I fell asleep one night and in the middle of the night I became consciously aware that I was sleeping- I was not dreaming and everything was black. I was unable to feel my body and the only sensation I felt was a "floating in air sensation" this lasted for possibly minutes, until I noticed that I was not breathing. I attempted to breathe but I could not feel my longs- so I tried harder and I felt a falling sensation and finally woke up from the void I was in and my lungs filled with air.
Is this an out of body experience, despite that all I could see was a black void? I felt like nothing but conscious awareness.
To make it more interesting I later dreamt that I heard the voice of god speaking to an angel that was watching me and telling god what I was doing. The only drugs I take are an anti anxiety pill for major depression and anxiety- which should not cause an effect on my breathing. Does anyone have similar stories, opinions, advice, etcetera?
This is so true. Because sometimes when my husband who is a Minister falls to sleep he wakes up gasping for air. He said it felt like his soul was leaving his body. And he said the Lord was talking to him before it happened.
Is he ever capable of remembering what the lord said to him before waking up?
This sounds like Sleep Apnea. And since The Lord is probable just some superstitious myth, I would go see a sleep specialist. I'm sure football great Reggie White thought he was talking to The Lord too.....right before he succumbed to the disorder.
Yes, but your pills appear to have caused your dreams to be vivid and quite active. Go back to your doctor to see if he needs to adjust your medication.
My doctor said that there is nothing wrong with having vivid dreams. It is only a problem to have hallucinations while awake- with the exception of when partaking in the consumption of psychoactive drugs.
Night terror
Becoming mentally aware before the body "wakes up" from its paralyzed state can be a terrifying experience, as people realize they can't move or speak. Frequently, these episodes are accompanied by hallucinations and the sensation of breathlessness.
http://news.yahoo.com/makes-sleep-paral … 28522.html
Some Iraqi Veterans have been known to suffer from this disorder, due to the trauma experienced in combat.
yes, out of body methinks. the falling sensation is a common re-entry sensation. it may have been triggered by sleep apnea; it's easier to separate when the body is in distress ---not the ideal way to do it though. if you'd like to experiment, and see if you can recreate the experience, this site may be helpful (nothing for sale, they are a little evangelical, but the techniques are sound and the process is efficient) http://obe4u.com/
Sounds a lot like sleep paralysis.
Your mind is partially awake, and partially dreaming, but you can't move.
Sucks. Happens to me all the time.
by Grace-Wolf-30 11 years ago
Have you ever dreamt of an outer body experience?
by Carmen_Sandiego 12 years ago
How can I have an out-of-body experience? What's the process?
by Joseph Attard 13 years ago
Do you believe in Out of Body Experience, OBE?Have you perhaps even had this experience? Tell us about it, how it feels, what you see. Do you only see your own body, lying on the bed or wherever? Do you only hover up to the ceiling over your own body and nothing more?
by Rachel Vega 11 years ago
Have you ever had an out of body experience?I have, but not recently. Just wondering if any other hubbers have experienced this and when.
by Hollie Thomas 12 years ago
In February of this year my son (aged 20) was involved in a serious accident and as a consequence fractured his skull and two small bleeds, behind the fracture, were identified. For the first 48 hours it was touch and go as to whether he would have to undergo surgery. Fortunately he didn't, however...
by Angele Parris 8 years ago
Have you ever had an out-of-body experience? Could you keep it a secret?In Mark 9 Jesus was transfigured before Peter, James and John on a mountain. Moses and Elias appeared unto them, and started talking to Jesus. Peter wanted to build a monument, but the disciples were ordered not to tell anyone...
Copyright © 2025 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. HubPages® is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website.
Copyright © 2025 Maven Media Brands, LLC and respective owners.
As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.
For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy
Show DetailsNecessary | |
---|---|
HubPages Device ID | This is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons. |
Login | This is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service. |
Google Recaptcha | This is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy) |
Akismet | This is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Google Analytics | This is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Traffic Pixel | This is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized. |
Amazon Web Services | This is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy) |
Cloudflare | This is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Hosted Libraries | Javascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy) |
Features | |
---|---|
Google Custom Search | This is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Maps | Some articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Charts | This is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy) |
Google AdSense Host API | This service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Google YouTube | Some articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Vimeo | Some articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Paypal | This is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Login | You can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Maven | This supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy) |
Marketing | |
---|---|
Google AdSense | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Google DoubleClick | Google provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Index Exchange | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Sovrn | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Ads | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Unified Ad Marketplace | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
AppNexus | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Openx | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Rubicon Project | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
TripleLift | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Say Media | We partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy) |
Remarketing Pixels | We may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites. |
Conversion Tracking Pixels | We may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service. |
Statistics | |
---|---|
Author Google Analytics | This is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy) |
Comscore | ComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Tracking Pixel | Some articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy) |
Clicksco | This is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy) |