Olivier H's Experience
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Experience description:
When my OBE happened, I
had started school back (my semester was separated in two because there was a 6
month student strike in Quebec, so i started school back right in the
mid-semester, about one week before my OBE happened,) and we had a lot of work
to do. I was at school on a Saturday (again, because of the student strike) and
I only had two classes, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. So between
my classes, at about 1 PM, I came back home and decided to take a nap because I
was really tired. I slept for about one or two hour. As I got out form a dream,
I start to wake up slowly, with my eyes still closed, when I realized I was
completely paralyzed from head to toe. Also, I felt a really strong vibration
throughout my body. There was two kinds of vibrations at the same time: the
first one was like when you sit for too long with your legs crossed, an then you
have pins and needles, but it was all over my body. the second one was much
bigger, kind of if I was laying parallel to the beach and waves were pushing me,
they were coming and going.
It was kind of scary at
first, but I got used to the feeling, and it was kind of nice. I already knew
that it was an OBE, because lucid dreams and OBEs and sleep paralysis always
intrigued me and I read a lot about it, but at the same time I was a bit anxious
because I heard a lot of stories about people getting sleep paralysis and then a
big monster came a them but they couldn't move, and I didn't want that to
happened to me. So I kept my eyes closed and kept focus at the movements of the
waves that pushed me.
But as time passed, i
felt the waves pushing me harder and harder, I began to move (well, it seemed
like I was moving...) and i felt like I wasn't under my sheets anymore, but over
them, FLOATING over them. I opened my eyes (bad idea) and realized I was still
under my sheets, and I lost the focus. So I closed back my eyes, and the feeling
of the waves (the big ones and the small ones) submerge me again. I got to hover
over my sheets again, so I tried to focus about getting up, and the harder I
focused, the more I felt that my head rising over my pillow , but my feet were
not moving (Kind of passing from this position __ to this position / to this
position | ). The next thing I know, I was standing up. I was able to see
''through'' my eyelids, it was not really seeing, but more like a dream. I saw
the other room in my house through my door, and I then popped in my kitchen
(kind of like in a dream, where you remember the places you went in your dream,
but not how you got there), then I opened my eyes and I was staring at the
ceiling, then I lost the feeling of paralysis and I woke up. During the rest of
the day, I felt some strange pain in all my joints, nothing I've ever felt
before, kind of a mix between when your muscles are sore and when you make a
wrong move and your joints hurt.
Did you have any sense
of altered space or time?
Yes I felt like the
time was passing a bit faster
Worst: It was not as
clear as I expected to be, didn't last too long
Any associated
medications or substances with the potential to affect the experience?
No
Was the kind of
experience difficult to express in words?
No
At the time of this
experience, was there an associated life threatening event?
No
What was your level
of consciousness and alertness during the experience?
Semi-conscious. I knew
I was in an OBE, but it was blurry, I couldn't say I was conscious.
Was
the experience dream like in any way?
Yes, As explained in my
text
Did you experience
a separation of your consciousness from your body?
Yes I couldn't
tell, maybe like a ghost, but I'm not sure
What emotions did
you feel during the experience?
mostly relaxation,
calmness, little bit of anxiousness
Did you hear any
unusual sounds or noises?
I didn't really
concentrate on that, but I think I was hearing kind of a buzz.
LOCATION
DESCRIPTION:
Did you recognize any familiar locations or any locations from familiar
religious teachings or encounter any locations inhabited by incredible or
amazing creatures?
Yes I recognized my
room and my kitchen.
Did you see a
light?
No
Did you meet or see
any other beings?
No
Did you experiment
while out of the body or in another, altered state?
No
Did you observe or
hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be
verified later?
No
Did you notice how
your 5 senses were working, and if so, how were they different?
No
Did you have a
sense of knowing, special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?
Uncertain
Not during the OBE, but after, I asked myself alot of questions about the
meaning of life and what can I do about it
Did you reach a
boundary or limiting physical structure?
No
Did you become
aware of future events?
No
Were you involved
in or aware of a decision regarding your return to the body?
No
Did you have any
psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience that you did
not have prior to the experience?
No
Did you have any
changes of attitudes or beliefs following the experience?
No
How has the
experience affected your relationships? Daily life? Religious practices? Career
choices?
It hasn't really changed anything
Has your life
changed specifically as a result of your experience?
No
Have you shared
this experience with others?
No
What emotions did you
experience following your experience?
excitement, happiness,
but it was like my soul was happy, not a fake, materialistic happy (like when
you receive a gift), something much more profound.
What was the best
and worst part of your experience?
Best: The waves, the
fact that it was the first time, the floating
Is there anything
else you would like to add concerning the experience?
Not really...
Following the experience, have you had any other events in your life,
medications or substances which reproduced any part of the experience?
No
Did
the questions asked and information you provided accurately and comprehensively
describe your experience?
Yes
Please offer any suggestions you may have to improve this questionnaire.
It's
pretty complete...