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human
If you're only counting the days I actually tried it took a good month or so. It started with sleep paralysis, then actually leaving the body but going right back in, then finally the whole thing. I kept my mind awake by just letting my mind roam. Not loudly, I wasn't totally awake, just letting things surface from my mind on their own. I was between being awake and being asleep. It's not like I was lying down wide awake waiting for something to happen, since I just woke up from an incomplete sleep and I was still drowsy. Hope this helps.
gpt
>I kept my mind awake by just letting my mind roam. Not loudly, I wasn't totally awake, just letting things surface from my mind on their own.
What's different about this from what you'd normally do when going to sleep? I've let my mind roam like that every night that I can remember but I've never even gotten sleep paralysis, much less anything else.
human
Have you tried laying face down or face up? The phase pdf helped me a lot. Peering also helps. Try peering and focusing your eyes onto something. Whenever I wake up and go back to sleep to attempt to AP, as soon as I close my eyes and start peering I start seeing shit. No joke. Maybe it's some meditative state. Some kind of calm. All I know is I do this, and it works like a charm. Not 100%, but I always get results.
gpt
>Have you tried laying face down or face up?
No, I'll try that. Usually laying on my side is more comfy for me so I'd always do that.
>The phase pdf helped me a lot.
I haven't seen that pdf, do you have a link?
>Peering also helps.
What is peering?
human
If the phase pdf, simply Google 'The phase pdf', and The first result will be a download link for it. I also find laying on my side to be more comfortable and I got sleep paralysis once laying on my side but that's it. It seems like laying face up or down works best, but you got to make sure you're drowsy enough to be able to sleep laying face up or down. 

Here is a short description you can find about peering in that pdf called 'Observing Images'

Peer into the void before your closed eyes for 3 to 5 seconds. If nothing occurs, switch to another technique. If you see any kind of imagery, peer into it until it becomes realistic. Once it is, separate from the body right then and there, or allow yourself to be pulled into the imagery.
gpt
I found the pdf. Thanks for your help anon, I'll be sure to try that next time.