There is a YouTube channel called NDE Radio. Search NDE Radio IANDS stories, have a listen and see what you think.
Skeptics and science dismiss these stories as hallucinations and I wanted to dismiss them too. But the more stories I listened to and how consistent these were the more I found them to be at least interesting.
Neither medicine nor science understand how human consciousness works. Neither medicine nor science understand how anesthesia works because they don't understand how consciousness works.
Skeptics will tell you that these experiences are the result of the DMT that we have in our brains. Interesting. But people's DMT highs and the experiences they had after ingesting DMT were somewhat similar to near death experiences.
Somewhat similar but not the same.
Also, near death experiences are not the same as hallucinations. Near death experiences are too linear, too coherent, too specific to be categorized as hallucinations.
Also, the people who've had near death experiences, or NDEs, can remember these experiences as if it happened five minutes ago, even their experience happened 20 or 40 years prior.
These experiences come from all over the world. Experiencers range from devout Christians to confirmed atheists, from housewives, blue collar workers to doctors and scientists, from children to adults.
IANDS stands for International Association for Near Death Studies and they have a YouTube channel too.
I agree that some of these tales sound either made up or that the person in question actually was hallucinating. But, it is an interesting topic.
The ones I find most interesting are told by those who were healthy and leading happy, successful lives but when they "crossed over" they made it very clear that they did not want to go back despite enjoying life and having so much to live for.