HEY SHIFTERS NEED SOME HELP !
Hi everyone, I’m reaching out to the shifting community and to those who are knowledgeable or have experience with it, anyway… I need your help and explanations, I just want some clarity no matter what 🙏🏼
I started shifting about a month ago, maybe a bit more, somewhere around that time. After doing some research, I chose my DR to be the MHA universe 🙏🏼 So I made my script, etc., to better organize my mind and build my DR the way I wanted it to be — something that would make me feel good and safe!
My first night trying to shift was pretty special and intense. I started right away using the Raven method with a lofi beat in the background, a playlist that reminded me of my DR. I felt my body getting heavier, some light tingles, but nothing more until I fell asleep. Then, sometime later, I woke up in the middle of the night (I’m someone who wakes up every night), and when I lay back down, I tried again. Suddenly something really strange happened — I felt like my body was being sucked in, with very INTENSE tingling and the feeling of spinning. It was so weird and intense that it startled me and I opened my eyes instantly, my heart started racing like crazy, and I panicked. That’s what my first attempt looked like. I totally wasn’t expecting something that strong — I went into it without much expectation or pressure.
Anyway, for the days and weeks that followed, I kept trying again — not every single night but often. But I never got results that intense again. I’d feel heavy, get light tingles, sometimes my heart would beat a bit faster, but nothing extreme. It was really mild, and it frustrated me not to feel that sensation again. I think that unconsciously, that’s what blocked me — I was looking for that exact feeling more than anything else, when actually, shifting isn’t just about that, from what I’ve learned. And that probably blocked me temporarily…
So I did more research on TikTok, Tumblr, YouTube, and it helped me expand my view on shifting. I managed to become aware of the process and get into the mindset of not looking for one specific feeling or result, because there isn’t just one way to shift — it’s deeper than that. Same for the methods: I understood they’re just paths, not the goal. So I created my own method…
I don’t necessarily lie in a starfish position — I repeat 4 or 5 affirmations, not too many, but I say them with intention. Then I project myself into a scene or scenario where I’m in my apartment in my DR, lying next to my s/o, and I start visualizing and projecting myself like I’m already there — like the bed in my CR is already the one in my DR!
During the day, I do a bunch of little things here and there to anchor myself to my DR, and that’s it!
Anyway — a week ago, it’s morning, I wake up and I don’t really know what to do. I’m still a bit tired. After 30 minutes just lying in bed I’m like… WHY NOT SHIFT? I don’t really have anything else to do. So I do my personal method (the one I described above), and I slip into this weird state? I can’t describe it exactly, but basically I start dreaming about random stuff that had nothing to do with my DR — but I wasn’t fully asleep either? Like a half-asleep dream state? Then I realize I’m “semi-dreaming,” that I’m starting to fall asleep, so I try to refocus on my DR… and I get this vision of a hand coming toward me slowly. At first it felt like it was my own hand, but when I finally saw it touch me, the feeling/touch was so real — so real that it startled me. I woke up with the sensation of that touch still on the back of my neck. It was insanely realistic.
And considering I project myself in my DR waking up next to my s/o, I started wondering…? It felt so different from a dream — in that moment I would’ve sworn the sensation was real.
A week passes and here we are at last night. So I had a tiring day, I fell asleep early, woke up around 3AM, stayed up for 40–50 minutes, and I tried my method again. I feel my body get numb, light tingling… and I don’t even know how exactly it started, but I began to hear voices (100% my DR s/o and my DR bff — I’m SURE it was them, I heard them clearly, like they were right there, even though I couldn’t understand exactly what they were saying).
My head was buzzing like crazy, especially the back of my skull. It felt like spinning inside and around me. I realized what was happening — it was intense — I kept hearing voices around me, and I tried to visualize myself in my DR… because I could tell my environment hadn’t changed yet, it was still my CR. So I didn’t dare open my eyes, scared to ruin it all.
At one point, I even remember asking my DR best friend to pull my arm and bring me into my DR — since I could hear his voice. And I felt this light tug on my arm.
Then — SO WEIRD — I feel a kiss. Someone kisses me (I’m still in the same state) but the kiss was anything but natural — it was uncomfortable, I felt liquid in my mouth… and the whole thing was so real, too real, that it totally messed me up. I opened my eyes, found myself back in my CR, completely dazed and disoriented by what had just happened. I tried again but couldn’t do it, so I let go and fell asleep normally.
I’m sure I wasn’t dreaming. I really felt like I was awake, just in that liminal state, and I was truly drifting into my DR. But this morning when I got up, it already felt so far away… like my brain is unconsciously trying to find another “rational” explanation — maybe because I’ve never experienced anything like it before and it’s internally messing with me, so my brain’s trying to make sense of it? I DON’T KNOW.
If anyone here has explanations or can help me — anything at all 🙏🏼
Also… why was that kiss so unpleasant? It wasn’t in my script at all, or how I’d pictured anything. I don’t even know who kissed me, I had no visual — it was just this weird physical feeling during that drift state. It was just… strange?
If you read all the way through, I’d love to hear what you think — even advice, feedback, or if anyone’s been through something similar?
Thank you SO much in advance! Love you all <3
