I'm 21 years old from the US and recently I started learning about astral projection. Okay this is how it all happened, I was laying in bed at night not being able to sleep and I got on youtube and on the home page where it give you suggested videos there was something about astral projection. (Ive heard of remote viewing so I was intrigued and wanted to see what this was) well I ended up clicking on it and I didn't watch the video I went straight to the comments for some reason. I was reading the comments that people had posted some terrified me. Because I'm vastly afraid of demons and that kind of stuff. But there were some that were so inspirational and so I wanted to try it. Now fast foward to the next night me and my girlfriend were drinking a little beer and stufd and her little brother came and we started to talk and stuff and then somehow we got on the topic about AP. He was telling me that he had experience the vibration stage and he always got sleep paralysis and he said one time, he tried super hard when he was in sleep paralysis to move his finger and he said he heard very loud gust of wind like so loud to the point where he said it was hurting his ears and was scaring him. He said next thing he remembers was he was in a room with 3 different doors to choose from and there was a cat. He said the cat was one he use to have when he was little but passed away. I was telling him about how you can have spirit guides and animals to help you navigate through the astral realm. He looked st me with his eyes wide open and said "Dude! That's crazy because he was giving me steps on where to go and what door to what through". I instantly got chills and we were hooked on trying to astral project ever since.
Fast forward a day or two. By this point all we were talking about and looking up was AP. I wanted to try it so bad since I had someone I knew who could do it too. So this is where my experience happened. I was laying on his bed while he was playing video games and I thought to myself that I wanted to actually try to AP for the first time ever. So I was laying there and I could everything around me, I could hear him pressing all the buttons, the tv, the fan, everything. I listening to everything for a good 10 minutes. And then I felt as if my legs went limp. Like I couldn't move them but if I really wanted to I could. Then my arms felt like that. Then I felt the vibrations. It was as if my legs and arms just fell asleep from loss of circulation. I concentrated on this feeling very hard. I felt it rising up my legs and going up my arms. My arms suddenly felt very very light. Like they were just going to float away if I thought about it. My heart felt like it was beating 1000mph. I was breathing very heavily but I felt so warm inside and so good. I saw in the back of my eye lids like the sun kept coming closer and getting brighter and brighter making me feel SOOO GOOD! I felt like I was really close to coming out so I kept trying to focus on the vibrations and then my friend yelled my name in the physical world and I heard it as if I wasn't even asleep. I thought to myself if I wanted to stay in that state or just open my eyes and tell him about it. I chose to open my eyes and when I got up I felt like I was floating! But I was in the physical world my whole body was shaking and like buzzing with energy. I'm 21 years old from the US and recently I started learning about astral projection. Okay this is how it all happened, I was laying in bed at night not being able to sleep and I got on YouTube and on the home page where it gives you suggested videos there was something about astral projection. (I've heard of remote viewing so I was intrigued and wanted to see what this was) well I ended up clicking on it and I didn't watch the video I went straight to the comments for some reason. I was reading the comments that people had posted some terrified me. Because I'm vastly afraid of demons and that kind of stuff. But there were some that were so inspirational and so I wanted to try it. Now fast forward to the next night me and my girlfriend were drinking a little beer and stuff and her little brother came and we started to talk and stuff and then somehow we got on the topic about AP. He was telling me that he had experienced the vibration stage and he always got sleep paralysis and he said one time, he tried super hard when he was in sleep Paralysis to move his finger and he said he heard very loud gust of wind like so loud to the point where he said it was hurting his ears and was scaring him. He said next thing he remembers was he was in a room with 3 different doors to choose from and there was a cat. He said the cat was one he used to have when he was little but passed away. I was telling him about how you can have spirit guides and animals to help you navigate through the astral realm. He looked at me with his eyes wide open and said "Dude! That's crazy because he was giving me steps on where to go and what door to what through". I instantly got chills and we were hooked on trying to astral project ever since.
Fast forward a day or two. By this point all we were talking about and looking up was AP. I wanted to try it so bad since I had someone I knew who could do it too. So this is where my experience happened. I was laying on his bed while he was playing video games and I thought to myself that I wanted to actually try to AP for the first time. So I was laying there and I could everything around me, I could hear him pressing all the buttons, the TV, the fan, everything. I am listen to everything for a good 10 minutes. And then I felt as if my legs went limp. Like I Couldn't move them but if I really wanted to I could. Then my arms felt like that. Then I felt the vibrations. It was as if my legs and arms just fell asleep from loss of circulation. I concentrated on this feeling very hard. I felt it rising up my legs and going up my arms. My arms suddenly felt very light. Like they were just going to float away if I thought about it. My heart felt like it was beating 1000mph. I was breathing very heavily but I felt so warm inside and so good. I saw in the back of my eyelids like the sun kept coming closer and getting brighter and brighter making me feel SOOO GOOD! I felt like I was really close to coming out so I kept trying to focus on the vibrations and then my friend yelled my name in the physical world and I heard it as if I wasn't even asleep. I thought to myself if I wanted to stay in that state or just open my eyes and tell him about it. I chose to open my eyes and when I got up I felt like I was floating! But I was in the physical world my whole body was shaking and like buzzing with energy. My legs were shaking the most but the feeling it gave me was like someone tickles you like it felt so good to the point where it made me laugh out loud! My friend was actually kind of spooked because of how shaky and energetic I was. I felt like a kid that just Drank 20 pops! But that's my story and I was wondering if I was close to being able to astral project. If I was I'm definitely going to try it again because the feeling was pure bliss! There's definitely more experience and signs that I have gotten from my spiritual guides ever since this happened. And I feel super more aware of what's going on around me and the energy in my body. Legs were shaking the most but the feeling it gave me was like someone tickling you like it felt so good to the point where it made me laugh out loud! My friend was actually kind of spooked because of how shaky and energetic I was. I felt like a kid that just dranked 20 pops! But that's my story and I was wondering if I was close to being able to astral project. If I was I'm definitely going to try it again because the feeling was pure bliss! Theres definitely more experience and signs that I have gotten from my spiritual guides ever since this happened. And I feel super more aware of what's going on around me and the energy in my body.
First, I wouldn't worry about anything negative. I wouldn't read those comments regarding demons, etc. It just causes fear when attempting Astral Projection which could prevent you from doing it. You should set your mind on having a positive experience.
Second, it does sound like you were close, but it's hard to know for sure as everyone experiences the initial separation process differently. Some hear voices (nothing scary, more like listening to a random conversation or person), a static sound, see lights or colors, feel vibrations throughout their body or only in their torso, head, etc. Everyone is different.
Start doing some research, there are some great tips and articles on this site. I can also recommend some authors if you're interested. Hope this helps!