Strange Title - Astral Projection As A Baby?

[RabbitsRock]

This does sound “ out there” but I definitely remember “ flying” as a baby. I hovered at the top of the stairs in my very first home. DM remembers being able to “ fly” all over the house. Is this a thing for anyone else?

Not for me, but I've read that this is a common 'memory' for people to have. If you Google 'memories of flying as a child' there are lots of articles/forum threads about it, it's an interesting phenomenon.

Yes, I have this "memory" too - as PP said apparently it's not uncommon. I remember casually mentioning it to my mum when I was around 6yo, "you know how I used to be able to fly...?" I was baffled at first that she just burst out laughing 😆

I'm sure I've seen threads about it here in the past. It's fascinating- I'd love to understand more about it.

Is it from the feeling of being carried? That makes sense as to why so many people have it surrounding stairs specifically, because a baby would need to be carried up and down stairs until toddling.

I have a weird memory its also flying but I was in my cot and it could fly down the stairs.

Is your name Dalton?

Hmmm never had that memory but then I grew up in a house without stairs.

I can't remover when it started in childhood but it went on until I was in my late 20s but when I fell asleep, it felt like I was being lifted up and I could then fly at speed outside and view everything from above as I looked down.

I remember flying over my whole street, looking in everyone's back gardens and whatnot!

What's that in reference too? I had an ex called dalton, always thought it was just a weird made up name, I've never heard it anywhere else.

I remembered flying when I was primary school age. Figured I could probably do it again so I jumped off the sofa and promptly hit the floor face first.

Exactly this!

I remember floating down the stairs. The only reason I know it didn't happen is that I was wearing a red dress and I didn't have a red dress.

I’ve also heard it’s our brain misremembering/misunderstanding being carried.

I remember floating down the stairs. The only reason I know it didn't happen is that I was wearing a red dress and I didn't have a red dress.

I used to dream I could fly all the time. I loved those dreams and used to wake up believing I could. It was always a massive bolt of reality to realise I couldn't, I also used to try and fly off my sofa but it never worked!

Wow, our brains are wild! This makes total sense from a felt sense memory perspective, thank you. Do you know where you heard this?

It's a common trick of the memory.
What you are actually remembering is being carried downstairs

@Chuchoter @Kaminari I have had very vivid dreams my whole life where I can fly around like that.
People might say "oh it's just dreams" but how could I know what the world looks like from above before Google Earth was invented 🤔

My late husband had this, and the creepy thing is that he described to someone in the street (bit of a frenemy) a feature in his garden that my husband had not visited, and could’nt have known about without seeing it.

There were photos and videos of the Earth from above before Google!

@FootstepAway yes but not really of my average small town 70s housing estate 🤔
(or any that I would have seen as a child)

Jesus H Christ on a bike

It wasn't until the film Koyaanisqatsi came out in 1982 that I could show people what I meant as there are sequences in the film that are shot from above as if you the viewer are flying.

My dad apparently flew everywhere as a child! He still does now sometimes at age 88. He's a perfectly normal person, not odd in any other regard. I just wish I had inherited it.

@MirenaM a lot of my dreams are very vivid.
It's hard to explain but they just are.
It's very weird.