I’ve never experienced astral projection but I’ve been having sleeping paralysis for over ten years now. To my understanding from the little that I’ve read, SP is the first step towards achieving astral projection? And then that’s when the vibrations come in?

Almost every time I wake myself to SP, I hear almost like rumbling in my ears, kind of like when you close your eyes real tight and you can hear blood rushing in your ears. Is that what the vibrations are?

Ever since SP started happening to me, I’ve always associated it with nightmares and although I’ve become accustomed to it, I always panic when I find myself in it and I snap out of it as soon as I realize that I’m paralyzed. I’ve always thought that in order to AP you have to get through the SP and vibrations phase but the closest I’ve gotten to that was about a month ago when I felt a presence walk into my room and stand by my doorway, it startled me and I woke up to SP as usual. Except, this time instead of fighting it, I relaxed, and without even trying for more than what it seemed a few seconds, I felt my body start to slide off my bed (slide, not float as most people describe), almost as if something/somebody was dragging me off my bed.

When I was about to completely slide off my bed I started feeling a sharp pain in my chest (or maybe a vibration?), and as usual, I panicked and woke up instantly.

SP is so common to me but at the same time it’s still always just as scary as the last time, at least while it’s happening. I’ve always wanted to just go through it and astral project but the fact that SP is so reoccurring to me and scary, it makes me feel like there is something that desperately wants me to leave my body, maybe something evil, making me anxious and stopping me from completely going through it.

What do you guys suggest I do? Is all the scary stuff just in my head?

Hopefully some of you guys can take a couple minutes out of your day and enlighten me on this subject! Thanks in advance!