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For having struggled with an anxious attachment in an earlier relationship, how does it feel for you to become more secure in a much different or more compatible relationship you are in now? — I am quite curious to hear if there are others who are at a place in their life still in their own "wound care" (healing) of being outside of an anxiously attached situation or of a previous unhealthy…

32 years of marriage, but I'm still unsettled by an affair from 2006. Is it too late to ask for the truth? — I’ve been married for 32 years now, but there is a something from 2006 that I’ve never been able to move past. Back then, my daughters were 11 and 10. We were leaving my parents' house after a weekend…

Super Neat! — I found out about the Gateway Tapes/Monroe about 3 weeks ago. I have read most of the links and information on this sub reddit, watched some of the Youtube videos and started listening to the audio b…

An update : Projected twice since meeting my wife’s deceased great/great great grandmas and it was not a good time — Hello my fellow travelers. Since my first post I’ve projected two times and both of them were not the best time to be honest. To pick up where I left off here is a link to my first experience [The G…

Positive or negative sex energy — I’ve always liked the idea of opening my marriage up. However, the past couple years I’ve been doing a lot of internal work. I’ve done various mushroom journeys and have found that I am a strong empat…

M26 F24 How do I move past my boyfriend ruining sex for me? — When I met my boyfriend, I had just recently left my teens and hadn’t been with anyone in a while. My libido was high, and we used to have sex pretty often. Once we got into a serious relationship, t…

I went to a Physical Therapy intake appointment today, and part of the protocol was asking "Do you Feel Safe at Home?"...........and apparently I said "no', but had no Conscious memory of saying that. OMFG. — I f'ing hate trauma bullshit CPTSD so f'ing much. I thought I was doing fine, wore my best workout outfit to my First PT apointment, so I didnt look like the hot mess that I feel like inside. I…

Can’t seem to AP anymore — So, I have only astral projected 4 times and now I can’t. So I would like to share my experience. The first night that I was able to AP, it felt a tug upward on my body, from around my shoulder area…

I put my heart chakra in my EC box — And I woke up with so much compassion. I’ve been practicing that Rumi quote, “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built agains…

DID I ALMOST SHIFT IN A CAR — So, I was in the car with my family and we were going somewhere like we usually do on the weekend. However, while I was daydreaming about scenarios in the backseat, I felt a shift in the tempature, an…

Predator or Stupidity? — \* trigger warning \* \*for adults \* sensitive topic I feel conflicted about something...and I wonder what others think... I went on a date with someone. it was pre-disclosed we were looking for…

Are OBEs Real or Enhanced Dreams? My Latest Experience — Last night I had another supposed out-of-body experience. These episodes still leave me with so many doubts and questions. Are they dreams? Are they imagination? Are they real? I’ve had several by now…

Are OBEs Real or Enhanced Dreams? My Latest Experience — Last night I had another supposed out-of-body experience. These episodes still leave me with so many doubts and questions. Are they dreams? Are they imagination? Are they real? I’ve had several by now…

Do your CPTSD symptoms come in cycles rather than being always present? — What confuses me when I read the posts here is that a lot of people describe constantly being in states triggered by CPTSD. It seems to me that I have more like episodes where something triggers me (r…

I think I need to cut off my dad, i believe he has been inappropriate with me. — He was always a very abusive unpredictable person. as a child i thought he would maybe kill me one day. I dont want to go into all details of my whole life other than this specific issue. im not sure …

Accidentally Scared My Dad During an Out‑of‑Body Experience… He Confirmed It — First of all, I’m not an expert in this. I don’t even like calling it “astral projection” because older books tie it to esoteric or religious stuff. I prefer calling it Out‑of‑Body Experiences. I only…

After three years, I just realized that not everyone with C-PTSD has the same type of hypervigilance. — So without getting too deep into my trauma, to sum it up I was exposed to gun violence and loud, volatile noises growing up. As a result, since my CPTSD developed three years ago I've struggled with h…

Question about going past the vibrational frequency and others experiences — Hi everyone! As the title says, I'm curious about everyone else's experiences in astral projecting, and how to take the next step in leaving the body. I'd say I've been meditating for about 6 years n…

Has anyone else had a form of child abuse that was inflicted on them through sleep? — I remember from very early on I was never allowed to sleep past 7 even when it was a weekend or I got sick. my privacy was invaded constantly, barging into my room screaming to get up or get thrown ou…

Is this supposed to happen? — I am not entirely sure where to start, or how I even found myself in the rabbit hole that lead here, but I found the experience unsettling and want to ask some questions before proceeding. I appolo…

I’ve been practicing crystal medication and spiritual healing before I go to bed and last night while I was sleeping, I felt an intense vibrating feeling/ringing in my head and throughout my body. The…

Text of original post by u/BornEducation4428: I am quite curious to hear if there are those who are still in their own "wound care " (healing) of being outside of an anxiously attached situation or of…

You can’t control your emotions. The Stoics were quite deterministic, and they argue that there’s only one thing in your power (notice how they wouldn’t use the word control), and that thing is your…

I used to practice meditation regular, sometimes 1hr longer. Concentration power was very high then whatever I imagined came true in few days. Sometimes weeks. Sometimes instantly. Now, due to some …

I teach adults and teens to create a line of energy from the bottom of their first chakra to the chakras at the center of the planet. This is powerful and solves a lot of energy problems. Whatever s…

Another psycho I found in OLD yesterday Matched with him Sunday, he asked to chat off the app sent him my number. Immediately got a call from a blocked number. Asked if it was him. He text me the nex…

Before I did Gateway I did cE5 for a couple months and I woke up to the most beautiful orb spilling ribbons of light above me. At first I was startled and then I felt the most amazing sense of peace.

