# Has Anyone Trying Euthanasia Had a NDE? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 21, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-trying-euthanasia-had-a-nde/728450 "2015-08-21T17:58:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-trying-euthanasia-had-a-nde/728450/1 "2015-08-21T17:58:12Z")
Obviously, somebody got the dose wrong. But, has anyone ever survived a euthanasia attempt, and had a “Near Death Experience”? ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-trying-euthanasia-had-a-nde/728450/2 "2015-08-21T18:55:24Z")
Not a mod or anything, but [euthanasia is illegal in all of the US.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_in_the_United_States) Don’t think I’d describe it as ‘trying euthanasia’ either, you sure you’re not referring to erotic asphyxiation? ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-trying-euthanasia-had-a-nde/728450/3 "2015-08-21T20:01:30Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > Not a mod or anything, but [euthanasia is illegal in all of the US.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_in_the_United_States) Don’t think I’d describe it as ‘trying euthanasia’ either, you sure you’re not referring to erotic asphyxiation? No…I was talking about someone who had decided upon assisted suicide. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-trying-euthanasia-had-a-nde/728450/4 "2015-08-21T21:17:54Z")
Wouldn’t a failed suicide attempt be a near-death experience by definition? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-trying-euthanasia-had-a-nde/728450/5 "2015-08-22T02:14:49Z")
Not really. An “NDE” is a quasi-spiritual experience brought on by near death. If you simply nearly died & then recovered with no oddball mental / emotional experience, you haven’t had an “NDE”. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-trying-euthanasia-had-a-nde/728450/6 "2015-08-22T03:20:56Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Obviously, somebody got the dose wrong. But, has anyone ever survived a euthanasia attempt, and had a “Near Death Experience”? Euthanasia usually implies physician assisted suicide, in one of the places where it’s legal, such as Switzerland or Oregon. People don’t survive those, they use doses that guarantee death. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-trying-euthanasia-had-a-nde/728450/7 "2015-08-22T03:33:09Z")
I don’t know who these people are but searching on ‘suicide NDE’ [brought up this and a bunch of other articles.](http://www.near-death.com/experiences/suicide/various-research.html) Also, George Bailey. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-trying-euthanasia-had-a-nde/728450/8 "2015-08-22T06:37:45Z")
Nope, my euthanasia attempt was very successful. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-trying-euthanasia-had-a-nde/728450/9 "2015-08-22T07:57:15Z")
Euthenasia is what got Gary Glitter in trouble