cant tell if im dreaming of astral projection

[P5ynergy]

Ive astral projected in the afternoon and that im 100 percent sure is an astral projection. but I get very confused when I astral project in the early morning after waking

What I can confirm is that I do wake up at 5am and I begin my prep to stay awake and project.
What I expierience next is this floatiness then extreme vibrations then the pull of gravity as I struggle my way out of my body.
The problem is that im convinced that im simply dreaming and im having a simple dream of myself astral projecting. Its like either I astral project or I fail and fall adleep and dream I astral project . Now I cant tell whether I suceed or not.

Does anyone else have this unusual problem

[Xanth]

There's no issue here beyond your own misconceptions about what a projection is.
If you're in the nonphysical and you are aware of that, then you're projecting.   If you're unaware of it, then you're dreaming, but it's still a projection, just an unaware one.   Both are nonphysical experiences though.   One isn't greater or better than the other.