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Glenn-Douglas Haig is standing on the stage talking to a packed conference. People are spilling out of the doors and standing in the aisles to hear this strange and otherworldly story about the day he died.
Just before his speech, we were sitting having a coffee and comparing notes – not about our near death experiences, but about the experience of sharing these strangely intimate moments in front of a crowd. It is not like we are lecturing on English literature or doing a presentation at work. Each time you share your story about your ‘death’, you are sharing a very intimate part of yourself. Each time, it is so easy to get shot down by critics, or dismissed. Glenn-Douglas has more experience of this than I do – his experience happened over two decades ago.
‘I haven’t honestly spoken about it for so long,’ he tells me. ‘I haven’t wanted to.’ There was a time after it happened when everyone wanted to hear the story. He was on radio stations and television sharing it.