A scientist who suffered a medical emergency and died for a total of six minutes has detailed what she saw in the 'waiting room'.
While many stories about death have been told to date, a lot of intrigue remains surrounding what happens in the afterlife and when 'you die'.
Back in 2016, Anna Stone 'died' for a total of six minutes after sustaining a serious medical episode, which led to her experiencing an out-of-body episode.
Stone said she watched on as healthcare professionals gave up on her in the emergency room, while she also visited her daughters before re-entering her body.
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"That's what my life has been, all about serving, service to others, and service to myself and being a better mother," Stone said on the Next Level Soul podcast.
Prior to her 'death' in 2016, Stone was in a difficult spot in her life, drinking heavily and even taking drugs to deal with life's pressures.
"I was married to somebody that I barely knew, and it was a nightmare, and I just wasn't doing well," she said in a video posted to YouTube. "I couldn't keep a career on track. It was all just falling apart and I was really bitter and angry and very selfish, self centered, all about me and my problems."
Before her near-death experience, Stone had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and had problems with her periods.
"I kind of made a joke and I said, 'I think I'm bleeding to death', and that's the last thing I remember saying before I woke up in an ambulance," the scientist recalled.
"The next thing I'm in a hospital bed. I had this feeling come over me that I can only describe, is that I knew I was dying. It felt like I was going to explode. It's too much. I couldn't handle it. Then suddenly I popped out of my body."
She then recalled being in what she could only describe as a 'waiting room', saying: "I was standing to the right of me, in the room... and then I noticed if I looked over to the left, I wasn't in the hospital anymore... I knew it was somewhere I was supposed to be waiting for something to happen."
In this 'waiting room', there was no tunnel, no ghosts, and no spirits of dead relatives - it was simply just a 'blank space'.
After realizing she 'didn't have a body', Stone said she watched on as doctors tried to save her via CPR, with one doctor ultimately being able to save her.
The scientist says she re-entered her body via the belly button, which she described as hurting 'like absolute hell'.
The terrible ordeal has led to Stone speaking about her experiences and offering advice to those who are going through hardships in life.
She added: "I've been helping other people with trauma backgrounds, I can help other people. I had previously been an alcoholic, I would get home and drink 12 beers: now I can't touch alcohol at all."
Callum Jones