Linda Xiao- Week 2

After reading about mathematical logic and the near death experience. I learned that there are multiple scientific ways to explain the near death experience. For example, there is the psychological and the physiological. Authors use a mathematical equation and time to determine the situation of someone having the near death experience during consciousness, how their body feels, and the emotional reactions the person will experience. The properties of time are comprehensive because our brain remembers more content than our individual. We might not record everything about our past but our brain retains all the information we have experienced. Like the author states, the near death experience is similar to a dream but it is also distinct. I have had two near death experiences. When I was five months old in my mother’s uterus, my parents experienced a big fire where they lived. They were stuck in a building. Other residents who lived on the same floor tried to help them escape but they died due to the smoke. My parents were panicking to find a way to escape. My mother told me that during this time, I was kicking her all the while they were fighting to survive. My parents ended up breaking a ceiling window and escaped the building through the roof. It was one of the worst experiences they have ever had. It was also a near death experience during my fetal period. That experience traumatized me as a child. My parents used to notice that I always looked sick and I had a lot of trouble learning to walk properly. Lack of medical information made them think that I was cold. One day, during my kindergarten year, the doctor informed my parents that my heart was not normal and that I needed to be rushed to the hospital immediately. My parents had to make some tough choices in order to make sure my life would be saved. I required either a heart machine or to fix my heart in other, less safe, methods. It was very risky. My parents chose the second option because they believed that if I could survive the fire, I would survive this as well. The scared and nervous feelings I had during this time is remarkable, and until this day, I still remember when the doctor covered me with a green sheet before I fell unconscious. I believe what the authors have discussed in the article, and I support their hypotheses. 

My question: Does anyone believe a fetus can remember their experience before birth? Will the near death experience affect fetus growth during pregnancy ?

Citations:

“Cardiovascular Surgery.” Boulder Community Health, www.bch.org/Our-Services/Cardiology/Tests-Treatments/Cardiovascular-Surgery.aspx.

“AN APPROACH TO PROVE THE EXISTENCE OF AFTER LIFE BY

ANALYZING NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE’S DATA WITH MATHEMATICAL LOGIC” by Arindam Kumar, Liton Devnath, Md. Rafiqul Islam