Here’s a little background: I have astral projected a few times before. Having said that, I know how to put myself into the sleep paralysis state and feel comfortable/familiar with the sensations that come with sleep paralysis and inducing it.

So last night I had stayed up studying for an exam I had this morning. I ended up sleeping at 6:30am. I usually don’t get so tired even if I stay up all night but the monotony of my math studies made me incredibly tired. I was in a trance like state trying to absorb as much information as possible. At around 5:00am I started to think about how tired I was. It was at this moment that I stared at my computer screen and unintentionally put myself into a meditative state. I was fully awake and could see everything around me. As I got deeper I got into this mind-state I lost more and more feeling of my body. I noticed this and thought it was so weird because the same exact thing happens to me as I am trying to induce sleep paralysis so that I can astral project. I eventually completely lost feeling. The ringing in my ears that I always hear became significantly louder, just like what happens to me as get closer to astral projection during my astral projection “process”. At the same time this was happening, my vision started to become distorted, similar to those shroom POV videos you can find on YouTube. I felt that I could almost astral project from that state, even though I was awake. I eventually snapped out of it as there was a slight feeling of parsnip creeping up on me (similar to the fear one may feel while in sleep paralysis). This whole experience lasted about 3 minutes. Has anyone else had a similar experience? Or astral projected while awake? My exhaustion was the main reason I was able to get to this state. Very interesting experience.