Thanks Perlinfalcon. Wow I can't believe many of you here try to induce SP if that's what I suffer from. But like you say, it's probably only because my experiences are often bad. Other times though they are just uncomfortable - I feel rather like a silk scarf being pulled rapidly out of a magician's hat then whirling through some kind of crazy vortex till I arrive at "wherever" I'm going to be or "whoever" I,m going to be with - nearly always unseen places & unseen entities yet always strongly felt.

My sleep patterns can be erratic - I have always been an insomniac - even when really tired I often find it hard to sleep. And I may have a mild form of sleep apnoea - I often find myself taking a gasp of breath during near-sleep periods. Although sleep apnoea usually affects middle-aged over-weight
men & I'm a middle-aged slim female. But of course there are always exceptions to the rule. But with me, these experiences can happen when I'm extremely tired or just averagely tired. Sometimes I can have several in one week - other times I don't have them for months. It all seems pretty weird to me.

Also, do you know much about continuing a dream? That's one experience I do enjoy. Occasionally I've had a really great dream about some fantastic adventure or something & then I wake up, go back to sleep again & continue where I left off - it's great - just like reading or writing a book.

But I'm so so glad I've found this website - I no longer feel isolated & alone in this experience - it's very comforting believe me.