Comments on: Migraine and Out of Body Experiences

By: Joseph McClain

Joseph McClain — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:22:36 +0000

and I have to say wow, too, Heather. I know exactly what you are talking about. It came to a crisis situation for me last year on Christmas day and continued for months after that. For that reason I am working hard on myself not to dread this season. But is was scary.I am working on a book in which that period is a major piece. If you want I will send it to you. Let me know. My email: josephmcclain2@hotmail.com. EVERYONE LET’S KEEP COMMUNICATING…AT LEAST FOR ME THIS IS IMPORTANT.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:00:43 +0000

Wow. Years ago I asked my doctor if one migraine symptom was feeling like there was a dream world going on right next to me, or behind a closed door. It’s happened a few times in the intervening years, as if another reality is operating very close by.

In recent years, persistent deja vu is one of my signals that a migraine is imminent in the next couple of days. I will feel constant deja vu for several minutes.

By: viv

viv — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:51:11 +0000

I myself experience such things along with my frequent (& severe) migraines.
Oftentimes the people around me will ask “what are you looking at? are you okay?” and I have the strange sensation that I’m not inside my body at all, but in a sort of tunnel in front of myself.
I also have NOT told people about this, because I was worried of their reaction. I tell those who ask me if I’m ‘ok’ that I’m *zoned out*.

Maybe it’s a pain response? Or perhaps the pain is a response to this occurance?

By: joseph

joseph — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:54:06 +0000

telling this kind of experience even to the most understanding doctor can be very sobering. I have migraines in which I begin to be aware of various different realities. They are very real and happen simultaneously. But when I try to follow them, I realize that it is not a concrete reality. I try hard to hang onto what I know is a reality, but sometimes the other streams of reality invade and you don’t realize it. And then after 4 hours or so it is over. Very alarming and frightening. I have just gone through extensive tests including 4 MRIs which showed that everything is totally normal. A very healthy guy with strange migraines. I have recently started using an NTI device and I think it is helping a lot. So interested in others experiences.

By: jay l.

jay l. — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 07:30:52 +0000

I hope this makes sense. I have had the feeling of flying out of my body during some migraines. I found that holding my husband’s hand or arm made me feel more grounded. Holding certain stones also seemed to ease the feeling that I am being pulled out of my body.

By: jay l.

jay l. — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 07:20:07 +0000

I can’t explain why, but I experience the same thing. I have to move very gingerly because some of my energy flaps around like long hair. I find it comforting to sit on the ground or walk barefoot outside.

By: Amy S

Amy S — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 02:49:36 +0000

I was diagnosed with migraines when I was about eight years old after seizures were ruled out. I can remember lying in bed, and having the feeling of being on a merry-go-round above my bed. It was a fantastic sensation of peace and calm; it alerted me that I was about to fall asleep. I can’t in all honestly, say if a migraine ever followed or preceded.

It wasn’t until I was in my twenties that I even heard of an OBE, let alone associated the two. I’d always assumed that it was a normal experience that no one ever talked about.

By: tania o connor

tania o connor — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 23:35:50 +0000

Thank god i’m not the only person experiencing this strange feeling, after every migraine attack i have there is a period of time where its as though there are two of me in the same body or maybe a better way to explain it is that my soul hasn’t re-attached to my body properly?!? when i move a part of my body it’s like another part of me is trying to catch up with that movement in slow motion, like a double exposure. Its the strangest feeling. I would love an explanation for this.

By: unreported_experience

unreported_experience — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:43:56 +0000

I began taking medication for migraines at age four. They diagnosed me with migraines without aura, but I realized much later in life I just thought aura symptoms were normal, and at that point didn’t want to mention them as they would just disturb my parents and not me. I remember often feeling as if I was about 3 inches above and to the left of my body, except for my head which seemed attached. I would also frequently cling to covers of my bed to avoid falling off, as there was no amount of reason that could convince my mind it wasn’t turned sideways; alternatively I would black out and then see pretty yellow lights floating round and get this incredible fuzzy feeling that I dearly miss to this day since my migraines went away in adulthood. I thought I could feel the world turning lol; I can easily see in more life threatening circumstances with adrenaline and other things playing part people believing they’re on the way to heaven/ hell and leaving their body behind

By: Severt Nielsen

Severt Nielsen — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:11:26 +0000

My wife has suffered with aura migraines for 25 years. In the early years she would have several aura episodes a year, then went for many years with just 3 or 4 episodes a year. Now, she is have these aura experiences just about every week with the headaches to follow of course. Here in the last couple of years she has been experiencing what she describes as a “disconnected” feeling at times and sometimes she says it feels like a rubber band has just been popped in her head. Of course these episodes are very frightening for her. I’d be very grateful to anyone who could point me in right direction to get my wife some relief.