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Accidentally Forced Into Astral Projection, Now A Beginner Who Has Several Successful Intentional Attempts — I am a beginner in astral projection and only started to AP in Dec of 2025. I have progressed rapidly within the last 2 months in intentional attempts. I was forced into experiencing "symptoms" of A…

Overtraining and being effective — Wanted to share about a recent breakthrough I had in being effective and getting things done. Like many of you, I believe that being physically fit is a huge part of operating at peak efficiency. Whe…

Not spiralling for not talking to my bf for days now!! — Felt a lil happy so decided to share here. Few months back, if I was in the same situation as now I know that i would have been spiralling and spam calling him. I'm happy it's not the same now. Tho ye…

Life is too short to live in fear — Life is too short to live in fear. The fear of saying the wrong things and earning their scorn. The fear of ~~asking for~~ loving too much and being branded 'suffocating' again. The fear of a co…

Women keep telling me I need to date younger and now my daughter has too. — I (39m) look young for my age and have been dating for the last 4 years. I have mostly dated women in their 30s and about half of them have told me to date someone younger after things didn’t work bet…

Saw the same man I've been seeing as a kid — I'm sorry about the use of A.I but my drawing skills are bad and I don't know how to explain this but I've seen this man in my dreams ever since I was a child. I remember seeing shows like Tom and Jer…

Growing my inner child feels like murdering my soul — So now my relationships,my desires in life,wants ,needs basically evolve around the little guy in me.And if I were to give up on them and tell him that its not a dream or a game anymore,we are adult n…

I astral projected last night.. — I astral projected last night... What was your first experience? Here's mine: We arrived in Tunisia yesterday, had some sleep, woke up, yawned, and my nose started bleeding, only mentioning this bec…

My (28F) boyfriend (26M) has recently got back into religion and it’s affecting our relationship. — I’ve listened/watched so many Reddit podcasts, but this the first time posting. This a weird situation and I have no one to talk to about this, I’m left feeling quite numb about everything. My boyfri…

Spiritual Awakening & Instant Manifestation (wtf???) — So as the title says, wtf? I've been using multiple different ways of manifesting, manifesting with feeling, robotic affirming, and I've realized one thing. Manifesting is an act of creation that …

I am successfully shifted — Hi! My English is bad sorry I wanted to shift my reality where my sister is alive and healthy with me. I started to robotic affirmation 24/7 and subliminal, I have been locked in my room since 1…

What if manifestation is actually people waking up inside a simulation? — I’ve been thinking about something and I’m curious if anyone else has had this thought. I came up with a theory that reality might be a simulation or something similar to a “matrix.” If that’s true, …

A Lucid Dreaming Technique I Accidentally Discovered (Using Multi-Sensory Daydreaming) — Last night I accidentally triggered sleep paralysis while drifting off, and it made me realize a pattern that has happened during several of my past lucid dream or sleep paralysis experiences. I thin…

If you're immediately waking up after becoming lucid, try this — I heard someone talk about reduced screen time in the evening, so I gave it a go. I tried no screens after 7-8 pm and I must say I've noticed a big difference in my ability to stay longer. I haven't h…

Knowing the exact time when waking up - psychic or circadian? — Recently again I keep waking up at VERY different times every single day (anywhere from the range of 7am to 11am - UPDATE: actually 3-11am as covered later in the post) and as I'm laying there in tha…

Struggling to wake up even with 5 alarms set — would you pay for something that actually calls you and doesn't stop until you're confirmed awake? — No matter how many alarms I set, I still end up sleeping through them or turning them off half asleep without realizing it. I'm exploring whether a service that actually calls your phone — and keeps c…

Six months after the worst breakup of my life, I finally understand why I couldn't heal for the first three. — I'm writing this because I wish someone had said it to me when I was in month one. For the first three months I did everything people tell you to do. I went to the gym. I saw friends. I kept busy. I …

