Flashback to the time when I was a teenager.
It was a fine Saturday when three of my girl friends fetched me at home to push through our plan of going out with some other friends including my crush at the popular swimming spot in our town we call the "diving board".
We planned the outing day before but I hadn't mention it with my mom and had not asked for her permission. Perhaps because approaching my mom about this kind of matter was the hardest part for me to do. My mom was a disciplinarian and when she says no, it's hard to changed her decision.
My friends came fetch me, and when my mom saw them she knew we were up to something so I asked for her permission. Sadly she said no at first, she wouldn't let me. She hated it when we went out on weekends with friends because she wanted us to do and finish our household tasks. But I was persistent of course because I know my crush would be there. 馃槅 I made a bargain that I would complete first all the chores so she could let me go. She was adamant at first but eventually she gave in but I know it was with a heavy heart. She told me not go home late or beyond the curfew she imposed on me.
I told her that we will be in the diving board but I promised her that I will not go swimming so that she would let me go. She didn't want me go swimming in that place because she was afraid for my safety. But I lied to her. Instead I brought another set of clothes that I planned to wear when we go swimming and then change again with the original clothes so she wouldn't suspect that I lied.
We arrived at the diving board. I changed my clothes to go swimming with my friends. We went swimming and jumping from the diving board without wearing life jackets. I was carefree and careless that time but it was so much fun.
We were on the deep part of the sea. While we were swimming, suddenly I felt something grabbed my leg and I went down, completely submerged into the deep water. At that moment I was confused and didn't understand what was happening to me. I tried to swim up to the surface but I couldn't. I couldn't account of the length of time I was under the water. While being submerged all that was on my mind was, "what's going on?" I was just so confused. Though I was under water, I didn't feel the struggle to breath. I was just there in the water confused but at the same time I feel an unexplanable peace and it never came to mind that I could die that ime. Then suddenly the water around me changed. It became all white and then saw my life flashed back in front of me. But the flashbacks were specifically during those times when I did something wrong to my mom. All the wrong doings I did to her back when I was a child until that day that I lied to her, flashed right in front of my eyes. I was watching my life played back in front of me. I just couldn't grasp what was happening.
Then, that moment was suddenly cut off when somebody grabbed my hand and brought me to the surface. When I finally was out of the water, I was coughing. Maybe some water got into my lungs. I was safe and all right. My friend approached me and confessed she didn't mean to grab me. She got frightened about something in the water that's why it happened. I forgave her.
That was kinda scary to think now but during that time, it did not affect me much nor traumatized me.
I heard from stories of people who experiece near death that they experience life flashes. When I heard about their stories, I think, maybe that experience was also a near death experience. It didn't sink in with me when it happened since I wasn't traumatized by the experience.
The only realization I had when it happened was - DO NOT MESS WITH YOUR MOM- you'll get instant bad karma. Parents should be respected and not lied to.
This is my share of experience for 
Have you, or someone close to you, been in a life-and-death situation?
Thank you for reading this far. Have a happy weekend.
