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I literally laid in bed for 3 solid hours. I went into sleep paralysis the first hour I'm pretty sure because first my toes started getting tingly, then I couldnt feel them and it went all the way up my body. After about like one hour I got what I think were the vibrations, but I'm not entirely sure. Its sort of a weird feeling. Anyway, I read in numerous placed that you should just lay down calmly and wait for them to pass, so that's what I did. It didn't take long and they were gone. So after that I wasn't sure how to get out so I just kind of visualized for a whole other hour and repeatedly told myself I was coming out of my body, and trying to move my astral body. I just ended up moving my legs and arms though and it felt tingly, then numb. If I kept doing it, the sp would start to ware off. After doing that for awhile I finally just gave up. I told myself this was the day, but I guess not. I'm not going to lie, I feel real discouraged right now. I've been trying on and off for quite awhile. I've got no idea what I'm doing I guess. How do I get out? It seems impossible!   

I've always remembered this one moment when I was little girl and I was asleep I suppose.. and I had the oddest dream or was it an AP..? I can't really tell. I guess it could have been a lucid dream. Anyway, it felt so real. I was walking around and I looked down, and I realized I  was floating. The odd thing was though, that I had white hair and I wore a very light gray blue night gown, I was also older. And I could see myself sometimes, which makes me think this was more than likely a dream, but its weird because, again it felt so so real. It was odd to because it was insanely futuristic. All I really did in this dream/AP whatever it was, was walk through a glass hallway and onto the top of a floating glass bunk bed. At the time I had a bunkbed as well, only it was separated. And there was a color scheme too. There were a lot of cool colors. Lots of blues, greys and whites. I could feel everything too, but it didn't feel like real life, its hard to explain. Like it felt like a soft floaty world if that makes sense. It was like touching cotton candy when I went to bed. And after that I woke up. It was weird. And after all these years I still remember. I don't know why.

What exactly is the 3d void? Also, about being asked "what would you like to know while non-physical", I'd like to hear more about that as well.
And, for gifts, well you guys all seemed to know what I meant. I guess I just meant general gifts that have been given in the astral plane, like I've heard about the blobs, not much else though. Or just anything that has been shown or given while out there. I guess its a sort of difficult question to put into words.

These answers helped a lot, thanks! Unfortunately no success still but I'm confident I'll get there with more practice!

Well I haven't actually got to sleep paralysis yet. It takes a lot of time, I'll lay there for so long and I'll slowly start drifting off. Sometimes I catch myself, sometimes I don't. And the whole things just starts getting tiring and I just give up and go to sleep. But when I do get the vibrations and I'm not actually in sleep paralysis (but probably on the boarder of it actually because I usually start to feel very heavy) then I try to imagine getting out and imagine moving my fingers, and lifting my arm or leg. But often times I actually move the body part I'm focusing on. It's really complicated for me right now ahah!
Did you guys have this frustration when you first started out? Tell me some of your experiences that got you out? That would probably help a lot! I actually read personalreality's post about getting out for the first time. And I tried the "method" but so far no results.
Usually I'll just hop in bed and let my body fall asleep but it never totally falls asleep and I keep my conscious awake, then the wavy vibrations come and I wait a bit and try getting out like I explained, and nothing. But many times I just fall asleep. I'm thinking that maybe I either need more practice or a new method..

It seems really hard to control the vibrations, and not to think about them much. Lately I haven't been practicing because I've gotten a bit frustrated. Maybe I'll try tomorrow.
Its odd though because I always try to imagine myself coming out of my body but it's just not working! I'm stuck. Is it all about imagination in a sense?

I think I felt some vibrations last time I tried projecting, but its sort of a hard feeling to describe. Like its not actually vibrations its like a weird wavy feeling like your rocking on a boat. I think I'll just call them waves instead of vibrations from now on ahah! Does it feel like this for everyone else?
I've been practicing for a few weeks now.. still no results! Oh well, I'll keep on it!

Thanks guys, that gives me a bit more confidence. I don't think anything will happen.. I think I just over think things sometimes. I'm still trying to AP, but so far I still haven't gotten very far. Oh well, practice makes perfect right!

I am aware there are some bad things hanging around the universe, and what is the likelyhood that I would actually see something like that my first time projecting? I'm keeping a positive mindset and trying only to focus what good and positive experiences I could have first time, but I don't think I should forget about the negative things out there. I'm sort of afraid of coming across negative entities or them being there when I first come out my body. I've heard of it happening. I suppose if I just stay in a positive mindset and don't absolutely fret over the thought then it probably shouldn't happen, but I don't exactly think everything can be controlled by what I choose to believe. Do you know what I mean? Like if I think positive, positive things will happen, but I don't quite think its always the case. I'm not the only one in the universe with a mindset, and can use thoughts to influence what happens in their life. Anyway, so I was thinking, how can I protect myself when astral projecting.. both self's I guess (in a sense). I mean my astral body and physical one. I just want to have the best experience possible, and I don't want to be scared out of it. Is there any way somewhat simple for protecting oneself?
Also, is there any heads up you can give me about AP? I've heard you can see and hear some odd things first time, and every other time after that. I just want to know what I'm in for. I don't want to be freaked out by something that is completely normal.
Thankyou!

I've heard that sometimes people are given gifts in the astral plane, is that true?
And what kind of gifts would these be? What do you do with them?
Sorry, I must sound quite ignorant right now, but I'm only new to all of this!

I've been trying to astral project for just about a week now, and I've heard that a lot of people try it the first or second time and they can do it! So its just been getting me a little bit discouraged. I really want to accomplish it and go to other astral planes and meet other entities and talk about life and the universe and be inspired with wonderful positive experiences. But I can't even stay awake for the projection. This has been my routine (im starting to realize I'll need some practice, or a lot):
I go to bed early around 7 or so because I want to experience it during the daylight rather than during the night when I can't see anything.
I attempt to let my body fall asleep and keep my conscious awake.
Most times I have fallen asleep. But I have found that the latest time I tried it I think I fell asleep, but right after I fell asleep I awoke and my heart was beating really fast and I felt an odd sensation like vibrating or tingling but it wasn't those exact feelings I don't know its sort of hard to describe, its something you actually have to feel for yourself. But anyway, I was wondering if maybe I was about to astral project or something.. What was happening?!
Other few times when I tried I was sort of able to let my body fall asleep. Anyway I think I was. My body was twitching and felt heavy and sometimes uncomfortable and I wanted to move but I knew that if I wanted my body to fall asleep then I had to keep still and keep my mind clear. So I tried not to focus on how uncomfortable I might have been. I thought maybe I was sleeping but I wasn't in any sort of sleep paralysis so I was sort of confused at that point. I just kept still though and kept counting to five over and over again to keep focused. Eventually after what felt like maybe a half hour at the least I felt my heart start to beat much faster than normal and I let it happen but thought maybe it was to early since I had no sleep paralysis, so again, I was a bit confused. Anyway, it would do that for about 20 seconds and then stop and go slower and eventually not happen at all then pick up again. I don't know if it was my state of confusion that made this happen; but I'm pretty sure that if I would have had more faith that it was actually able to happen even though I wasn't having sleep paralysis, that I could have actually had an OBE. So, this kind of experience happened about once or twice. Which led me to believe that maybe you don't have to be in sleep paralysis, but in just a great enough state of relaxation for AP.
I don't know, what do you guys think? I'm sort of confused about this whole thing!
Thankyou!