A few times.... I get a feeling somewhat akin to the description in 'Alice in Wonderland', where she's eaten the mushroom and suddenly her neck is above the treetops.

I feel as if I'm stretching, my neck becomes like a swan's neck, extremely flexible and I can turn round and stare at the top of my own head. I don't think I've ever totally separated, but it's definately not my body I'm in. It's quite relaxing and never scary unless I'm under the influence of prescription drugs - morphine does it to me every time, along with a feeling of panic, nausea and vertigo. I try to avoid morphine for that reason.

Having Pethadine during heart surgery for which I had to be awake but relaxed was interesting. Again, the feeling of stretching out and looking over myself, but this time I was stretching out from the side, like sliding the bottom card off the deck.

I can induce it, but not often. It doesn't scare me often.

LTS