i`m just a girl

[okaykaykayli]

i'm 19 years old and i've been projecting for about 3 years. i'm still young, i've had plenty of experiences but i'm still very uneducated about all aspects of projecting.
i was scared at first of my experiences until i saw sylvia browne on tv talking about astral projection. i don't agree with every aspect she talks about, but hearing her talk about projection made me realize what was happening to me.
i played in it for a while and really enjoyed my experiences and all the fun things i could do. i enjoyed going through windows and doors and seeing what was on the other side.

sometimes when i project, i feel like i am running. when i am running, how come i run so slow ? does anyone else have this problem ? my thoughts are running clearly, only my legs are running in slow motion sometimes. also, when i am moving around in the astral world, sometimes i find it hard to move my body, to open doors or windows. how can i give myself better control of my body in the astral world ?

i'd also like to know how i can make my experiences last a little longer, when i have positive experiences i feel like, "awww!! its over allready ?? " i have problems being able to keep myself in the astral world for very long.
i meet alot of people in the astral world... i hear some people are passed on, some are projecting themselves, some are neither .. how can i tell the difference? i enjoy interacting with different people in the astral world, but how can i tell ?

not long after i started messing around with projection, i started having a few negative experiences, i'd like to explain a couple of them to you ..
one of my first negative experiences was .. i went out my bedroom door and into the bathroom, there was a siamese cat who tried attacking me and biting me, so i left the room and tried going down my stairs. i saw a large shadow of a man, i think it was a man. he looked like a frankenstein or a hulk kind of thing. i immediately got scared and went back to my body.
i thought, okay that was weird so i tried projecting again but i was approached by 2 or 3 different women , i feel like they were witches of some kind. ( that was just my impression, im going on what they looked like) i looked down and i had a knife in my hand, one of the women immediately started attacking me, while the other one was attacking me with the knife.

i went back to my body and dragged mhyself downstairs, turned on the television so i could fall asleep to it and not project anymore that night.

a few nights later i had another negative experience. i projected and skipped the bathroom this time (i figured i dont need no more animals mauling me, hahaha) i went down my stairs and i looked to the right of me. i felt like i was in my home, but it was like a basement, and there was a man on a bed with his face wrapped up like he had plastic surgery or he had been operated on. he started unwrapping his face and i freaked out and went into the fetal position and prayed please send me back to my body until i returned.

i had another negative experience this morning, it was short and it happened in the morning, so it only made me nervous while i was in the astral world and i quickly pulled myself back to the physical. i felt someone touching the back of my neck and soon after i projected, legs first .. i didnt want to project, but i was pulled into it anyways, i backed up into the corner and i kind of felt like " FINE UGH i'll do it lmao" i normally enjoy opening doors and exploring but, almost immediately after i projected, i felt uneasy and not myself. i went over to the door and i wasnt sure if i should open it. the room was dark and not quite black and whihte, but i could feel i wasn't in a good place. i opened the door anyways but i became more nervous and closed it a little bit. i heard a baby crying and an angry man talking in jibberish or another language .. i couldnt understand what he was saying. i was in my astral body, but i felt like i was experiencing someone else's feelings or something .. it's hard for me to explain this one.

recently i've acquired an acute case of insomnia because i've been nervous before falling asleep at night of having a negative experience.

during the daytime i enjoy having naps so i can have fun and positive astral experiences. my only problem is my fear of projecting at night.. i dont like the feeling of being alone in the dark, and its caused me to have sleeping problems. do you have any advice as to help me with my fear of projecting in a negative way ? i'm generally a very positive and optimistic person, so when i'm put in a negative or scary situation in the astral world it makes me a little uneasy. i'm very courageous in the physical world and i'd like to bring that to my personality in the astral world.

another thing i would like to bring to your attention and ask the forum readers is, all this talk about demons. i've only been projecting for a few years, so i feel i'm very good at pulling myself out of my body but i'm still very uneducated compared to many of the rest of you. i've heard that nothing can hurt your physical body in the astral realm. But can any entity follow you into the physical realm ? This is something that worries me and adds to my inability to sleep soundly at night. have i been watching too much paranormal state? haha

i also would like to ask ..

