What is an out of body experience and what does it feel like?
I have been having out of body experiences since I was a child. I loved this, I would just feel myself float away. That is the only way I can truly express it, floating.
I couldn’t make this happen or stop it from happening, it just came and went. It’s just like being here and somewhere else at the same time. There was no outward sign for anyone to notice. I could continue to play, talk and listen to friends but I was not really there.
What a fun thing for a child.
Then one day things changed. I was about fourteen at the time, my best friend and I were walking back to school after lunch. While walking up a hill I felt myself starting to float away and I told my friend. She was used to this and just continued chatting.
This time was different, I couldn’t get back into my body. Four hours passed, during that time I watched myself go to classes. This was terrifying, I was worried I would never return. Every so often my friend would whisper to me “are you back yet” each time the answer was no. Then it just happened, I was back.
After that, Floating wasn’t fun anymore. I had to find a way to stop this ever happening again, what if the next time I really couldn’t get back at all! I was really frightened. My friend and I tried to think of things, anything she could do to ground me, such as pinching my arm hard enough to leave a bruise! It didn’t matter, the floating continued weather I wanted to or not. I just had to wait until thankfully it eventually ended.
I have learned over the years not to try and get back to my body, I just let it happen naturally. The harder I try to come back, the further away I go.
Writing this made me wonder, where do I go? I have always been so intent on coming back I have never really explored where I am.
Has anyone else had this experience, if so please share.