. Mostly stuff about life, why we are here, etc. To sum it up, because I could literally write a book about it, was that we intimately plan our lives, in a similar way that a programmer makes a video game. We agree to some basic "root assumptions" before we are born, such as the existence of time, or cause and effect, and the fact that we are hyper focused in this physical existence purposely, so it does not spoil the immersion. I was "told" that death is not like turning off a light, you are still you, and actually birth is a much more traumatic experience that death. Birth implies cramming your consciousness in a very limited physical body, and not all souls choose to do this. Consciousness, at heart, is purely creative and always expanding. So death is like being freed from a very confined box, you no longer have all of the limitations that a physical body implies. It's like being able to breathe after holding your breath for a very long time.

I'll stop here, because I could continue forever with this.
Wow, thank you so much for sharing your experience. I completely agree with you, because I've also had — and still continue to have — mysterious phenomena in my life that an ordinary person would never believe in. I also agree that we are only temporarily here in these physical body... For example, I am already preparing to die in November this year, so to speak, to move on to a more spiritual world, leaving this one behind.
 

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