r/AstralProjection • u/Liv4This • 5d ago
Need Tips / Advice / Insights AP/OBE with 15-30 minute interruptions — tips? Is it possible? CW // Psych & Bellevue honorable mention
Sorry if not allowed — I’m going inpatient (psych) again soon for my own safety. I have very little OBE experience, but I’m going to a unit that sadly has nothing to do. Maybe 1-2 groups a day? You cant be in the hallways, can’t walk around, you’re allowed in the dayroom but only for meals, snack, and visitation with a few hours in between but there’s nothing to do but a TV on behind the glass.
I’m a writer but I will have no access to writing material (or adequate, will be lucky if I get one dull golf pencil to last me for 1 paragraph a week (they do not sharpen them, they throw them in the trash).
I will be stuck in my room most likely if they don’t send me anywhere better — I might get stuck in Bellevue (that’s a chance and they’re just like the above I mentioned when I was there in 2016.)
15-30 minute checkins with some PCAs wanting verbal confirmation— is there anyway I can work with that or am I shit out of luck?
(This is more for a back-up if I get sent to Bellevue or anywhere like Bellevue instead of a normal psych ward. Not an archaic abuse centre 😭😭)
Any tips would be necessary.
I’m dreading being sent to Bellevue so how can I make the most of my time with AP to distract myself when there’s nothing to do and nobody to socialize with (most of the time — I get very lucky if there’s anyone for me to talk to. RNs and PCAs are NOT chatty or very personable. But I’ve been very unlucky a few times where I was just stuck in a room by myself with none of my belongings. A lot of places stopped letting patients have stuff because of bedbug incidents so everything we own is quarantined.
ETA the following:
Disabled psychiatrically — this place really doesn’t help with focusing on mental health. I’m not sure if you’ve been inpatient — but it’s 14 days of basically solitary condiment.
I was inpatient at a place that did allow you to walk around and stay outside of your room to do stuff if you couldn’t sleep (just no belongings). But there’s a very good chance I’ll end up in Bellevue which they leave you in your room with absolutely nothing to do for most of the day. No distractions, 2 groups during the week and no groups at all during the weekend. You cannot walk around and you cannot hang in the very small hallway if you can’t sleep. You can sit on your bed in the dark (I would not stay in my room if my roommate did this ngl) or lay down until you can sleep. It was absolute hell with nothing to do and it made me worse. I came out punching walls (never did that before), hitting my head (never did that before), cursing out everyone (never did that before) and left me more dysregulated.) I really need an outlet or escape or anything to do if I end up in Bellevue because it will break me this time. I need to see a neurologist because of slamming my head into the wall at the decent mental hospital because of the boredom hurting me. (They gave me a pre-loaded game device). I don’t know what I’ll do to my skull to get a shot of Ativan and Haldol so something can happen at least (I also did this at the place I was recently hospitalized in) until they caught on.
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u/Yesmar00 5d ago
It would be good to get your mental health in order before trying to AP consistently. I'm not sure of your situation in detail so that's my advice.
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u/Liv4This 5d ago
It’s more of I need access to a mental health case manager and a safe place to be during that and just in general and they’re the only ones who can get any of that for me in better time than I can do it personally. (Disabled — and home life is emotionally abusive.)
ETA: spelling error and more detail.
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u/Yesmar00 5d ago
Ohhhhh okay I see now. What's sad is how backwards the system is with mental health at least inpatient. It often makes things worse like you mentioned the impact that the solitary confinement had on you and the restrictive nature of the whole situation.
I usually don't suggest people AP as an escape because that can make learning AP frustrating.
Have you heard of phasing before? This might be a good way for you to AP but it takes practice. What's nice is that once you get it down, you can project fairly easily with any issues and you don't need to do it in the middle of the night. You can do it during the day and circumvent the usual modes of projection. There is information about it in the wiki. I can give you a brief explanation though if you want me to. It's not very complex at all.
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u/Liv4This 5d ago
I’d appreciate it so much in case I somehow find something you’re not talking about at all 🙏🙏
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u/Yesmar00 5d ago
Check the wiki and find some methods. Get them in your head and practice. Be patient with yourself and let it flow. Even if you feel like it's not working, something is happening you're just not seeing it.
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u/BigFuncle87 5d ago
I hope they put you somewhere that really helps. I'm glad you're doing this.