What happened to me?

[dannym]

First off I was not trying to have and OBE. I had read about projecting and lucid dreaming a while back but I had completely forgotten about it, although still very open to the possibility.

So this morning while I was watching tv in bed, I began to feel tired and started dozing off. I didn't want to fall asleep right then, so I tried to stay awake. Even with my effort, my lack of sleep got the better of me. A little while later (approxamitly 4 minutes according to my clock), I "awoke" and was conscious of noise from tv but wasn't able to understand any of it. I forgot about how I wanted to stay awake, so I just decided to continue my nap. A few seconds later I heard a buzzing in my ears, and a slight vibration throughout my body. The noise became uncomfortably loud (as if it were amplified when someone was speaking on the tv). I recalled reading about the buzzing/vibrating and knew what was happening, but since it was so painful, I thought if I turned off the tv the buzzing wouldn't be so uncomfortable. I tried to move, but I couldn't. I admit I was a little frightened, but knew it was just sleep paralaysis. I finally was able to move after much effort and turned the tv off. I tried to go back into the state again, but I was too awake.

So was this the first step in and OBE? If I experience it again, what is the next step I should do to seperate from my body?

[Prophazuh]

Yeah, if your in Sleep Paralysis, you're really just 1 step away from going OOB. The next time your in that state, you need to do an exit technique, like rolling off the bed (your physical body will remain still because it's paralyzed and your Astral body will seperate).