Can near-death experiences help prevent suicide? In this powerful and deeply personal presentation, Dr. Jan Holden, graduate student Sahar Loseu, and film producer Roberta Moore explore how the profound insights of NDEs are being used to save lives.
This video includes:
Research and literature on suicide-related near-death experiences
Emotional and spiritual impacts of NDEs on suicide survivors
Real-life testimonies from experiencers who transformed their lives after an NDE
The development of a groundbreaking video project to help those contemplating suicide
An invitation to join and support this vital initiative
Learn how NDEs reveal that suicide is not an escape and how many experiencers return with a renewed sense of meaning, purpose, and love.
NOTE: the first several minutes of this video are still photos.
When people attempt suicide and have an NDE, they almost never attempt suicide again. These people have wisdom to share about how their failed suicides and NDEs transformed their lives from feelings of defeat and despair to feelings of hope and life purpose. This presentation will review the literature concerning NDEs and suicide, discuss the ways NDEs impact those who attempt suicide, and present video of people who have attempted suicide and brought back lessons from their NDEs. Also, a new video project about suicide and NDEs will be introduced.
0:00 – Introduction: Meet Jan Holden, Roberta Moore, and Sahar Losu
1:00 – Exploring Suicide and NDEs: Research and Clinical Use
2:20 – Sahar Losu’s Literature Review on NDEs and Suicide
6:54 – Insights on Adult vs. Child NDEs After Suicide Attempts
8:24 – NDEs in Clinical Counseling Practice
9:44 – Jan Holden’s Interviews with Suicide NDE Survivors
13:20 – Profound Lessons from Ruben Beckham’s Suicide NDE
14:44 – Yolande Stout’s Transformational NDE and Advocacy Work
16:12 – Matthew Dovel’s Distressing NDE and Spiritual Awakening
20:05 – Life Purpose After NDEs: Breaking Religious Stereotypes
20:57 – Roberta Moore on Filmmaking and Suicide Awareness
24:00 – Responsible Storytelling: Ethics and Editing Considerations
26:00 – Preview of the Upcoming Suicide Prevention Film
27:24 – Suicide Statistics and The Urgency of the Project
30:10 – First-Hand Survivor Testimonies and Their Wisdom
32:36 – Healing Journeys After the NDE
33:48 – How the Video Can Support Therapy and Save Lives
34:07 – Fundraising for the Film: How You Can Help
35:14 – Vetting Process for Ethical Distribution
36:16 – Community Questions and Discussions
40:45 – Website Announcement: NDEvideo.com
44:12 – Reincarnation, Soul Lessons, and Ethical Challenges
46:04 – A Powerful Testimony from a Family Affected by Suicide
48:04 – Divine Intervention and Personal Awakening
52:00 – Clinical Considerations and Research Limitations
54:00 – Veteran’s Testimony: Post-NDE Suicide Attempt and Redemption
55:09 – Closing Reflections and Audience Applause
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Since you will only be featuring interviews from the suicide-survivors that support your intention for the film, it could be seen as not totally truthful…?
Thank you so much for this video. My husband took his own life and this gave me some comfort.
I appreciated all the courageous people who stood up and made comments afterwards. They were passionate about what they had to say, and it wasn't easy for them.
Dear IANDS, I thought the video was very good but, and it may be just me, I found the piano music distracting.
17:19 Makes sense
…skip to 9:45 folks…
Lots of weirdos in the crowd tonight–the guy talking about unzipping and liquid joy is a weirdo. He literally pointed at his crotch before handing off the mic.
Have u ever thought that maybe some people just need a break from this life period? Maybe their brain doesn’t work…. & they should be able to exit the planet without judgement.
This is an interesting video, but it hasen't done much for my depression and suicidal thoughts. I've also had NDEs and mine varied from good to bad. Al I can say is that if you commit suicide and you're sent to a place of punishment, then God is a judgemental prick, punishing us of opting out of a life we never asked for.
Thank you for this video!
Please edit out the piano music. Truly it distracts and seems to distort the messages the interviewees are sharing. Like, Hey! Share this deep story and we’ll make it part of an elevator music absurdity joke! I doubt this was your intention so please be mindful of that.
Also, the overall tone of the video seems to lack a groundedness or acknowledgement of the ugly reality of depression. It comes across as preachy in a way. It’s too ‘sugary’ to be of much help to those who will see it as a dismissal of their suffering.
People engage in suicide because they think they will escape the mental and emotional pain they are in. What they find out is that they simply bring it all with them and have complicated their situation, because they also have to deal with the mess that they left in this world, as their negative actions ripple through the lives of friends, family and even strangers, like a stone thrown into a still pond or a chain reaction pileup on an ice covered interstate. Their role modeling often gives others close or even merely known to them, the rationalization to also suicide and they are horrified to realize that they have this fresh blood on their hands too. Complication is because they are acutely aware that they are powerless to make right or prevent these ramifications of their suicide in this world, from where they are, a less desirable, impotent place in the next world.
If suicide was really the answer, I would have done it decades ago or even this week. Instead, just exercise by walking or some other vigorous physical activities to dissipate the anxiety and depression you are feeling now. Then get SSRI medications at least in the short term and talk therapy on long term basis, to get out of the darkness you are in. Whatever is making you feel crazy today, this too shall pass!
This is one of the most fascinating videos I've ever seen on YouTube.
Sigh..I hate to be a piece of shit sometimes but dude just get to the point. We're here to hear about their experiences. The monologue is redundant.
Forward to 27 minutes
Bruce Greyson reminds me of a corrupt politician, he doesn't want truth to be revealed in all aspects. He thinks he is smarter than others and knows better what is best for you to know by withholding factual information. He wants the power and control over others on what they hear. Very typical of narcissistic behavior.
Did you ever get the funding for the project? The only issue I take is treating those with suicidal ideation as children. Just give the information, don’t try to micro manage and treat with kid gloves, it’s a little patronizing, even if there’s the best of intentions.
All I want to know is do the suicide node meet their loved ones a d didn’t that make them want to stay
"You will have to come back and face these things that you are facing now." …why? That's not free will. That's not consensual. Something really suspect is happening to us when we die. Btw, I started an educational program at a college and I dropped out and never went back and I never will because it's not necessary to finish everything you start. That's free will. I am not convinced that humans are truly concerned with actual s-word prevention. It would require addressing the exploitation that takes place of oppressed people in our world. We don't address that and so we'll continue to see s-word in larger numbers. We instead take the easy way out and think that just saying nice words is enough.