“I was technically d,ead,” the Reddit user who recounted their near-de:ath experience wrote .

After their heart stopped, emergency responders tried their best to revive them while en route to the hospital.

However, what lingered in their mind was what happened during the brief window between life and de.a.th.

They described a six-minute experience that felt like an eternity—an encounter with what they believe was the afterlife.

But instead of finding peace, they came face-to-face with a presence they described as childlike yet cruel, which to.rme.nted them on a deep psychological level.

“It batted me around like a cat with a caught mouse,” they wrote.

The suffering wasn’t physical, but emotional—profound and soul-wrenching.

The closest comparison they could make was the grief of losing a loved one, even though even that fell short.

There was no comfort or clarity in the experience.