Hi guys, Im new to this forum and thought i would share something very frightening that happened to me not long ago. I have had these kind of experiences on and off but this one was very strong and very scary.

I went to bed and i was just laying there thinking about stuff and then it felt like I was put into a massive cannon and blasted. it then felt like a massive planet sized hammer smashed me through into an alternate dimension. I was still in my room but it looked a little different. Everything felt very unstable and if i done a tiny noise, the universe would just collapse on itself.

Then i got up and it then felt like i was splitting in half and my chest was made up of two other bodies. The rest of my body felt as if it was made up of massive particles. I even started to tear up because i was afraid i wont be able to get my mind back together. I had another feelings but i wouldn't know how to explain them.

I took my hand and placed it on the wall next to my bed, closed my eyes and just concentrated on the coldness transferring from the wall to my hand. I then started thinking about what the wall was made up off and was studying the imperfections on the surface. Doing this eventually snapped me back into reality.

I spoke to my psychiatrist and she said that it was called dissociation and its getting worse because I am trying to remember things from my childhood that were very traumatizing to me and my brain is attempting to stop these memories coming back. She also told me what i did with my hand is called "grounding"

Anyone else experience something similar ? Its not something i want to go through again.

Grounding is importent. One thought to consider is that there is an astral plane and we are always in it. When we are conscious and awake, our purpose is to stay focused on the earth plane to a large extent. Integrating the astral and the physical is not an easy task. So balance and grounding are required.

I wish you well.

John

I've experienced this type feeling, although not as severe as your experience, with sleep paralysis which happens to me frequently.

I rather enjoy the experience of sleep paralysis now as apposed to when I was young when it scared me alot!

Here's a link to dissociation from a psychological view:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociation_%28psychology%29

here's a few more links that may interest you:

http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/...t/full/50/6/739
http://www.soulselfhelp.on.ca/dissociationmain.html

Thanks for the links. You think its a form of sleep paralysis ? I have that alot too but i cannot move and that also is freaky.

Tairon, if you are under a physician's care, then you may wish to consider getting your second opinions from other physicians, rather than taking what washes up a web forum.

Good luck.

I had a dream of which was of a very mixed distortion of my own life around me. Chest blasting was how it most def felt, basicaly the last thing I remember before I woke up cry and absolutly terrifyed was a distant red and black firey hole a fair distance in the sky. I came to the conclusion that due the astonishing stress I was under at the time,... after actually getting over it, it pretty much all came together.

The subconscious does terrible thinks to the mind some times.
The worst part... was I knew I was dreaming and couldnt wake up, paralized .... this has happened only twice, hope it was the last.