Manifested a $32K scholarship with accidental SATS!!! — Hi all :) I have a pretty amazing success story that I’d love to share, and I hope it may motivate some of you in your manifestation journeys 😊 Basically, I accidentally manifested a $32,000 scholar…

Crazy experience “timeline hopper” — I’ve been lucid dreaming since I was about 12/13, and I’m now 23. I trained myself into it years ago and now I lucid dream every morning which sometimes can be annoying because it affects my sleep. I’…

Husband suddenly wants to end our marriage and says it’s because of sex. We have a toddler. I also discovered he’s been dishonest about where he’s been. Looking for perspective. — I’m 39F and my husband (34M) and I have been married a little over 3 years. We have a toddler (2). Recently, completely out of nowhere, he told me he thinks we’re “not compatible” and started talking…

Avoidant advice needed. I '28f' am worried my partner '29f' is distancing away — To start, we have lived together for 5-6 years and I believe my partner has an avoidant attachment style whilst I am anxious, although I have learnt and am learning to regulate it. Currently my partn…

Finally Got a Lucid Dream... So I Tested your Queries in it — Hey guys, this is gonna be a bit of a long one lol. \[CONTEXT\] For a while, I've been trying to lucid dream, but was too lazy to consistently do training, write in journals, or set multiple alarms …

Went to my first party sober last night — Quit flower months ago but recently decided to give alcohol a break as well because I get so anxious the next day and feel like garbage. I also make terrible decisions while drunk. Drank a few NA beer…

i think i shifted timelines and i dont want to seem crazy. — i was staying up really late cause i wasn't that tired and suddenly i felt quite tired so i rested for a bit but i stayed semi lucid dreaming, and the dreams were long but everytime i woke up the time…

The Subconscious of the Universe? — This will sound extremely odd, and i am aware of this myself. It’s a bit startling to start being so receptive in this period of time. It feels intriguing, but at the same time - my mind cannot hold i…

After 30 years of being a people pleasing, peace-keeping, manipulative, caretaking, dysregulated, codependency "addict," I've finally reached a point where I have enough control to simply STOP. In a very short amount of time, my whole entire life has changed. It's nearly impossible to describe. — The first part of this post is just context, and you can skip it all by scrolling down to **The Proof** I'm not going to go into much detail, but just for context: I experienced some pretty major chi…

I spent years trying to fix my life with discipline. Therapy showed me why that didn’t work — **My Journey** I can’t remember not being depressed. I have some memories of the time before, but they are pictures, frames of a child enjoying life. But I’ve struggled with depression almost my enti…

If anxiety had an “off switch,” what would you do first? — Imagine waking up tomorrow and your anxiety was completely gone. What’s the first thing you would do that anxiety normally stops you from doing?

I Know I’m Awake Without Checking. Why Not the Same for Dreams? — I know I’m awake even when my eyes haven’t opened yet. I don’t need to check my surroundings to know I’m awake. I want it to be the same when dreaming. I shouldn’t have to notice the weirdness of the…

THINGS TOXIC "SHIFTERS" SAY/DO (they are more normalized than you think) — Soo days back I made a post voicing frustrations about my shifting experience and mentioning a few a of my roadblocks. Two days ago I shifted successfully to the Odyssey and when I came back to my cr…

Why can't I astral project anymore? — I'm a 30-year-old woman, and I first astral projected when I was 17....I used to have lucid dreams naturally since childhood, but I didn't know anything about astral projection at the time. When I was…

Almost enlightened — Been doing my regular sadhana for a few years. One fine day, I did my morning sadhana and was sitting there watching my breath and boom! I was there! No need, no cause, no feelings or emotions. Only v…

The Moment I Realized Astral Projection Was More Real Than I Ever Imagined — Last night, I had an astral projection experience that completely blew my mind. At first, I was skeptical, thinking it would just be another lucid dream. But as soon as I felt my consciousness lift fr…

first shifting story i encountered — When i was a little little kid like 6 or 7 yo(yeah 67 whatever). I vividly remember that between us kid we told ourselves a story. We never repeated it to adults because they wouldn't understand. We …

