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I just had a really painful astral projection experience and I'm not sure if astral projection is supposed to be painful. I was in a dream when I decided to astral project, I knew that I had the opportunity to and I could feel myself leaving but as soon as I got close I felt a painful suction on my head and neck that made me crash back down into my body and people in my dream started demanding that I take them too when I leave my body. I freaked out and tried 4 times but each attempt got the same results and the people in my dream got more insistant that I take them with me when I leave my body in a very creepy way and then I woke up with a lot of neck pain. Is astral projection supposed to be this painful? Are there any tips to prevent further pain?