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Dr. Bruce Greyson

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Otherworld
Interview with Dr. Bruce Greyson of DOPS

I went down to the emergency room and saw her and she was totally unconscious. I could not arouse her. but I went down the hall to talk to her roommate in a different room. And I spent about 20 minutes talking to the roommate.

Otherworld
Interview with Dr. Bruce Greyson of DOPS

Now, just before this, I'd been in the cafeteria eating dinner and being a brand new intern, I was kind of startled by the Bieber going off and I dropped my fork and spilled some spaghetti sauce on my tie. So not wanting to make a fool of myself, I put on a white lab coat and covered it up the stain. But this was a hot late summer evening in Virginia with no air conditioning back in the 70s.

Otherworld
Interview with Dr. Bruce Greyson of DOPS

Now, just before this, I'd been in the cafeteria eating dinner and being a brand new intern, I was kind of startled by the Bieber going off and I dropped my fork and spilled some spaghetti sauce on my tie. So not wanting to make a fool of myself, I put on a white lab coat and covered it up the stain. But this was a hot late summer evening in Virginia with no air conditioning back in the 70s.

Otherworld
Interview with Dr. Bruce Greyson of DOPS

Now, just before this, I'd been in the cafeteria eating dinner and being a brand new intern, I was kind of startled by the Bieber going off and I dropped my fork and spilled some spaghetti sauce on my tie. So not wanting to make a fool of myself, I put on a white lab coat and covered it up the stain. But this was a hot late summer evening in Virginia with no air conditioning back in the 70s.

Otherworld
Interview with Dr. Bruce Greyson of DOPS

So I unbuttoned my coat so I wouldn't sweat so much, exposing the stain inadvertently. When I finished with the roommate after about 20 minutes, I stood up to say goodbye to her and realized it was open. So I quickly closed it up again and went back to see the patient who was still unconscious.

Otherworld
Interview with Dr. Bruce Greyson of DOPS

So I unbuttoned my coat so I wouldn't sweat so much, exposing the stain inadvertently. When I finished with the roommate after about 20 minutes, I stood up to say goodbye to her and realized it was open. So I quickly closed it up again and went back to see the patient who was still unconscious.

Otherworld
Interview with Dr. Bruce Greyson of DOPS

So I unbuttoned my coat so I wouldn't sweat so much, exposing the stain inadvertently. When I finished with the roommate after about 20 minutes, I stood up to say goodbye to her and realized it was open. So I quickly closed it up again and went back to see the patient who was still unconscious.

Otherworld
Interview with Dr. Bruce Greyson of DOPS

And we had arranged for her to be admitted to the intensive care unit because her heart rate was very unsteady. We didn't know quite what she had taken for an overdose. And I went in to see her the following morning. And she was very, very drowsy. She was barely awake. I went into the room and said, Holly, my name is Dr. Grayson. I'm from psychiatry.

Otherworld
Interview with Dr. Bruce Greyson of DOPS

And we had arranged for her to be admitted to the intensive care unit because her heart rate was very unsteady. We didn't know quite what she had taken for an overdose. And I went in to see her the following morning. And she was very, very drowsy. She was barely awake. I went into the room and said, Holly, my name is Dr. Grayson. I'm from psychiatry.

Otherworld
Interview with Dr. Bruce Greyson of DOPS

And we had arranged for her to be admitted to the intensive care unit because her heart rate was very unsteady. We didn't know quite what she had taken for an overdose. And I went in to see her the following morning. And she was very, very drowsy. She was barely awake. I went into the room and said, Holly, my name is Dr. Grayson. I'm from psychiatry.

Otherworld
Interview with Dr. Bruce Greyson of DOPS

And she opened an eye and said to me, I know who you are. I remember you from last night. And that kind of threw me because she was obviously unconscious. So I said, I thought you were out cold when I saw you last night. And she said very carefully, not in my room. I saw you talking to Susan down the hall. That just blew me away. How could that happen?

Otherworld
Interview with Dr. Bruce Greyson of DOPS

And she opened an eye and said to me, I know who you are. I remember you from last night. And that kind of threw me because she was obviously unconscious. So I said, I thought you were out cold when I saw you last night. And she said very carefully, not in my room. I saw you talking to Susan down the hall. That just blew me away. How could that happen?

Otherworld
Interview with Dr. Bruce Greyson of DOPS

And she opened an eye and said to me, I know who you are. I remember you from last night. And that kind of threw me because she was obviously unconscious. So I said, I thought you were out cold when I saw you last night. And she said very carefully, not in my room. I saw you talking to Susan down the hall. That just blew me away. How could that happen?

Otherworld
Interview with Dr. Bruce Greyson of DOPS

The only way she could do that is if she had left her body and followed me down the hall. And you can't do that. You are your body. How can you leave it? Yep. So she saw how confused I was and she started telling me about the conversation I had with her roommate. Everything I said, everything Susan answered. And then finally said, and you had a red stain on your tie. That just really threw me.

Otherworld
Interview with Dr. Bruce Greyson of DOPS

The only way she could do that is if she had left her body and followed me down the hall. And you can't do that. You are your body. How can you leave it? Yep. So she saw how confused I was and she started telling me about the conversation I had with her roommate. Everything I said, everything Susan answered. And then finally said, and you had a red stain on your tie. That just really threw me.

Otherworld
Interview with Dr. Bruce Greyson of DOPS

The only way she could do that is if she had left her body and followed me down the hall. And you can't do that. You are your body. How can you leave it? Yep. So she saw how confused I was and she started telling me about the conversation I had with her roommate. Everything I said, everything Susan answered. And then finally said, and you had a red stain on your tie. That just really threw me.

Otherworld
Interview with Dr. Bruce Greyson of DOPS

So I was stuck for a minute and I thought, well, I'm here to deal with her confusion, not mine. So I kind of stuffed it away and talked to her about why she took the overdose, what she took and so forth. And arranged for her to be admitted to the psychiatric unit as soon as she was stable. This was a very unnerving experience for me. I'd never, I couldn't put it into any box.

Otherworld
Interview with Dr. Bruce Greyson of DOPS

So I was stuck for a minute and I thought, well, I'm here to deal with her confusion, not mine. So I kind of stuffed it away and talked to her about why she took the overdose, what she took and so forth. And arranged for her to be admitted to the psychiatric unit as soon as she was stable. This was a very unnerving experience for me. I'd never, I couldn't put it into any box.

Otherworld
Interview with Dr. Bruce Greyson of DOPS

So I was stuck for a minute and I thought, well, I'm here to deal with her confusion, not mine. So I kind of stuffed it away and talked to her about why she took the overdose, what she took and so forth. And arranged for her to be admitted to the psychiatric unit as soon as she was stable. This was a very unnerving experience for me. I'd never, I couldn't put it into any box.

Otherworld
Interview with Dr. Bruce Greyson of DOPS

So I thought, well, there's gotta be a trick. Someone's fooling me. Maybe the nurses colluded with this green intern. I tried to push it out of my mind. I didn't dare tell anybody to think I was crazy. It was about five years ago when I was now on the faculty at the University of Virginia, when Raymond Moody started his training and he was in the emergency room with me.