my very first experience was the feeling of someone pulling me back and i was rocking back and forth, back and forth, i was terrified and wasnt sure what was happening, i obviously now get what was happening to me, but sometimes i project by rollingout of my body sideways, othertimes i float upwards my head first, normally when i'm laying on my back. ( when i sleep on my back, by the way it tends to lead me to astral projection mabout 98% of the time ) sometimes i feel like i'm being dragged out of my body feet first, my feet are floating and the rest of me goes with it. does the way you are pulled from your body reflect what kind of experience you have ?

i'd love if you guys could answer my questions, or analyze my negative experiences i've had in the astral world and give me a little bit more information about it or some things i should know about. by no means do i always have negative experiences. most of my experiences are positive considering i'm a very positive person. however, like i said i enjoy projecting during the day and i'm a scaredy cat when it comes to night time. the more afraid or paranoid i am to project, the more chance i have of having a negative experience. i need to man up so i can have positive experiences all the time!  i've always been a little afraid of the dark, haha. please give me some responses on what you think  .

thank you guys !! im so excited to hear back from all of you !  i haven't even thought of joining a forum or talking to people online about this, i would read on wikipedia and websites about what was happening to me, but this is amazing to be able to talk to other people about their experiences and be able to get some answers !! thank you so much guys, see you around , i m sure ! haha

[dingo]

You've no need to be frightened. Don't worry about that.

For most people, projections only last 2-5 minutes, but I've found that if I don't move after I'm back in my body, and relax and enter the trance again, I can get to the vibrations stage in under a minute and then get out again. I've been able to keep it going for an hour before, that way. Maybe you should try that.

-d

[starfire1725]

Hi there,

No don't be fearful at all, I mean whats the worst that could really truly happen?  There isn't, your body won't be invaded while your out, you can always just think of going back to your body and you always will jump back in.

I know exactly what you mean about the dark though, when I was younger, i was the same, but if you leave a wee light on in your room or leave your bathroom light on it will really help trust me.

Because of fear, i tried so hard to stop it and i did for a good few years, but then you'll miss it, so just take it all in your stride and go for it.   

Your doing so well!!..

The state of mind, i think also effects your surroundings when your out.

[NightLight]

To me the whole thing seems to be snowballing because of your fear. The only way to get rid of fear is to face it head on. The more you are scared, the more you will attract negative entities. But to be honest there is nothing to fear. I've come across negative entities that have attacked me but none of then have actually been able to harm me, but then again i'm not really scared of them and just see them as a waste of time and tend just to ignore them.

For being able to project for 3 years, you still seem to be acting a lot like you would in the physical world. Why are you walking about? when it easier and takes less energy to float or fly. You don't necessarily have to open doors or windows either because you can pass through them. i've found that the more physical activities you do, the more energy you use and the quicker you go back to your body.

Next time you project go over to a window and try to put you hand through it. Your hand might hit a solid window as windows etc. in the astral by default seems to be solid if they are in the physical world, but if you think that you can put your hand through it, the window will... I don't no how to explain this, but it kinda liquidises, it feels as if you are putting your arm through water, if you take your mind of it though, the window will go solid again around your arm, but don't panic, it's not gonna hurt you and all you need to think of is passing you hand through it again for it to liquidise. You can walk through doors and even walls doing the same thing, though I personally don't like doing it as I don't like the feeling (you actually feel the wood of the wall passing through you), again, it doesnt hurt in anyway but it does feel a bit wierd. I'd advise trying it at least once though. For walls, I tend to just open a hole up in the wall with my hand by just thinking about it (I think it's more of the thought than the hand movements, but it seems to work for me). You can also just think of being in another place and then be there, but I have yet to completely master this and find it more difficult.

I've saw quite a few wierd things in my house as well. I spend very little time in the house when I project, especially when it is dark, not because i'm scared, but more because it's hard to see anything and it's pretty boring when there is so much else out there  . Once you've mastered passing through things, try doing what I do on a night and rather than walking about in your house, just jump straight through your bedroom window. You won't fall, you tend just to float to the ground, unless you want to fly of course. The street lights are on at night, so it's not really that dark.

I hope this is of use to you and helps you. Let us know how you get on.