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It could be viewed as a kind of hallucination I suppose but the experience is all encompassing. It's like you're really there. It's quite a visceral experience but in a surreal, dreamy way.

The kinds of experiences we can have are varied from person to person. And similarly, the way we interpret them can be just as varied. To some it is an extremely religious, spiritual experience. To others it's more like "well, that happened." So it really depends on you.

Fear of death is definitely an existential concern. But I think pursuing a special experience may not really be what you're looking for. I just can't say for you whether it would be validating or not. But you can explore lucid dreaming or OBE as something interesting to do. Treat it as a hobby if you're interested. But don't put too much into expectations for it to have special answers. At least that's my advice. Wish you well.

On a personal level, I believe we have one (or multiple) specific missions, related to our personal growth as a "soul" and to our past lifes and karma. On a more general level, I think that there must be something that we can do here that can't be done there - maybe we can't evolve spiritually while on the non-3D world and must come here to learn and experience new stuff? Either we are here to suffer, we are being tested or we are growing, and I tend to believe in the latter.

If you are going through an existential crisis and searching for the meaning of life, know that you won't find a meaning - you'll have to create your own meaning by studying, experiencing and questioning everything. You'll have to create your own world view, personal values and morals. If this is the case, I recommend you read Grance and Grit by Ken Wilber.

Edit: wrong link.