Was this AP or just a very realistic lucid dream?
Hey all. I want to start off by saying I’m not able to lucid dream and haven’t been actively trying to. I sometimes have very vivid dream that I remember a lot of but nothing where I’m in control. I’ve been trying to AP for a few weeks now and have gotten close to the vibration stage but not AP. However I kept the tip about APing during Sleep Paralysis even though I almost never have sleep paralysis. So last night I laid down and tried to reach the vibrational stage and ended up falling asleep. However I woke up paralyzed and remembered I could try to AP, so I immediately tried stepping out. My vision had this blurry, glitchy, fading effect and I could tell this was harder than I anticipated, but after focusing and touching a bunch of things in my room, I was able to open my eyes, phase through my door, looked around and thought, “Wow, ive done it!” At first I was able to walk around but after some time I was able to hover and float. I also noticed the layout of my house was practically perfect, something which I never dream.I went over to my cats and pet them and just took it all in. However some weird things started to happen. The first was that when I went to look at my sleeping body, I jokingly said aloud, “hey that’s me”, but when I did my physical body tensed up and groaned seemingly in pain. Then I floated up to my ceiling, which has these exposed beams, and sat atop them. However there were about a dozen too many. Then my mom came out of her room which overlooks the ceiling, and i guess noticed I was moving things on the beams but not actually noticing me, and then started jumping across them, which she would never do. I also started interacting and taking objects with me, first my phone and then a flashlight, something that doesn’t seem possible while APing but I haven’t looked into that much. Then I noticed I couldn’t just wake back up, I had to sit down and basically just bore myself until I opened my eyes, clenched my chest and thought, “wow that was fucking crazy” So did I AP or was this some sort of hybrid? I had a few dreams earlier in the night, but I knew they were dreams. Random people I knew coming together, randomly mashed together environments, impossible scenarios etc. I don’t know why this would be a lucid dream because I’ve never been able to and haven’t been trying to, but when things started breaking down a lucid dream would make more sense. Maybe I started off APing but somehow transitioned into a lucid dream? Any help would be greatly appreciated
TL:DR
I’m unable to lucid dream
Woke up during sleep paralysis and pretty confident I APd
Had a very positive and realistic experience
Things started breaking down, my house changed and things happened that would never actually happen from an observer perspective
Was able to wake up but not voluntarily at first