A woman who attempted suicide as a teenager has shared the ‘horrific’ things she witnessed after being taken straight to hell.
Tamara Laroux, now 54 years old, was overwhelmed by feelings of rejection at the age of 15 after her parents divorced because she thought the divorce was about her.
She took her mother’s .38-caliber pistol, pointed it at her heart, pulled the trigger and knew immediately that her body was dying.
‘I felt the blood rushing through my lungs. Death took hold of my body. I became blind and deaf,” Laroux explained, adding that she began traveling faster than the speed of light.
She described feeling an explosion in her body as if “someone took acid and poured it on her.”
While Laroux recalled a feeling of total isolation, she stood among millions of other people screaming in pain and begging for another chance.
According to Laroux, beyond the sea of tormented souls was a being with dragon-like heads on its body that stood “more ferocious than anything the earth has ever seen.”
But then a giant hand “brighter than any light she had ever seen” pulled her out of the darkness and lifted her to heaven, Laroux claimed.
Tamara Laroux, now 54 years old, was overwhelmed by feelings of rejection at the age of 15 after her parents divorced because she thought the divorce was about her. She took her mother’s .38-caliber pistol, pointed it at her heart, pulled the trigger and knew immediately that her body was dying.
Scientists are not entirely sure why some people have near-death experiences, but hypothesize that it is due to my physiological changes in the brain due to extreme stress.
This can cause altered states of consciousness that can manifest as vivid sensory perceptions, such as seeing bright lights and feeling disconnected from their bodies.
Laroux has written a book about her experiences and is co-founder of Life Change International, which provides global humanitarian aid.
She has used her near-death experience to help others, but still speaks about the horrors she endured as a teenager.
But her struggles began when she was six years old after her parents separated.
Laroux remembered feeling rejection, loneliness and despair, she told CBN.
She and her two sisters lived with their mother, but when her father called, he only spoke to her siblings.
“I just didn’t understand why my father wanted to talk to the others but wouldn’t talk to me,” Laroux said.
The pain continued into her teenage years and in September 1985 she decided it was better not to live than to live with the pain.
Laroux got down on her knees and placed the gun to her head, but then heard a voice telling her to put it on her chest.
While Laroux recalled a feeling of total isolation, she stood among millions of other people screaming in pain and begging for another chance.
She pulled the trigger, felt the bullet pierce her body, and fell back to the ground. And then her soul was taken straight to hell.
“I realized that my soul had been transformed into a being of sin and death,” she said.
Laroux found himself in a fiery pit with a sea of other souls damned for eternity.
“I remember looking at an individual, I knew everything about him,” she said.
“I knew every sin they committed. My knowledge of their lives was full. I knew their thoughts and emotions.”
In the midst of the fire was a ‘chasm’ separating hell from heaven and as Laroux looked out, she saw the earth as if magnified through a magnifying glass.
As she stared into the distance, she remembered being lifted out of the fiery pit and taken to what she claimed was heaven.
“The glory there is too exquisite for words,” she said.
‘The colors were so bright and refreshing…their vision alone was rejuvenating and full of energy.
‘There was an overwhelming feeling of peace, joy and complete serenity.’
Laroux said she could feel God’s presence and wanted to stay there, but was instead brought back to Earth.
She saw herself entering the roof of her house and placed back into her body.
“I could see and hear again,” she said, remembering being able to open her eyes and hear everything around her.
Laroux was rushed to the hospital, where doctors said the bullet should have exploded her heart but missed it by less than a quarter of an inch.
It has been decades since her suicide attempt, but the experience has led her to become a Bible teacher and published author.
“I share my experiences openly and honestly to encourage others to live in freedom,” Laroux wrote on her website.
“By sharing the truth, I have helped millions of people find hope and salvation through Jesus Christ.”