Dr. Ray Catania describes a near-death experience where he felt compelled to leave his bed, fearing he'd die alone. When he fell to the floor, he expected pain but felt nothing, realizing he'd separated from his body.
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I don't know exactly what it was, but I was like, I knew if I didn't get out of this bed that I was dead because no one's coming for me. No one. I don't even know if they know I'm there or what's going on, why nobody's coming to get me. I have no idea. But the bottom line is I knew I had to get out of that bed. So I pulled with everything I had and I managed to tumble out of the bed and I hit the floor face first and I hit right here. And you know how when you hit yourself or you get hit, you're waiting. There's that second where you're waiting for the pain to kick in and you know it's coming and you know it's going to be bad, right? Right. Well, that's what I'm experiencing, but the pain never comes. And the pain never comes because I'm not in that body anymore.