Lived weeks of my life during a 2 hour nap — I had an extremely detailed dream of going on a cruise with a few members of my family (cousins who I usually spend free time with), and during the cruise I met and spoke to quite a few new people, ha…

Breakup with my partner and best friend — Its one of the first time im using reddit so im hope it'll be alright. I've had a best friend. He's been my confident for 10 years, he was my safe person, I was relying on him for everything. 3 year…

A Narcissus is an empty shell with no real existence — "A Narcissus, such as Ovid's Narcissus, is someone who thinks he has found himself by looking in the mirror. His life consists in searching for his reflection in the gaze of others. The other exists, …

Anybody else waking up earlier just because they love mornings? — I would like to join the 5 am club not for any productivity reasons, not to optimize my day or anything. But just because I love mornings and don’t get enough of them right now. I looove a slow morni…

AP this morning. — This morning I woke up a whole hour before the alarm was set to go off, so I focused on trying to AP and I managed to do it. It was 2/3 times, as I kept waking up. Nothing much happened however, I d…

Seeing lizard-like eyes and being healed? — Hi everyone, I recently meditated for about 45 minutes to an hour in the \*very\* early morning a couple days ago (I never meditate that long) after waking up before the sun rose. I was in a supine…

New to CE5s Should I be concerned? — Hi everyone. I’m new to the CE5 community, though I’ve seen orbs throughout my life. For years, I’ve followed Dr. Steven Greer’s work, believing that advanced intelligence must be peaceful or they wou…

I typically never have nighmares, while I have terryfying emotional states and flashback during waking states. — Not really a question, but I recently realized that for all the life I live with crippling fears, anxiety, and depression, my sleep is kinda nice. The worst dreams I get are boring ones, like I am dre…

Does anyone have experience with Mexican dream herb? Trip report. — I met with 2g of tea brewed in 2 cups of boiling water, steeped for 7 minutes. I wasn’t able to fall asleep, not really, but I didn’t dream, either. What the tea showed me was a lucid, waking dream. …

Shifting — Okay so during my life I’ve had multiple instances where I shifted without ever trying. The first time it ever happened I remember waking up at 11:42AM a couple years back. I was annoyed I woke up so …

dreams about a specific person that end up occurring in real life? — Has anyone experienced something like this? This has been happening to me with a man I’ve been seeing on and off for a few years. We’ll go weeks or even months without speaking, but I’ll have really …

Text that Blew Apart My Entire Life — Note: This is a repost of a post I made a couple of days ago. I deleted it because it was made from my 10 year old account and I needed to make a throwaway account to work on my issues in case my STBX…

Processing my NDE and the paranormal experiences that followed — I can’t sleep and i’m feeling the need to document a sequence of experiences I had from February 2019 through 2020 that forever changed my life. I’ll try my best to keep each section somewhat brief, b…

The Astral Plane: its Nature, Structure, and the Unseen’s Map found in world religions — *Disclaimer: The views expressed here are my personal opinions, except where excerpts are quoted.* # Nature of the Astral Plane The Astral Plane is the wider dream world. It’s a constant place that …

I flew across the country alone at 19, and they followed me. — Hi everyone. I'm unsure of who will remember of my two or so posts detailing my potential escape and plans to have an emergency move from Alabama to California, but I did it! This was my first time f…

After 10 years of doing the most, I (30F) told my husband (34F) that we needed counseling or separation. Help me process? — I met my husband when I was a 20 year old college student and even though he is 4 years older than me, I became a pseudo-mother upon meeting him. For the last 10 years, I have been the sole breadwin…

This will definitely help. I'd recommend the FILD method, it's pretty much the first (relatively) consistent method I've tried. Just remember that you can only do this after either waking up at a cert…

