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People who haven't had true out-of-body experiences use the term without realizing what it is to have one. To be honest, it's the most fucked up experience of m

People who haven't had true out-of-body experiences use the term without realizing what it is to have one. To be honest, it's the most fucked up experience of my life... I have done floating in the sensory depriv tanks but it takes something on the order of ayahuasca to actually leave your body.

692 5y ago
I had the experience whilst being under hypnosis and your comment > it's the most fucked up experience of my life describes it very well. I was so freaked out by the thought of not getting back into my body, I panicked and woke my self up. I believe/ heard that it can can recreated at will
- CapsAdmin 5y ago
  In my experience on psychedelics, I was observing myself freaking out in third person from a calm conscious perspective. I remember asking and thinking to myself that it was strange and funny that I was freaking out because this is all just temporary. (freaking out might be a strong term, but my heart was racing, I was breathing heavily, shaking/shivering, etc, but still laying relatively still) So to me the weirdest thing about an out of body experience was that I could observe my brain in a similar way to how I observe my hand right now. I can move my fingers around, and the hand is definitely part of me, but my hand does not feel conscious. So when having this experience it felt like my consciousness moved out of my head to the room and that I was observing how my head was processing thoughts while still being somewhat in control of those thoughts.
  - 692 5y ago
    that's sounds awesome, much better than my experience. I genuinely believed at the time my mind would not be able to go back and I'd die or go brain dead (no psychedelics or drugs taken)
yanslookup 5y ago
How does it compare to depersonalization/derealization?
- Enginerrrd 5y ago
  I'd call those totally different experiences. Depersonalization/derealization SUCKS. I had episodes of that for months after an LSD trip. It's not fun. However, I've definitely had other experiences I would call proper out of body experiences, and those feel more insightful and interesting. Mostly those came from meditation, but one came the first time I had to kill an animal. (I had to put down a rabbit that was suffering a long slow death, and I remember it was really weird. I watched myself swing the axe, but I didn't initiate the swing nor keep it going. It just happened. Strange feeling.) The former doesn't feel out of body, it feels more like you're stuck in the wrong body, or one you just don't identify with. Like it doesn't feel right, it feels like it's in the wrong position, or like a strange robot your don't quite know the ins and outs of. It CAN feel like you're watching yourself, but it's... different. I don't know quite how to explain. Like, in the out of body, you are watching yourself, but you identify WITH the observer. With the DP/DR, you don't really identify with the body you're watching OR the observer. It just feels detached and wrong.
runekaagaard 5y ago
Playing a concert very important to me, I experienced my first out of body experience during the entire first number. I remember floating about 1 meter above my head and looking down on the piano and watching me play. Curious.

692 5y ago

I had the experience whilst being under hypnosis and your comment > it's the most fucked up experience of my life describes it very well. I was so freaked out by the thought of not getting back into my body, I panicked and woke my self up. I believe/ heard that it can can recreated at will

CapsAdmin 5y ago
In my experience on psychedelics, I was observing myself freaking out in third person from a calm conscious perspective. I remember asking and thinking to myself that it was strange and funny that I was freaking out because this is all just temporary. (freaking out might be a strong term, but my heart was racing, I was breathing heavily, shaking/shivering, etc, but still laying relatively still) So to me the weirdest thing about an out of body experience was that I could observe my brain in a similar way to how I observe my hand right now. I can move my fingers around, and the hand is definitely part of me, but my hand does not feel conscious. So when having this experience it felt like my consciousness moved out of my head to the room and that I was observing how my head was processing thoughts while still being somewhat in control of those thoughts.
- 692 5y ago
  that's sounds awesome, much better than my experience. I genuinely believed at the time my mind would not be able to go back and I'd die or go brain dead (no psychedelics or drugs taken)

yanslookup 5y ago

How does it compare to depersonalization/derealization?

Enginerrrd 5y ago
I'd call those totally different experiences. Depersonalization/derealization SUCKS. I had episodes of that for months after an LSD trip. It's not fun. However, I've definitely had other experiences I would call proper out of body experiences, and those feel more insightful and interesting. Mostly those came from meditation, but one came the first time I had to kill an animal. (I had to put down a rabbit that was suffering a long slow death, and I remember it was really weird. I watched myself swing the axe, but I didn't initiate the swing nor keep it going. It just happened. Strange feeling.) The former doesn't feel out of body, it feels more like you're stuck in the wrong body, or one you just don't identify with. Like it doesn't feel right, it feels like it's in the wrong position, or like a strange robot your don't quite know the ins and outs of. It CAN feel like you're watching yourself, but it's... different. I don't know quite how to explain. Like, in the out of body, you are watching yourself, but you identify WITH the observer. With the DP/DR, you don't really identify with the body you're watching OR the observer. It just feels detached and wrong.

runekaagaard 5y ago

Playing a concert very important to me, I experienced my first out of body experience during the entire first number. I remember floating about 1 meter above my head and looking down on the piano and watching me play. Curious.