[heennaRaf]

Thanks so much for the replies!

I have intentionally tried to project once before but to no avail, I get anxious easily when strange sensations occur. Your input has helped me feel more relaxed about it though, maybe this will help me let go more easily when this happens and I will read up more on psychic defense. Is there something that makes some people more vulnerable to attack than others?

The most intense experience I ever had was on the night of my last birthday, the sinking paralysis started as soon as I got into bed and while I kept resisting it and getting up again everytime I allowed it to occur I also had the sensation of a shadow(??) passing over my head. I didn't experience an attack initially but had the most wonderful experience which involved leaving the ground and flying over landscape and progressively higher until entering a 3 dimensional gridwork in the universe, the visuals were beautiful and the feeling I experienced while doing this was like being in love, it was only later in this case that I encountered an 'attack', the worst I have experienced to date.

Thanks again, will look at other people's experiences and compare.