70% of people who have a near-death experience make this change

They were at death’s door and opened a window to a whole new world.

About 15% of severely ill patients report enduring a near-death experience (NDE), which may mean having an overwhelming out-of-body sensation, an encounter with a dead loved one, a vision of a bright light, a rapid review of their life’s milestones or a profound sense of peace.

To figure out how people deal with NDEs, researchers at the University of Virginia surveyed 167 individuals who said they had one. 3

One major coping mechanism stood out among the rest — almost 70% of participants reported a shift in their religious or spiritual beliefs and their fears of death in the aftermath of their NDE.

“My NDE was considerable,” one participant wrote in the questionnaire. “I know I’ll never be the same person ever