Lucid dreaming will not affect your quality of sleep. The only time it is possible is in REM sleep, where your brain is already closest to waking state. You won’t be any less rested by practicing luci…

There aren't many but as far as I can tell there are a couple which could qualify. 1. Escapism. Just like anything fun, let alone of the "reality substitute" type, there is the potential to use it e…

Hello I just had the weirdest dream and I don't know how to look up my specific type of dream and was so shocked I decided to come here and write. I remember going to sleep around 12:30pm after wakin…

Well. I've learned something new today. I had no idea. I've always known when I'm dreaming. Always. I've always known it's my dream, I've always had control. On the rare occasion I haven't contr…

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…

The Guardian today [ps. I'm a totally lucid dreamer though can't choose what I dream, however every night is movie night and as graphic, in colour and sometimes I can change the dream by waking or sle…

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Hey, there were a few times I was aware I was dreaming, but when I attempt to do anything I can't control my dream nor do I stay asleep. I feel like it's because I only start to gain consciousness w…

Try focusing on your environment and not getting to excited . Tell yourself you want to explore your surroundings before and during . Don’t go straight into getting excited and trying to control every…

I’ve had this pulling sensation happen to me before. It feels really scary tbh. So scary that you feel yourself gripping your bed so “it doesn’t take you.” “It” being this invisible force trying to li…

Hi, that sounds like a false awakening chain. I've experienced a few of them too, including the annoying part where you lose lucidity each time the scenario "resets" itself. No idea what causes it, o…

You don’t “ignore” the negative thought or brush it aside. You deal with the negative emotions using whatever means necessarily (sit and cry if you must, get therapy,etc ) and you continue to do your …

Yes, the moments before falling asleep and waking up have you naturally in your alpha state, but they're not recommended because they can disrupt your sleep (nightly method) or lead to inconsistency (…

I get why this sub advocates for SM methods over CM methods, and I absolutely agree that it’s better for beginners, but the problem with exclusively doing this is that you can do all of the work laid …

>Not saying you’re entirely wrong but that wasn’t the point of the ladder experiment. The point of the ladder experiment was to teach about awareness. > Ah. Conscious awareness. Complete rubbish and…

This is best description that I've heard, just amazing. My partner (now probably ex, as he decided we'll "take a pause" - of course without saying for how long or what does it mean) accused me of "not…

Honestly, the biggest clue I get is how I feel. Are my thoughts racing? Do I feel anxious almost to the point of being manic? Is it affecting my sleep, like I’m waking up early and can’t fall back asl…

You’ve taken the first (huge) step which is self reflection, congrats! A good therapist really is best, BUT there are many other resources to help. 1) Start regularly meditating (5-10 minutes a day…

Sorry to hear of this situation. I can only imagine how frustrating it was or still is to you. I can't speak on behalf of this person, but from my own recent experience, Im only now coming into expl…

Text of original post by u/Ok_Marionberry_9086: Felt a lil happy so decided to share here. Few months back, if I was in the same situation as now I know that i would have been spiralling and spam call…

I think my boyfriend (33M) and I (30F) might break up and I can’t tell if it’s my fault. This might be a long story so I’m sorry in advance. My boyfriend and I usually text most of the day, every day…

Text of original post by u/DizzySkin7066: Life is too short to live in fear. The fear of saying the wrong things and earning their scorn. The fear of ~~asking for~~ loving too much and being brand…

Just like most things with Anxious Attachment, you've concocted an entire narrative of your own around this subject. It's not based on anything you've experienced from him directly in reality, but you…

> Now you're waiting for him to reassure you about crisis that doesn't even exist in his reality. > > You invented a crisis where there is none. I really really really agree with the first sentence.…

Hi!! I highly recommend these: For core wounds and relationships : 📚Mathew Micheletti and 3 more The Inner Work of Relationships: An Invitation to Heal Your Inner Child and Create a Conscious R…

