Has anyone ever experienced what I call an out of body experience? That is what I call it. I guess it could be a psychotic break. I have had a few, I can honestly say I was aware of my body doing different things, but I would be watching, not participating. As I said they have occurred during some extremely stressful times in my life. Everntually, I did not choose when, I would go back to my body and it was ok. I was not upset, but I remembered the experience.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.It's not unheard of. The perceived mind / body connection can be disturbed by stress or deliberately messed with using different mental techniques, or drugs. I forget the details but there's actually a pretty simple way to induce a perceived "phantom limb" where your hand suddenly seems like it doesn't belong to your body. If you can do that for a hand you can do it for your whole body I'd think.
People are unaware of the altered states of consciousness that are possibe. The mind can provide some realistic personal subjective experiences that are totally non-standard / atypical. No great mystery there.
mordant
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Mar 10, 2018
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I went home for lunch one time, and after eating, I took a nap. I was sleeping soundly, then I realized that I had to get up and head back to work. I jumped up, headed to the door, went to open it....then, was instantly and mysteriously back in bed. I tried it again...got up went to the door, went to open it, instantly back in bed. I kept trying, but I could never open that door and get out...until I woke up out of the stupor I was in, I kept ending up back in bed. Almost like sleepwalking...without your body!!!
Galihad_Z
Level 7
Mar 10, 2018
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wow, that is really something. Mine I have usually been sitting away from my body and I would watch me talk and other people moving or talking.
That would make you glad you came out of your stupor.
For sure!
When I left religion in the eighties I went through a period of “spiritual but not religious” and went so far as to attend a five day seminar with an organization started by David Silva called Silva Mind Control. The classes took place in Tucson and the instructor was a gal named Samantha. She was one of the most charismatic people that I have ever met. She could place thoughts into your subconscious that would happen just like a hypnotist suggesting events that the person acts on. I was very impressed by what I saw but I have always thought that what we did was nothing more than training our minds to believe something and then experiencing it. Imagination is a powerful aspect of the mind and we can at times experience things that seem very real but are but dream-like occurrences and not real. I did out-of-body events but always knew they were my imagination working and not real events.
gearl
Level 8
Mar 10, 2018
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Did you ever talk to your doctor about it or se a counseler? It's a fairly common thing for people who have had a tramatic event to experience something like that. Different people deal differently with high amounts of stress, some revel in it, some become irritable or angry, some shut down and some do what you did... go on some sort of auto pilot because it seemed too much for your system to handle. I had one friend tell me she had wonky bio-chemistry, basically her hormones were responsible. When she got stressed certain ones kicked in more than they should have and countered the ones she actually needed to deal with the stress. I don't remember the specific names of them but if you discribe your feelings to a doctor who is willing to listen, often some blood tests for the stress related hormones would likely be in order and kept up on. I don't think it's dangerous to be honest, unless you have a heart condition that is. However if you want to not have it happen any more, it would likely be best delt with that way, if for no other reason than to rule out any possible health issues.
AmyLF
Level 7
Mar 10, 2018
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I had a brief experience once where it felt like I was starting to separate from my body, but it scared me, so I jumped back in!
skado
Level 9
Mar 10, 2018
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Hahaha!
II have a friend I met recently. She has a masters in nursing in psychiatry. She explained it was my way of dealing with the stress. As I said it never scared me, and I remember, more than anything it puzzled me. I was always ok when I came back. Sometimes, if it involved grief, I might finally cry, but that was healthy. i just hoped I wasn't the only one who had experienced them.
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