Used to be able to do AP but no more.

[Hamza]

Okay so I have been seeking for help for like 2 weeks now but nothing is working atm so I registered here thinking I might get help here.
I'm gonna share everything here.
Okay so like a year ago, I used to keep myself awake waiting for my brother to sleep so that I can use his PC. so while trying to keep my eyes opened and trying not to sleep, there comes a stage where I suddenly start falling from the sky, but I used to get extremely scared and wake up as soon as it was over, It was extremely fun and frightening at the same time. but well, I knew about astral that time but never actually believed it.

Like 2 months ago, my best friend told me that he did astral himself so I had a reason to believe, I kept trying after that but I couldnt get through vibrations/current stage. One night I thought how about doing the same thing I used to do to have that sky diving experience (lol). So I was sleeping on sofa and I tried keep my eyes opened for as long as possible and then suddenly I started falling from sky, it happened for like 1 minute and then I was landed somewhere, I had my consciousness. I knew the astral method, I tried opening my eyes and i could see myself lying on the sofa and I thought it was the actual me, i thought i was not in astral. and then closed my eyes then i woke up in real. well however I trained myself in 2 weeks. and then one night I actually did it and I was in there for like 15 mins, I flee over my town and did alot of stuff but after a couple of minutes I was frightened and I came back home to get back in my body, as I was close to my home I thought about my body and I woke up. I was extremely happy after that.

Now that day and today I have never been able to do it again, tried every single method that i used to do in the past weeks but nothing is working. When I goto sleep, no matter if im sleep/tired tense free or whatever it is, I just instantly fall asleep, in start I had consciousness even while dreaming, sometimes i could get to astral from a dream. But now nothing is working, I lie down to do astral, and when I wake up I have completely forgotten when I fell asleep. I really have no idea what's wrong but if anyone could help me I would be really grateful!
Thank you for reading.

[Bloodshadow]

I think that when you showed that you were afraid, that you was letting the astral know you aren't ready so now you are shut off until you can get over that fear, same thing goes for me, there is a part of us that really want to do it but deep down we are scared to and once we get rid of the fear completely we will be able to continue. I Ben trying to rid myself of the fear but it won't go away so I just been trying other ways to get there by force with no results, I try to project every single day and I get nothing. But I will keep trying, don't become like me, get rid of your fear of it.

[Hamza]

Umm I dont think that it is my fear. It was just when i didn't know about it. Later when I found out about Astral Projection, I thuoght about performing it with that method, and it was really worth a try. It was not frightening anymore, In fact it was the best feeling I could ever have. Sometimes I used to do it intentionally for fun. So I dont really think it's my fear.
I am gonna follow your instructions though,
But I am not sure what's up :/ I really need help.

[Astralsuzy]

Being tired is not a good time to try to ap otherwise it is very easy to fall asleep.   Do you practice meditation.    Meditation is very useful as it helps you to relax.   

[Lumaza]

Now that day and today I have never been able to do it again, tried every single method that i used to do in the past weeks but nothing is working. When I goto sleep, no matter if im sleep/tired tense free or whatever it is, I just instantly fall asleep, in start I had consciousness even while dreaming, sometimes i could get to astral from a dream. But now nothing is working, I lie down to do astral, and when I wake up I have completely forgotten when I fell asleep. I really have no idea what's wrong but if anyone could help me I would be really grateful!
Thank you for reading.

First off, I would definitely go back to what worked for you in the beginning. That's the benefit of logging your experiences with this practice. You always have a written blueprint on what worked and what didn't for you.

Lately I have been challenged in this physical reality by life in general. Life has a way of doing that. I have noticed in the past 3 weeks I haven't had one LD or even Dream period that I remembered and even my AP noticing seems to be nonexistent. But I know that I am working on some pretty heavy things at "higher levels" of my consciousness. It's just that I guess it's not important right now that I am consciously aware of what is occurring there.

I have had a heart to heart or consciousness to subconsciousness should I say, with myself lately and I think I am ready to start having my LDs again now. Sometimes a break is just what the Doctor ordered.   

[Hamza]

^^ Thanks for rising my hope! That was motivating and satisfying.

[RobertForsythe]

sometimes i could get to astral from a dream. But now nothing is working, I lie down to do astral, and when I wake up I have completely forgotten when I fell asleep. I really have no idea what's wrong but if anyone could help me I would be really grateful!

What you have described is a solid indication that you will be able to AP on at least a semi-regular basis in the future if you make a good effort.
You have not said how old you are and I have found that different methods work better at different stages in life.
The standard recommendations here are pretty good -- keep a dream journal, meditate, etc.

"Dry spells" are very common and normal. Balance in all things is a good goal, in general. Stay relaxed and focused and work to enhance general "awareness" every day.

I have seen people who say they used to be able to project OBE almost every day for five years and then suddenly they go a couple years and no OBE at all.

??

It is all about "Consciousness" and a daily effort on "awareness" has gotten me through the dry spells over the course of many years.

[Hamza]

2 days ago I tried it again. idk how but I went to the falling stage, I could feel it. I would just take 2 more mins to get into Astral but my cousin suddenly woke up and started texting someone and his mobile's keypad makes too much noise. Unfortunately, I woke up. I will try again :/