Why OBEs happen more easily for me
It's been several months since I last wrote anything here, mostly because I've had a lot going on, and I was also dealing with some health issues. I'm finally back in an apartment that's quiet at night, and my health is fine, so I'm looking forward to having some OBEs again.
If I haven't written about this before, I thought I'd make a few notes here about why I seem to have OBEs so much easier than the rest of the population. Not including genetics, which I can only guess at, there are five factors that I think make me more prone to having OBEs than most people.
Sick, and a dream of "echinicia"
I was down and out again yesterday, feeling sick with what I assume are allergy problems, so I took a long nap in the afternoon. (I also had to get up at 6am to get to the Toyota repair shop, which is much earlier than my usual wake up time.) I finally started feeling better very late last night, and had great and very vivid dreams of friends and family members throughout the night.
First migraine of 2009
Argh, my first migraine of 2009 tonight. After running errands all day, including taking Zeus to the vet, I decide to get a coffee at Starbucks, and while waiting for the coffee, I know the migraine is coming. I crash at 5pm, and wake up near midnight, still with a little pain, and my hands shaking.
Three OBEs while sick and exhausted
Another three OBEs last night, but frankly, it wouldn't have mattered to me if I came out of my physical body and went straight to the moon. I was sick -- possibly from something I ate for dinner -- and my heart was pounding, and I was also exhausted and brain-dead from tons of overtime lately.
Being sick in a dogsled race
From a dream recording, sounding very, very groggy:
Can't remember how I got in ... this race ... but it's like a dogsled race, I wasn't happy because I couldn't pee ... in a public place. And I couldn't figure out the food situation, when and where I was supposed to eat. There are like mixed, international people. Part of me wanted to quit, part wanted to leave.
I'm going to the next stop, the people, all the guys told me I'm crazy, so I'm thinking about quitting.
(long pause)
