Clinical death for 8 minutes: an American woman's impressive story

33-year-old American Brianna Lafferty experienced an eight-minute clinical death due to a rare neurological disorder — myoclonus-dystonia, exacerbated by four days of insomnia. She describes a near-death experience: mental clarity, absence of time, an encounter with entities. After returning to life, she underwent rehabilitation and brain surgery, and reconsidered her attitude toward death.

33-year-old American Brianna Lafferty experienced an eight-minute clinical death caused by a rare neurological disorder — myoclonus-dystonia, which involved involuntary muscle spasms. The situation was worsened by four days of insomnia, after which her body "gave up." During cardiac arrest, she says she had a near-death experience: complete mental clarity, absence of linear time, a sense that numbers are the foundation of the universe, and an encounter with strange but familiar entities. Eight minutes of real time subjectively felt like long months. After returning to life, she required intensive motor rehabilitation and complex brain surgery due to pituitary damage. She stated that she no longer experiences her former fears, calling physical death an "illusion" and a transition to another form of existence.