OK thanks for reading first off , I'm 29 years old and when I was younger I could Lucid dream or have a OBE any night of the week . In a OBE I had read when that most people try and create a silver rope/cord to keep them connected to their body . "Also supposed to prevent possesion if I remember right ." Well I never did do that I just freely went where I wanted and like other people Ive read on this forum I could verify I had been places out of body the next day when I'd confront someone about what they were doing the night before . OBE can be fun but in the long run it always seemed a little too nosey for me . "I never did make it to space like others have claimed allthough I would love to now". Lucid Dreams were by far my favorite ...I am a StarTrek nerd and the best way I can compare it in anything understandable to a noob is like haveing your very own Holodeck where anything is possible . Well anyways here is my problem .... I used to do this so much and never had a problem until I was around 20 .... No certain event caused this as far as I can remember ...but one night I felt a OBE coming on its own ... wasnt even trying for it ... Well instead of actualy leaving my body I was stuck ! I knew I was there I felt wide awake but my body was paralysed . I tried and tried to free myself but couldn't ... I then tried to wake myself and couldn't , I screamed and Screamed for hours it seemed and not a sound would come forth ..... Eventualy I gave up and accepted I would be like this until someone found me ....Well I did wake luckily I have a really good kitty that likes to jump in the middle of my chest in the middle of the night . So after that event I spent the next week wondering about what had happened . I decided to try to have a OBE on my own and the same thing happened . again I got a really good cat for wakeing me . Well anyways to this day I still have the for lack of a better term Locked In My Body OBE lol ...while I still find them terrifying I've learned to deal with them and even fight though them enough to scream so someone can pull me out . as for Lucid Dreaming well I havent recalled a dream in at least 4 years so I doubt any of them have been lucid . Anyways hopeing for some fresh ideas on why I might be getting stuck on this .