don't bother sending hate i don't actually feel very strongly about this. i just figured it would be cool to have another account out in the world of a skeptic.

if i end up shifting i will report back to you all. if i don't i will continue to keep trying but i will not lie about it. i personally believe shifting is probably close to lucid dreaming but we'll get to figure out that more later.

- every time i try a method, i will log it here and describe how it felt or its success. i will try multiple times because from my understanding this isn't just a one-and-done deal and i want to give it a fair chance.

- if i ever end up shifting i won't detail what i did because i just don't want to. instead i will describe what seemed realistic or believable to me or what was wrong and try to determine why that is.

- feel free to ask questions or recommendations for methods or free reading. i don't have the income to buy books right now on a topic i'm so skeptical about.

ok now that that's out of the way. have fun exploring i guess

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#ittta sidequest ← stuff that isn't shift attempts

hi! i'm ittta, and i like statistics a little too much. here's your obligatory “nerd talk” warning. i do think this is a genuinely fascinating topic and i hope you find it interesting too!

i polled four separate amino communities (amino IDs below) with the question “have you shifted yet/using what methods?” with 53 total participants. I checked, and to the best of my knowledge there were no duplicate votes.

🔗 ShiftingYourReality (10 participants)

🔗 Desired-Reality (3 participants)

🔗 TheRavenMethod (17 participants)

🔗 RealityShifting (23 participants)

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testimonies

the two who voted “other” left these comments on the poll:

Kaedyn Walah

I always tried sleep methods since I can't understand how anyone can shift when wide awake. For 2 yrs I tried, and then one day middle of the day, I was sitting on my bed watching a non shifting related vid on YouTube. I glanced up at my bedroom door and felt my self (soul? My ghost? Awareness?) suddenly get yanked/jerked/pulled toward the door and a second later I was standing outside in my DR. My s/o was about 10-15 feet away from me just studying me. I remember how the air smelled and felt different than the air here. But about a minute or two later I felt that same jerking/yanking and I was back on my bed here.

The other reality was as real as this one is. And I've not been able to shift since for one reason: I wasn't thinking of shifting. I didn't prepare. I didn't plan. Mind was on something totally unrelated. So I successfully shifted doing a "do nothing at all" method. It was spontaneous. So I can't simply repeat/copy that in order to shift again lol. Just gotta live my life and hope the next spontaneous shift is where I'll stay longer or permanently there. But now that I know first hand that I can shift my awareness to be actively aware from my DR selfs pov, and now that I know what the actually shift feels like "a jerking/pulling feeling', I relax and know it'll happen again when it's meant to.

jay!

i shifted quite randomly, so i honestly don't really know! sometimes i shift while awake, and other times i shift asleep. however, i do notice that when it comes to shifting awake, im never fully conscious. like im either in a meditative state or spacing out when it happens.

edit: also forgot to mention! i no longer use any methods. i just do whatever i feel like doing now, which gives me better results compared to before.

additionally, Toomato🍅💕, who voted “yes/sleep”, elaborated that

I have shifted before with asleep methods just because it works best for me. i have used the lucid dreaming method where you lucid dream and make a 'portal' or 'door' in which you go through and the third eye method in which you focus on your third eye and your energy. (these are from personal experiences)

St: dove also commented

I’m most successful when I’m not trying >_> it’s only happened when I’m asleep

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talking about the numbers

yes/sleep: 16

yes/awake: 5

no/sleep: 25

no/awake: 5

other: 2*

*for random number crunching, the 2 “other” votes will be ignored, for a total of 51 data points.

of the 41 votes in the “sleep method” category, 61% aren't able to consistently shift. the 10 “awake method” votes are evenly split 50/50.

80% of participants use sleep methods most often.

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issues with the poll

this isn't a large enough sample size to make any determination about what the most “effective” method is. while 53 points of data is fairly reasonable, the relatively small amount of data for awake methods (only 10 points) means that the 50% statistic isn't very reliable.

additionally, the restrictions on amino polls meant i couldn't make categories involving minishifts, which i originally intended.

take all this information however you'd like! just thought the data was interesting. I'll be back in a few months to try this again ;)

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summary:

awake method

takes 5-30 minutes

optional subliminals

internal monologue/affirmations

optional visualization

testimonials mostly result in “mini shifts”

i made the following modifications:

nontraditional subliminals (looping instrumental soundtrack. this music would be playing in the area i’m aiming for, so no “breaking the immersion” here. added bonus: i already associate it heavily with my destination so it’ll help me keep it in mind.

doing this in the middle of the day, finally. still going to be in a comfortable position but hopefully i won't fall asleep this time.

final result: no shift.

started to definitely get the described symptoms! vision felt very odd and started to go black. i've had this happen before when i stared at things for a very long time and frankly i think it's because of the cones in your eyes getting tired. but it's still cool that i managed to sit still long enough to get that to start happening. unfortunately i couldn't keep my internal “what will i do today” monologue going for much longer than ten minutes, and then i got distracted and started thinking about tiktok, and then i did exactly what the method told me not to do and zoned out. and then i woke up five minutes later. the powernap was invigorating but it was literally the middle of the day so i don't know why i fell asleep.

changes for next time:

get a better sleep schedule.

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summary:

awake method

takes 5-30 minutes

optional subliminals

internal monologue/affirmations

optional visualization

testimonials mostly result in “mini shifts”

i made the following modifications:

nontraditional subliminals (looping instrumental soundtrack. this music would be playing in the area i’m aiming for, so no “breaking the immersion” here. added bonus is i already associate it heavily with my destination so it’ll help me keep it in mind

made sure i wasn't imminently hungry so the pickle thing didn't happen again

still in my bed, because the only time i'm finding to do this is at night, but i did sit up this time so i could see my room and focus on something concrete

i also decided to try and pavlov myself (associate a stimulus with shifting, and have this help me get into the mindset in the future). i figure an easy one to control is taste. because wintergreen lifesavers are such a specific flavor and i have a ton of them, i figure i can just use those. going forward, i’ll be eating one before every shifting attempt unless specified. should be noted that i won't let it dissolve in my mouth passively while i attempt shifting because the extra texture would probably distract me, and it's also a choking hazard if i were to fall asleep.

final result: no shift.

i sort of had the described visual darkness going on but i'm almost 80% sure it was because my eyes kept closing more and more. eventually i blinked and woke up ten hours later. that's a lesson to me to not do an awake method at night again. i did wake up with a bit of disorientation (probably from my last memory being sitting upright, and now i was laying down, plus the change of light) but otherwise didn't feel any “symptoms” or other effects that were described from the method or afterwards.

changes for next time:

stop doing this at night. it’ll just keep ending with me waking up a bit confused.

summary:

awake method

takes 5-30 minutes

optional subliminals

internal monologue/affirmations

optional visualization

testimonials mostly result in “mini shifts”

i made the following modifications:

no subliminals (they weren't required, and constant noise tends to give me headaches)

looking at a flat surface (my ceiling) and not a distinct object

final result: no shift.

this was largely my fault i could tell. i was very distracted and having trouble following the instructions. i tried for about 25 minutes and after a while of laying there i began craving pickles really strongly, to the point that i got up and went to search my pantry for pickles. so i guess i manifested a snack but not much else.

changes for next time:

eat something beforehand so i don't get randomly hungry

don't lay down, be in a position where i can see a specific item to focus on (not the ceiling)

maybe put in some eye drops beforehand. this made my eyes dry even though the instructions specifically said to not avoid blinking.