I Couldn't Speak

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Story type: Out of Body Experience
Location: home
Source: Form Submission
Date submitted: Tue Jan 15 22:54:51 2008

I have always had a interest in the things I cannot understand in our world as we know it; spiritually that is. My interest peaked after my sister passed away in 1991; this is when I believe I had my first OBE.

I vividly remember to this day what it was like to have what I think was an OBE. I was with my sister on the top of a bunk bed and she was telling me that she was going away to school and she was sorry that she was not going to be able to see me anymore, however it was something that needed to be done. We said our goodbyes and she seemingly floated off the top of the bed landing on the floor making her exit. All the while my Dad was awake getting ready for work and he could hear my bed shaking, while I was not really moving or speaking. He came into my room and tried to wake me up but I wasn't budging; then finally I awoke. What made it so strange was the feeling of being paralyzed; it took me a good five minutes to fully get moving again. When I got out of bed I was very upset, yet happy for having the closure that I was definatly searching for with my sisters death. It took me some time to go back to sleep because I was feeling very tingly and numb.

Then, when I was about sixteen a similar situation happened again. I found myself floating in my hallway, belly down. The whole house was dark like it would be at night time. I for some reason thought that my boyfriend at the time was downstairs and I tried so hard to call for him; but I couldn't speak. I kept yelling his name, and I began to feel uneasy when I figured out that he wasn't there. So I floated twards my parents room and started trying to scream for my mom. I kept yelling "mommy, mommy help me, help me," however I couldn't muster out a word; I couldn't even open my mouth.

I remember starting to panic and that's when I could see myself floating above my body. I must have fell asleep on my stomach because all I could see was the back of my head. Then, I slowly began feeling sluggish and all I could hear was this wooshing or staticy sound. The whole time I was thinking to myself I know I' am awake but I feel like I 'am not awake. Then boom I was laying face down in my bed (the way I saw myself previously). I tried for a couple seconds to open my eyes, as well as move my body which all seemed impossible; I was numb and I couldn't move at all. Finally, I jumped up and was totally unable to go back to sleep.

Through-out the years I was able to realize what had happened and have accepted that this is something that is normal and can be at peace when I travel out of my body. Since that incedent I have had two more OBE's; I do not totally understand how to work this experience, however I can appreciate it for what it is.