Thread: Is this an OBE or a lucid nightmare?

So this morning I was in a dream where I was lying in my bed (in a room completely different to mine) thinking about OBE's (unaware I was dreaming), and I randomly tried to see if I could do a 360 rotation (I had my eyes open and was staring at something on the ceiling directly above me). To my astonishment, I did it perfectly; it made me feel really queezy though. I kept doing this to see what would happen and eventually it started happening out of my control and I was spinning constantly. I got worried at this point because I couldn't stop what was happening and tried to slow the spinning down. At first, I had no luck, but eventually I manage to slow it down a bit. Then something came over me. This strange feeling which felt like I was going through some sort of change, just swept over me like a sheet. I didn't know what to think of it - all I knew was that I had done something which meant the ball was rolling, and wouldn't stop.
Then my eyes were forced shut, and the spinning stopped (not sure if I was dreaming or awake at this point). I wondered if I had gotten somewhere so I tried moving my right arm. It felt sleep paralysis-ish as it was hard to move and heavy, so I stopped and tried my left - I had full control over it, and it was as light as a feather. I opened my eyes slightly to see what was happening, and I could see 2 arms (and I was also back in my room). One being my real one, perfectly still next to my side, and one being my 'other' one, moving around. I shut my eyes again and used this free limb to pull myself 'out' of my 'body'. Slowly but surely, I managed to pry myself out (now and then opening my eyes to see what was happening, and seeing my original self motionless in bed) until the point where I was able to just get out of bed and stand up in my room, with my actual body still in bed.

At this point, I was like and went to my window and looked out out of it. I can't remember what I saw but I said to myself ''Dude! I've actually done it! I'm out of my body!'' and turned back to my bed, getting on my knees to see what things felt like. I couldn't distinguish any differences, so I got up and walked to the door (it was wide open for some reason), and briefly tried masturbating. Immediately upon doing so, I noticed it felt completely different, and my body both looked and felt warped. Then I noticed something horrifying; my 'private area' had something wedged into the japs eye. I pulled down the foreskin and there were nails and other metal objects stuck in everywhere. This seriously alarmed me, and I proceeded to remove it all without consideration of whether it would hurt or not. It didn't hurt, but it didn't feel comfortable either.

Then the second horror arose. I heard something coming up the stairs, snarling viciously (I think). I could feel its presence, and it sent me into a deep state of fear, as it felt both hellish and demonic; everything about it negative. I was terrified and felt trapped, as my room was a dead end. I wanted to get out of the place I was in IMMEDIATELY, and back into my body so I did the 'will myself back' thing. To begin with, nothing happened, and my state of fear grew worse as I thought this thing would get to me. I then closed my eyes and put everything I had into going back, into feeling back in my bed again. I then felt like I was being drawn back to my body and tried to intensify the feeling of being in bed. Then I 'woke up'.

Now, the strange thing is that the feeling of the world I was in.. I've felt it before. Likewise, it was a bad experience, and I didn't know whether I was dreaming or beyond that. One of my childhood nightmares used to be something menacing coming up the stairs, too. However, I distinctly came out of the body I was in, so even if it was a dream to begin with, surely I converted it into something else?

I'm really confused about this. If it IS an OBE, why was it so bad?

EDIT: I forgot to add: When I said ''Dude! I've actually done it! I'm out of my body!'' my voice was also messed up. It kind of scared me, but I figured since I was in a different reality it was natural.