Just to clarify, I’m Brazilian and used AI to help translate and write this post in English, but the experience described here is 100% real and exactly as it happened. I apologize for the length of t…

She put it "on the shelf" huh? Never to be looked at again. Of course she did. She wanted to make sure she was never accountable for her affair. Add it all up. Wife grabs the phone away. Startled wh…

I'm a Mom, in my mid 40's. I had to get divorced about 10 years ago for my husband's domestic violence towards me. We got together when I was 19, he never laid hands on me until after we had a kid t…

I experienced a "flashbulb" event once, early in 2025. It was one of the first events in a steady stream of interactions with UAP that I experienced from January through October 2025. I can't recall t…

Astral projection is something we should all be capable of. For me it goes back to religious teachings that everything not included in their texts is of the devil. Makes so many people terrified of th…

Awesome thanks for the explanation, I am happy to hear that others have experienced the same sensations. I was not scared of the presence, I was just startled because of all the reading I have don…

A few years ago I had a dmt experience where I found myself in a cosmic halfway, in a way higher dimension a radiant being of white light stood before me I knew she was feminine, you know how on dm…

Hard to say for sure. I just know I woke up on a side of the bed I NEVER slept on to see a nordic I have always had a bond with. I reacted poorly (mostly startled) and that's when she vanished.

You are an adult in your 40s and are startled to find people have different goals and values than you? Really?

My first experience happened the 3rd time I listened to the tapes. I felt a strong vibration throughout my whole body, so strong that I thought I had somehow hit the vibrate button on my bed remote by…

It did have a weird reaction when I noticed it! I did reach out to touch it and it gave the reaction similar to a startled puppy then moved away and phased out right of sight in front of me.

I used to sleep very badly for many years (5 hours a night, with difficulties to fall asleep, after 5 hours waking up startled and with great fear, unable to go to sleep again). I found something that…

YOU bought her dress? .. was it altered? Take it back.. I am so sorry you’re going through this.. but I’m really startled that you bought her dress. Even though you’re twins. Obviously you love your s…

Would you mind linking one or two you used successfully. I’ve almost had an OBE with Gateway Exploration Sleep, I was really exhausted that night and slipped into sleep paralysis within minutes, got s…

I say sorry a lot and I’m easily startled.

“I can prepare for death but I’m sure I’ll flinch.” That is pretty much the expectation. If you’re in a car accident, there is no amount of Stoic training that would allow you to not display any reac…

Well there are only so many things it could be. Stoically speaking, we have Passions, which are your full blown emotions. Fear, Anger etc, which require our opinion. Then there are Proto Passions, w…

Walking on eggshells. I can literally walk throughout my home in complete darkness without a sound. My wife gets startled by me often appearing behind her like Batman lol

I get startled when the voices come back if there is a moment of silence Xp

This is it.  Also, as someone who was until  very recently a certified kids sports coach and trained in pediatric first aid, a screaming kid after an injury, upset or scary event is *good* if they'r…

He was in bed next to me. In retrospective he did try at one point to touch my hair but it startled me awake, so from then on he kept playing next to me. So it wasn't super loud, just I guess a normal…

My exFIL was like this. Except that wasn't my parent particular brand of goofiness, so I was *intrigued*. The setting: Easter dinner. Guests will be arriving soon, we are already there (mmmm.. audi…

I was in the liminal space between wakefulness and sleep. Felt a giant astral snake crawl across my abdomen. It felt wet like a dog’s nose. (Typically in dreams, I can’t feel tactile touch). It startl…

I don’t think this is exactly what you’re looking for but my startle reaction can be really hilarious, assuming you don’t catch an elbow (I make sure ppl know not to intentionally try to startle me). …

My mom was the same. She said I was “ruining the baby” by picking him up when he cries. She was startled when I said “What monster leaves a crying baby alone in a room?!”

Whenever I’m startled or legit scared, I say a “whoop!” and now I have something to describe the sound, it’s totally Mrs Doubtfire! This is hilarious.

The Core Difference between PTSD and C-PTSD • PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder): Typically develops after a single, discrete traumatic event or a short-term crisis. Examples include a severe car …

Need more info. Did he know you were gonna do this before it happened, or was he startled? And when you say he pushed your leg forcefully, did he shove it at force/angle that he could reasonable predi…

I’ve read and delved a lot into NDEs and had a NDE like STE when I was young. I don’t know much about astral projection but have always wondered or theorized that in the AP state, shouldn’t it feel li…

I never get startled by unexpected noises. But I have hyper vigilance nonetheless.

I want to down vote you because this hits home in an extremely uncomfortable way. I gave you an up vote instead, since that's what one does in this situation. Heres another hypervigilence constantly…

Thank u for sharing. I have thought about this thing with energy, vibrations. We are energy. We produce energy with our feelingd. When I got ill and got into another state of mind I experienced someon…

I once had a very strange experience where I was totally sleep deprived (broken roadie here) and I had an unintentional power nap. I was startled awake by a very loud voice screaming "wake the f**k up…

Well, I was pretty terrorized in grammar school and middle school. By high school no one really said anything.  Except for sexual harassment.  I’m biracial.  Racially ambiguous but from a very white a…

I will share more directly what works for me to get into the astral. After years of trying different techniques, what worked for me was using lessons from “the Phase, Michael Raduga”. You can find t…

I’ll definitely try the “rolling out of bed” method! After looking at this subreddit a bit I saw one of the bots post links to informational sites on things like protecting yourself and specifically a…