Emily the Flareon

I've never heard of this as an established technique before but I used to do basically this whenever I found myself unable to sleep. Loss of proprioception is exactly how I'd describe it, it starts at my fingers, then spreads to my hands and feet, then up to my elbows and knees. I've never gotten it much further than that. Once it gets that far though I'm able to start moving my hands, as long as I don't move anything that's near the "border" of that phenomenon I don't start to regain too much of my proprioception. It's very strange touching things with my hands in that state, especially touching my hands to each other; it really feels like touching a foreign body.

As for creating new proprieception, I have basically done that, because I was bored - leaving my hands in one position, then imagining them in a different position. It's kind of jarring when the "real" proprioception comes back though.

I've never actually kept my eyes open for it, because it's always been an exercise in entertaining myself while trying to fall asleep. It's been a few years since I've done it at all since I haven't had any sleep issues recently.

this is how i used to meditate in the car before work.. except without the music and with eyes closed. i'd use a timer on my phone to make sure to not forget to leave for work

i always thought thats how meditation is supposed to work.. but now im unsure XD

I do this all the time by accident, laying quietly and disconnecting myself from my body while listening to music, without knowing this is what I was actually accomplishing. I usually wake up with a clear mind and feeling somewhat refreshed without having truly fell asleep.

If I do it while I'm too stressed out I'll sometimes start having some kinda nightmare stress hallucination and snap out of it to physically cringe and ask it to stop out loud... :|

trying to do this now and it doesn't seem to be working, feels like i've missed a step
am i supposed to be doing anything specific mentally? do there have to be no random noises? does it just take like an hour and i need to be more patient?

I think the stimulants definitely help getting into this state, I don't take any prescriptions but I do pound energy drinks like a maniac, so if I get where I want to take a nap in the middle of the day on a Saturday after just way too damn much caffeine sometimes what Artemis described will happen to me. Though I will admit, before this post I simply thought of it as lucid dreaming.

Usually I use it as an opportunity to talk to my characters lol