Advocacy · The Experiencer Survey

Add your experience to the record

This survey is anonymous. We ask for no email, no account, and no name, and we store no address or location data that could identify you. Every question is optional. Answer what you are comfortable with. Together, honest answers build an accurate picture of how experiencers are actually treated, and that picture becomes the argument for changing it.

See what people are telling us so far.

Please do not include details that identify you or anyone else. If recalling an experience brings up difficult feelings, support is on the Get help now page.

Which best describes your experience? (Choose any that apply.) A near-death experience A UAP or contact experience A spiritually transformative experience An after-death communication An out-of-body experience A sleep-related experience (for example, waking unable to move with a sensed presence) Something else

How often has it happened? Once A few times Recurring over a period Ongoing Prefer not to say

At the time, how distressing was it?

How distressing is it for you now?

How did it affect your sense of meaning or purpose? Mostly positively Mostly negatively Both Neither Prefer not to say

Have you told anyone about it? Yes No Prefer not to say

If you told someone, who? (Choose any that apply.) Family Friends A doctor or other clinician An employer or colleague A faith leader An online community I have not told anyone

When you talked about it, how were you received? (Choose any that apply.) Believed Treated with respect Dismissed or not taken seriously Treated as a sign of mental illness Mocked or ridiculed A mix of responses

Did talking about it cost you anything? (Choose any that apply.) A strained or lost relationship Harm to my job or career A medical or psychiatric label I felt was wrong A custody or family-court concern Financial harm No, it cost me nothing Prefer not to say

Did a clinician treat your experience as an illness without a proper assessment? Yes No I never discussed it with a clinician Prefer not to say

Have you ever avoided seeking care because of how you might be judged? Yes No Prefer not to say

What helped you most? (Choose any that apply.) Talking with others who understood A clinician who took it seriously Time Faith or a framework of meaning Family or friends Nothing really helped Something else

Anything you want to add, in your own words? (Optional. Please leave out identifying details.)

Where in the world are you? (Optional, country only.)

I am 18 or older. I understand this survey is anonymous, that I should not include details identifying me or others, and that anonymized, aggregated results may be shared publicly.

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