About a year ago, I got out of a 3 year, on again-off again relationship. When we were in our on phases, we literally spent every waking moment together. Even bathroom time, if we weren't showering to…

I posted yesterday about a guy who ended things after saying he wasn't "as attracted as he'd want to be with a long term partner" -- full context here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/datingoverthirty/comme…

Oh, bad pillows can absolutely mess you up! I’ve bought some really nice ones now. But before that, I was waking up with all kinda aches and pains in my neck and shoulder area. Been much better sinc…

Hi I previously recommended these to someone so will copy and paste it here Book on understanding and healing trauma : 📚The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma…

I am ecstatic ANY TIME someone gives me flowers. It’s the best feeling ever. That’s just me but I am a spring girly and there’s nothing better than waking up to fresh flowers on my vanity 🌹

This is a time of awakening for humanity. I had a dream recently where a crack opened in the ground to another reality like a portal and there were many different classes of UAP craft present in the …

I think so. I am having trouble remembering them but they seem almost entirely just my unconscious mind solving things for my waking mind. The difference between awake and asleep is so much narrower.

**The moments when I have lucid dreams are usually when I can’t sleep because of stress. When I finally fall asleep, I sleep badly and only for a few hours, or I go to sleep with my mind racing becaus…

I actually know exactly what this guy means. I do, however, admit that it sounds sus. I’ll explain… I (female) have also only ever had 1 outbreak to date. But I can tell when the virus is active. I w…

Its because your friend introduced doubt. She introduced conscious examination of the whole thing, the idea of it not being easy, the idea of being unable to do what you did, etc. You subconsciously b…

Let me blunt. She will resent you??? SO EFFFING WHAT! She did this. Actions have consequences and she wants to avoid accountability cause cheaters feel about accountability like superman feels about k…

I've only had one experience with something I can put down as cosmic in terms of astronomy. I was waking up slowly, still dozing and "flash tendrils" appeared in my vision. A blue/indigo star opened u…

Personally, I can believe that they may not have had sex. I wouldn't be super sure that they didn't, but I wouldn't rule out the possibility that they didn't. Between the lack of unexplained absences,…

only side effects i experienced was waking up groggy or a slight headache but not every time, its like benadryl

I totally get it.. I think what went into those 2 years made it feel like 20. We spent every waking minute together. Traveled the country, did everything together. From that to literally nothing jus…

Yes! I would ask him what was wrong and he would say “nothing”. But I would keep asking because he was acting cold and distant. It was almost ALWAYS something irrational, so when I would get upset abo…

I'll share a bit of my story, take from it what you will. I have a degree in political science. In 2015 I was living in Washington DC, reading from a minimum of five news sources a day. I knew polit…

Interesting post, and I agree. I believe SATS at night is about the easiest way to write the desire into your subconscious mind because before sleep is when you can quiet your mind by focusing only o…

This is not a belief problem for you because you can see people's auras and you know other techniques that work for you. I recommend you the "Phasing" method from Raduga, it's good old classic WBTB t…

It's not proven in any way, but through my experiences and through my own hybrid approach, it would seem psychedelics force vital energy up the Chong Mai, central meridians, or Shushumna Nadi (pick yo…

But on a first off basis level if you’d like to control the urges during meditation then start waking up early and running or cycling/ walking first thing in the morning

I mean dreams are always just weird lol. Anyways if you want to lucid dream I suggest researching Dream Recall, Wake Back to Bed and the MILD technique. And most importantly HAVE A DREAM JOURNAL. I li…

I didn't know anything about narcissistic parents and when I did, it hit me like a rock! Yes, they are spiritual vampires. My own mother verbally and emotionally abused me as a teenager. She is still …

My brother told me, "No matter how he dies, you're gonna be a suspect. You've told way too many people how much you hate him." I mean, I don't actually want him to die. I want him to be decent and kin…