Hullo, thought I'd tell you guys about this. Bit of backstory first, I have sleep paralysis and have tried to roll out on maybe 3 other occassions while in a light stage of paralysis. I have also attempted to have a conscious obe a few times while fully awake, but messed them up by drawing my attention to them and have them just stop.
Enough of that, on with the story. I had an episode of SP a few nights ago, while still confused/disorientated (like in the few seconds while reaching for the snooze button). Course, I knew that I was having SP, but I kept dropping quickly into a dream, then out, then starting the dream again. The quick (5 second) dream got shorter while I tried to pop myself out of the loop, until I managed to do just that.
So now I'm back awake, paralyized still. I later realize that part of the initial confusion was caused by not being sure of what I was looking at. I had been seeing the computer and other lights on my desk, facing it. The thing is that my desk is at the head of my bed and the top of it wouldn't be visible from that low angle even if I had been looking towards it somehow. That's inconsequencial though, I think it was only during the first part of the paralysis when I had this view, before I had the looping dream and broke out of it finally. Course, now as I type this, it seems like it was OBE at that point too... hmm.
After I broke out of the looping dream, I decided to try to roll out. I wasn't confused anymore, and I was looking to my right side towards the edge of my bed. The first time didn't work, so I tried it again right away (I'm impatient and know that the paralysis only usually gives a very small timeframe on which to experiment before it stops). This second time, I rolled and hit the floor, low bed so it didn't hurt or anything, pretty sure I heard noises as well from the blankets. I was staring on floor level.
So I'm laying on the floor, thinking that I had just rolled out of my bed for real and hit the floor... but no, I realized I was back on my bed, still looking over to the right. I tried again, hit the floor again, and found myself promptly returned to the bed. At this point I realized, very faintly (hard to think while rest of the body is asleep), that I had OBE'd.
I kept trying and succeeding in rolling out, in total probably a few more than 7. Only got as far as the floor, just kind of laying there for a very short time before I could reroll out. I could see the floor dimly, which is odd because the lights were off and the room was much dimmer when I had tried to look at it afterwards.
After a time, I tried moving my hand and it was stuck tightly in paralysis, very strong stuff (which means my body was in deep still, must mean that it takes a longer time for it to wear off too). Got my fingers touching and broke out all at once I think. I'm sure it would have lasted longer, had I not purposefully broken out.
So, one spontaneous OBE and a bunch of ones on purpose. I'm quite happy I had learnt the roll out technique. It's easier to use SP as a starting point rather than try to induce the state consciously.
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Figure I'd add this in, I forgot about it. I tried the silver rope pulling out technique quickly during this whole thing to see if it would work better, but couldn't get it to work. Next time, I'll try floating up, always thought that'd be the neatest thing to do, cause I'd already be floating once I got out and wouldn't need to attempt it after exit.
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Just wondering if anyone else here has a similar experience to mine, where I was exiting and finding myself back in my body in such a rapid sucession. I'm going to try to have some more (of course) and see if I can stay out long enough to attempt a test to see if truly an OBE. Probably will try the playing cards thing, seeing as it's the simplist and easiest way to test without having to rely on another person to place an object.