It strikes me that there are now two ways that the term OBE is being used.

1) To Indicate a "genuine" Out of body experience where you exit your body and travel the "astral realm" or flit though the real world wraith like. The reality is a matter of some debate. See Beyond Dreaming.

2) As a sub-type of WILD. You appear to awake in your bed and start the dream in this familiar location. Often accompanied by a feeling of your body disassociating (Sleep Paralysis) as you switch from external to internal "dream" inputs.

In my opinion, using terminology for 2 is doing nothing but muddy the waters.
We already have a description for this. Its called a False Awakening, or FA.


With this in mind, I thought I'd set up a little poll.