Do people who have had NDEs experience OBEs more easily?

[falsetigerlimbs]

It would seem to me like if you had already left your physical body at some point in your life, even for a short while, it would be easier to re-induce that same experience/sensation of leaving your body and turn it into an OBE.

On a personal level, I came extremely close to death when I was born, because my umbilical cord was wrapped around my neck. As it seems like I have indeed been experiencing some form of OBE, I'm trying to find an explanation for why I would suddenly start experiencing this without consciously attempting to do so (even though my NDE, if I had one, was so long ago that I can't remember it).

Has anyone read anything about a connection between people who have had near death experiences and then experienced out of body experiences? Or perhaps someone here has experienced both?

I couldn't find any other discussions about this particular question on here, so I'm sorry if this has already been covered.

[kiwibonga]

NDEs do make it easier in the sense that they are first hand experience of a world beyond the physical body...

However, I don't know if it'll increase your abilities... I don't see a reason why it would :-s

[falsetigerlimbs]

Haha yeah I doubt nearly dying when I was born would grant me with an amazing gift to leave my body, although that would be lovely.

As you said, I think that if you've already experienced "a world beyond the physical body," somewhere deep in your mind there has to be a faint recollection of that, which would make it easier for you to channel back into those same sensations of leaving your body, if nothing else.

I don't think that's the case with me. I can't imagine my newborn brain comprehending that I was leaving the Earth.

Regardless, it's still an interesting idea. Thanks for your input!