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choking on Sun Aug 13, 2006 1:42 am

Prophet

Joined: 12 Jan 2006
Posts: 79

when i try and ap or obe i feel as if im being deprived of oxigen
like i need to breath alot faster.
this makes me worried and i dont even get to ap or obe.
the conditiosn im in are, laying down on a bed, at night, a fan going on my night stand

wtf is wrong
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Posted on Sun Aug 13, 2006 6:16 pm

existanceisnothing

Joined: 02 Aug 2006
Posts: 139

ever go too sleep flip over and almost smuther ureself in ure pillow while u have a dream of drowning....that sucked
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Posted on Sun Aug 13, 2006 9:39 pm

Kenshin1

Joined: 24 Jul 2006
Posts: 59

i have this same problem as well
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Posted on Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:09 pm

Echo

Joined: 15 Jul 2006
Posts: 15

I think this is due to the fact your breathing shallows when you're asleep. And since an obe requires (as far as I know) that you put your body to sleep.

I had the same problem for about week last month (or very similar at least), and my advice is that you just divert your mind from your breathing. You'll breath whether you will it or not. And if you are deprived of oxygen, your body will eventually knock ya out and take over. So I simply worry about your lungs and focus on the blackness in front of you (not too much though ;D)


~
Echo
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Posted on Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:58 pm

CleanX

Joined: 15 Jan 2006
Posts: 30

When you try and AP/OOBE your mind is wandering away from relizing that your breathing. I have this feeling all the time, you suddenly think AHH im not breathing ,and it ruins your whole experience. To minimize this effect, when you relize that your "not" breathing, just dont care. In reality you are breating, but your too relaxed to notice. Your body wouldnt just up and let you stop breathing would it? Very Happy

Your body will take care of itself while trying to oobe, so dont worry about it. Hope this helps~
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Posted on Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:48 am

edge_of_reason

Joined: 19 Mar 2006
Posts: 114

Do breath meditation before hand. http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/breathmed.html
I even Googled a good website for you! Aren't I nice?
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Posted on Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:20 pm

bladeslinger

Joined: 10 Feb 2006
Posts: 1337

You just have to go into the "meh" state of mind where you ignore the thought of "Ahhh I'm not breathing!!". It takes practice but you get the hand of it....
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Posted on Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:18 pm

michellethemit

Joined: 13 Jan 2006
Posts: 161

You know what? The first time I AP/OBEed, it felt like I was suffocating >.< I haven't been able to AP/OBE since. So you have my sympathies. If you figure out a way around that, let me know.
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Posted on Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:11 pm

johnyo5

Joined: 23 Jan 2006
Posts: 177

i think you feel like this because your thinking about breathing i get it all the time:D its normal
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Posted on Wed Aug 16, 2006 1:00 am

Psi_Fi

Joined: 10 Aug 2006
Posts: 28

The same thing happens to me. It almost feels like your chest is crushing your lungs.

I believe it probably can be relieved through learning some breathing techniques, or maybe that's how it's supposed to be.
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Posted on Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:50 pm

Grintoth_

Joined: 21 Aug 2006
Posts: 41

sorry to ruin everyone's fun, but that's actually a sleeping disorder. People wake up in the middle of the night to find that they can't breath and their throat feels like it's closing up. The disorder is called "Sleep induced swallowing syndrome." Really, look it up. Even if you're not entirely asleep, it can happen. It used to happen to me, and it's really terrifying. Maybe it is part of OBE's too, lots of people say it is, but I really don't know.
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