Dream or OBE?

[Lysear]

I like to think that you've had what I call a semi-concious projection. You were pretty much aware in your dream and you then started a pre programed projection sequence and thus you were projecting in your dream.

I have experienced a couple of these myself and I was definitly aware of what I was doing and I believe that when a person projects in their dream it means that they are projecting normally as I dont think there is really much difference between the two.

[supergeordie]

I was just wondering if I could get some feedback from someone with a little bit more experience than me. I'm relatively new on OBE and am still awaiting my first conscious projection from trance methods but think I may have achieved it through lucid dreaming a method I have invested very little time in. The experience is as follows, (dream) --> I was in a bedroom and I thought I should attempt a projection. At this point I realised that the room I was in was not my own and that this was even better for a projection attempt. So in order to seperate (I have no idea why I came up with this) but I rolled to the left as I was lying down and then rolled back to the right only as I had convinced my self that it was to seperate so I felt as if I span about four times until I had the weird sensation of being peeled out of my body, after a short blackout I opened my eyes to see my bed to the left of me and my wardrobe to the right, I was lying on the floor next to my bed. I thought to myself stand up and instantly was doing so (the whole thing is a little hazy) and if this was the end of the experience then I would be convinced that it was an OBE, however as I struggled to turn to look at myself asleep I appeared to be sitting up, also the surroundings were very light. At this point I felt a strong tugging sensation in my back and was pulled back into my body. After another short blackout I felt what were strong vibrations fading.
    So could anybody help define this for me, what was making my room so bright and why did I appear sitting up, was I just dreaming?