A woman who came close to death as she gave birth returned to life after being handed an ultimatum by a mysteriosu figure08:07, 23 Jul 2026A woman plagued by fears of death throughout her childhood briefly died during the birth of her own baby and her near-death experience completely changed her. "The biggest, most important thing is that I'm no longer afraid to die," Patty Ellen says. "And the weird thing is that I can't wait to go back."‌In a video for the NDE Diary YouTube channel, Patty described the moment that she "died" on the operating table as doctors attempted the emergency caesarian section. She explained: "I remember being wheeled in... I remember hearing the sound of the heart monitor beeping.‌"Then I remember it going flat. And at at the very same moment that I heard it go beep, I rose out of my body and I was like just hovering there. I remember seeing a body. I remember seeing the doctors. I remember seeing everything that was going on."‌But within moments she was no longer in the operating theatre, but "somewhere else". She found herself at the centre of a 360-degrees "video screen" on which she was shown the key events of her life."It was stopping at certain points in my life," Patty recalled. "Some were good, some were not so good in the way I treated people."‌Because the replay of her life seemed to be pausing at her worst moments, Patty began to worry that it could be the beginning of an eternity in Hell. She continued: "I think we all have done some things that that we were not proud of, or treated people badly or said an unkind word or something like that."Those are the things that I'm talking about, that [the replay] was stopping at. For [music] a split second, I thought to myself, 'I'm going to Hell... they're showing me this because they're going to say to me 'You're going to Hell'."But at that point, Patty became aware of someone standing next to her: "I felt them put a hand on my shoulder and tell me that I was doing okay and not to worry."‌She claimed the message of comfort was transmitted to her telepathically, adding: "All you have to do is think something and the other person knows it... I wish that we could communicate like that now."While the replay of her life seemed to focus on her failings, the message that came across most strongly was one of forgiveness. Patty claimed: "I believe it's so important for our soul, for our spirit, and not only to forgive other people, but to forgive ourselves. I had a really really hard time forgiving myself.‌"I've worked on that a lot. It's definitely a learning thing where we're meant to... it's definitely to teach us where we can do better, where we've done good and where we need to improve."As the strange out-of body experience came to an end, Patty heard her baby's first cry: "The very same moment that he was crying, the person that was with me, who I didn't recognise, I felt like he loved me forever and ever. It was almost like he just loved me for eternity from back from before I was born until my future. I just felt like he he loved me forever and is going to love me forever."That was very comforting. I only wish that I knew who it was. I have no clue."‌The mysterious presence telepathically spoke to Patty one last time, giving her the choice of remaining where she was or going back to her life. Knowing that her baby had just been born, Patty immediately chose to go back and be with him.She continued: "I was brought back brought back to the hospital room where I saw doctors and nurses, about six or seven {of them]. I believe that they were giving me CPR because I remember them saying, 'She's not breathing,' At that moment when the person asked me, "What do you want to do?" I was immediately shot back into my body when I said, "I want to be with my baby." The next day, I was in so much pain. My chest was hurting so badly."Article continues belowPatty says she returned to her body with a valuable lesson: "The biggest thing that I took back from this is that what I was told is that we're here to learn unconditional love, compassion, forgiveness, kindness, acceptance, you know, all these things is what I was told. This is what we are here to do."