[maks_holi]

Hi, I am new to this forum but something startling happened to me and I would like to share it and see if other people have ever experienced something like this. First of all, I have been close to OBE's and I have gone through the vibrations, sounds, noise and feeling of numbness. But, a few nights ago something really weird happened.

I was lying down on my bed just relaxing with my eyes open. All of a sudden I started feeling energy rushing through my body and I feld a tingling sensation running through my legs and feet. I continued lying down without moving and the sensation started getting stronger and I began to loose feeling in my legs and my body. The weird thing is that I had my eyes open the whole time and I was not asleep or even close to falling asleep. I got nervous and I started moving around in my bed since I could still move (I have always been afraid when I would get OBE's). However, the sensation came back and at one point I felt like I was about to faint and I felt hot flashes running through my body. The most scary part came when I felt my heartbeat start racing very strongly. I got up since I became very scared that I would loose consciousness and that I would faint. Prior to this, I was not nervous or stressed out physically or mentally on that day.

So I went to the bathroom to splash myself with cold water and to relax. However, my heartbeat continued to race very fast and I felt short on breath. My questions are: Is it possible to get and OBE while fully awake and lying down like I was with my eyes open? Second, could I have lost consciousness if I continued lying down or would I go into an OBE? Could the increased heartbeat be the result of fear and panic, as well as the hot flashes? (the heartbeat lasted like that for about 20minutes) I do not have any health problems that could have caused this and last time I checked (recently) I was told I am perfectly healthy.

If this was an OBE or close to it how could I have controlled it more and how can I prevent the fear and anxiety over OBE's? I was not trying to induce an OBE but it just started happening and I really felt like I had no control over my body and what was happening. If anyone can give any feedback that would be great. [/b]

[intendepods]

I only want to add that if you already are afraid of an OBE and thought you might be having one when you first started having symptoms, you could have triggered an old-fashioned anxiety attack- mimicking the heart chakra symptoms.
I have had symptoms like those when awake and reclining- they didn't lead directly to an ob, but later on in the evening (after going to sleep) I did have a spontaneous OBE, which would tell me that your energy body was perhaps 'primed' and ready, even if the experience wasn't exactly welcome.

.02 c