Floating Around My Room

From: Joshua Stitt (joshmstitt@yahoo.com)
Story type: Out of Body Experience
Location: California
Source: Form Submission
Date submitted: Sat Jul 16 21:01:59 2011

This experience happened while I was trying to take a nap this afternoon. I was laying on my bed in a state of total relaxation very close to sleep but not quite. With my eyes closed I was able to see the room around me and at first I distinctly remember feeling my body rise slightly and rotate becoming parallel to the headboard of the bed. Being somewhat frightened by this I instinctually opened my eyes only to find that I had not moved at all.

I then closed my eyes again and this time I both felt and saw my body rise directly upward toward the ceiling I even felt the impact on my nose. I opened my eyes once again and was astounded to see that I actually hadn't moved an inch. I repeated this process several times and each time I closed my eyes was able to control which corner of the room I would drift to next. I felt weightlessness and a sense of freedom excited to know that I could fly anywhere though I never left my room. I even recall being concerned that my parents who were in the room directly outside mine would see me floating around.

I opened my eyes a final time and managed to get up thinking I have got to try this outside. But I was unable to recreate this effect which was disappointing. To me this experience was radically different from that of a normal dream. It was very unusual while at the same time intriguing I will definitely be looking foward to the next one.