A small subset of those with temporal lobe epilepsy—about 5 to 6 percent—report an out-of-body experience, a feeling described as being removed from your body and able to look at yourself, usually from above. There I am on a gurney. There I am being loaded into the ambulance as Stephen holds my hands. There I am entering a hospital. Here I am. Floating above the scene, looking down. I am calm. There is no fear.
