Sharon Stone sees ‘incredibly bright white’ light during a near-death experience
Sharon Stone revealed she had a terrifying near-death experience after suffering a stroke in 2001.
As the actress reflected on the medical crisis that left her with no memory and mobility issues, she confessed that she had also had a spiritual experience, including being greeted by “loved ones who had passed away.” RadarOnline.com has learned.
Stone, 68, struggled to describe her experience, but said on CNN Podcasts: Everything there is to Anderson Cooper“I saw and felt myself being pulled up into this incredibly bright white. But white doesn’t exactly explain it. This light is brighter than anything we’ve ever experienced, like walking straight into something bright like the sun, but not yellow.”
According to the star, she started “whooshing upstairs” before seeing her deceased loved ones, “especially loved ones whose passing I had helped… and I loved so much.”
While Stone was happy to see her loved ones, she was jolted back to reality.
“All of a sudden I felt like I had been kicked in the chest by a mule, you know, just, wow. And I expect they must have defibrillated me,” she said.
After being shaken awake and sitting up, Stone was told she was being taken to a hospital, and then she passed out again.
Additionally, Stone spoke about her mother’s death and how she had mixed feelings due to their complicated relationship in the past.
“It’s okay for me to feel free from my mother, free from her trauma now that she’s gone, and to feel growth from her passing,” she explained.
Stone said her mother lived with her at the end of her life, cared for by a team of staff.
During the day, Stone said her mother did not want to acknowledge that they were mother-daughter and that the actress played the role of staff. However, when the caregivers left, vulnerability struck.
“When we were alone, she released all the childhood trauma that she hadn’t been able to say,” Stone said. “And she was terrified of dying because she was afraid her parents would be there.”
To help calm her down, Stone told her that her parents wouldn’t be there when she died.
This confrontation with her mother’s death only became more stressful when Stone realized that she had to let go first.
She told Cooper, “My mother held me and held me. And finally I realized that I have to let go. I have to let go of my mother. I have to stop walking in the room. I have to go upstairs and ignore my mother so that she will die. And I have to break away and let go. And she will only die if I let go.”
Stone also shared the complex sense of relief after her mother finally passed away.
“There can be a lot of positive feelings, especially when you’re caring for someone who has been dying for a long time,” she noted. “The informal caregiver can simply be devastated, and the relief an informal caregiver can feel when that is over is enormous.”
