OBE ended thanks to an alarm clock gone AWAL

[sororenotis]

When I was 19 I moved in with my (now husband)  This was amost 5 years ago. He and I were sleeping on a bed (thank god eh?) in his apartment.  There was an alarm clock on the other side of the room that had been set for 6:30 AM and turned on. (Nothing changed from its normal setting)  The alarm clock normally goes on with the Radio Function.  I do this thing where I test it twice just to make sure I turned the alarm part on because Im paranoid about waking up late.  Since I was teaching a class of computer technicians, I had to be on time.

My now husband and I went to bed (he says about 11pm that night) Im assuming he remembers that detail accuratly cause I don't.
Anyway, I started having a series of strong vibrations which commonly plaque me at night and that I usually fight because of their intensity at nightime. This time, instead of having the chance to roll over several times unsuccessfully to stop them, I immediatly came out of body after a sudden oncoming of those vibrations.

To my left was a sword hanging on the wall, the blade end sticking straight up.  I looked over at my husband who was sleeping soundly and I couldn't see my body. I screamed at buddy to wake me up, but instead I hite this sword and shot straight up, I kept going and going up and faster. As this happened the vibrations got louder and stronger and I kept screaming wake me up wake me up wake me up NOW.

When I finally woke up in the bed, I was sitting straight up and the alarm was going off. Not in radio mode, but in buzzer mode. I hate that sound, but it will wake me up every time if it doesn't give me a damn nightmare first.

My husband was already awake and was questioning my screaming as he walked over to press the snooze button on the alarm. He assumed that it was 630 already and didn't have his glasses on anyway.  While I was watching him still in a daze, I stared at the clock while my skin seemed to get cold all of a sudden. "B--, its 3 17 am, why did you set the alarm for 3:17 am? and we turned it on radio, why did it go off?"   My husband put his glasses on and examined the alarm time, the time for the alarm was 6:30 am. He looked at the function settings, and it was set to radio.

He unplugged the alarm and threw it in the closet and we just stayed up the rest of the night.

I recounted my story to him as he still wanted to know what was wrong. He said that I sat up, had my eyes wide open and was yelling "Wake me up NOW" he said when I said Wake me up the second time right before I ended it with now the alarm went off.

That particiular scenario where the alarm clock has gone off hasn't happened in a long time, but I've since not had vibrations that violent and intense to scare me that bad since then.  I had a headache for two days from that and I refused to sleep the rest of the night or the next night (which was thankfully a friday)   I slept during the day instead.

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My husband has been encouraging me to share some of my experiences from the past as I will as I have time. To be honest, I'm hoping that sharing some of these will encourage me to feel more comfortable with some of the more intense ones that start off in the evening (see: http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15402)   I think that if I had started off *wanting* the experience of Astral Projection, I probably wouldn't have so many nighttime issues with spontaneous OOB's  and would be more apt to let things ride.

[sororenotis]

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I really hope you get that book I recommended. Your story is identical to Monroe's.

**I will definatly check into that**

I also saw you considered going a sleep lab. Quite likely, you will be diagnosed with 'some a-typical form of sleep paralysis or night terror', and that will only be the case if the person doing the diagnosing has some clue in the first place. The only medical treatment in that case is antidepressants, which in some cases can supress these type of experiences. That can be an option if you feel you really cannot live with this situation, but as I said before, I think a much better solution lies taking an active approach to controlling the vibrations, and exploring it further as you are doing presently.  

Have no plans to at this point and I was basically told the same thing. I have no interests in psychoactive drugs. I've been on Zoloft once for an anxiety issue.  I took myself off of it before we concieved my recently born son, Alexander  and was only on it a month anyway.  My anxiety probably contributes to my issues with the vibrations.  I don't want my OBE's to end, I just need to find ways to cope with the more violent evening vibrations, and my thanks again, to you for your tips on that. Perhaps that book will assist me.  I'm also a bit of a private person and most of my experiences are recounted to my family or anonymously elsewhere. Folks I've assisted with learning Astral Projection obviously know my history as well, but those are personal friends of mine.

The vibrations are hardly unfamiliar as I've been having them repeatedly since I was 14 (I'm now 24). They peaked sometime between 19-20.  went away during my pregnancy and now coming back.  Some periods of times are better than others. I think its a mindset. I'm going to try some meditation before bedtime, especially if I have that dull ringing in my ears that seems to occur on nights I have them before I go to bed.

Thanks again!

[Sentential]

Yes I understand what you are experienging. From my perspective one of the best ways to calm them down is via physical exertion by working out or keeping busy.

I usually only get those kinda vibes when I havent done anything all day or if I had a boreing day. You must realize that your mind has alot more pent-up energy than most.

Most of all, you are in control of these. Instead of fearing them <which would give off adrenaline = bad idea> try to give into them and calm down long enough to get them back under control.

Also dont worry about it, practice makes perfect. You wont have to deal with this forever. Eventually you will have trained your mind enough that you will be able to fully control psionic experiences so that they occur on *your* timeline...and not its

Have no plans to at this point and I was basically told the same thing. I have no interests in psychoactive drugs.[/qoute]
Thank god someone agrees with me. Drugs are the last thing you need. Drugs only dull the mind which could make you open to attack.

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Finally you should be very lucky that you have a spouce that is as understanding as he is. Its good to see that people are begining to understand some spiritual expeiences without dubbing them "crazy"

Plus on a funnier note, its a good thing he understands <for his sake>...because psionics run in the family.

I can almost gaurntee your child will have the "gift" much like you have. Try to look for signs of it, and for the love of god....dont kill it off. My parents were understanding enough not to tell me "its in my head" which is the only reason that I am psychic.

Denial of self is the only reason why there arent more psychics in the world today.

-Sen

[kmD]

Yup, a natural for sure.  

Fear.
After having sleep paralysis since I was 14, I went 8 years afraid to fall asleep those nights I knew it was going to happen. Sound familiar?  
Then, I reached a point in my life where I embraced fear as a release from deep dark depression. Depression for me is monotinous, drudge along through the same ole day in, day out. So I thought, "Well, better to escape this and be afraid, it will be a welcome change of pace." And thats when I realized, I had nothing to fear in the first place! Fear of the unknown...what happens when you explore the unknown? Its ceases to be unknown and the fear associated with it goes right out the window!
I hope you get that Im trying to keep this light and fun for a reason, because thats what happened with my OBE experiences once I researched them, and found Astral Dynamics. Hearing that others went through the same dread of sleep that I went through was some how reassuring. I learned that through meditation, I could control the energy flux that was causing me to spontaniously project, and regulate it through proper usage like attataining concious projection. What a relief, and I think it truly led me to a path in life that I have enjoyed much more.
A big thing to remember, that when you are projecting, its late at night and bound to be dark. One of the best remedy to the fear of projection was having a day projection.
I really reccomend getting a copy of "Astral Dynamics" and working with your ability rather than trying to fight off what your body is naturally telling you to do.
here to help in anyway I can...