I've been thinking more and more about this recently, and after past experiences I'm pretty sure that I could succeed with AP but one thing stops me - fear.

The whole idea of it just seems so esoteric and improbable to me, yet I can't deny what I felt during my first attempt, and it was this sensation that made me stop abruptly, terrified. Let me try to explain; I'm a very scientific person, I used to hold open beliefs in what we are capable of and the potential of the untapped human mind but, predictably I suppose, these have been tempered as I've grown older - I undertook the AP exercise fully expecting nothing to happen, then I could scoff and shrug my shoulders, but since something did happen I find myself frozen and totally unable to take the next, logical step.

Is this something that should be forced, an instinctive reaction to overcome? Strangely, knowing that I could probably AP if I wanted to is almost enough, it gives me a kind of peaceful reassurance, but at the same time I remain certain that unless I work at trying to desensitise myself to the experience it is something I will never try again.

How did you overcome this fear? After experiencing it I would be impressed if anyone was calm and controlled enough to just 'go with the flow', as I felt like I was losing control of my body, did the enthusiasm and sheer stubborness of wanting to achieve AP push you past the fear, or did you have to chip away at it over a number of weeks, months, or even years?