u/FoxAndThorn

Technically, I've been trying to learn astral projection for about three years but, officially, it's only been a couple of months that I started being consistent with it.

I haven't managed it consciously yet, but I do have these experiences when I'm asleep, which I actually had sporadically even before I started practicing regularly, and I'm not sure if this is unintentional astral projection or lucid dreaming. It happens most commonly if I take a nap during the day verses sleeping at night.

The sensation is pretty much always the same: I will have a "false awakening" and attempt to get out of bed. Usually I can only make it a few steps at most before I start feeling something like an intense dizziness, then I find myself back in bed again. I have had times where I've made it pretty far and have been able to move around, but it usually feels like I'm fighting an extreme force of gravity that's trying to pull me back to bed.

Today, this started happening and I kept fighting the sensation. I started walking through my house, which was still my house but it looked a little different. I made it outside and everything was very vibrant and clear. My neighborhood was, in part, still my neighborhood, but there were also buildings that obviously aren't in my neighborhood, like small castle-looking buildings. There were also people I could interact with. I don't recall actually speaking with them; it was more like telepathic communication.

Some of the times that I've had lucid dreams, it's often that I'll be having a "normal" dream, and then I'll be, like, "Oh, wait, I'm dreaming" and gain control over my interactions in the dream. In comparison, during these experiences where I "wake up", I always recognize that I'm in my bed and I mostly have only been able to stay in my house. Today was the first time I've maintained that state long enough to go outside.

I would love some insight on whether I'm actually managing to project in my sleep, or whether these experiences sound more like lucid dreams.

Thanks!

HP DeskJet 2700 All-In-One

Recently, my printer has started having poor print quality. This hasn't been an issue up until a couple of months ago. I didn't change any settings or do anything differently prior to it beginning to have this issue.

I've tried all of the trouble-shooting/maintenance options, like cleaning and aligning the print heads several times but it doesn't make a difference.

The strange thing is that the poor quality seems to be somewhat dependent on what program is being printed from. I'm attaching some pictures for reference.

One is a test page printed from the HP app. You can see how it's faded and the text has an outline rather than being solid. If I try to print from Word, this is how it looks, too.

Another is an image that was scanned directly from the printer and printed in grayscale. You can see how it's super streaked.

The last is a weaving pattern I printed from a screenshot on my phone. The quality isn't quite as bad as the other prints, but I do feel that it's still not as saturated as it could be.

Ink levels are shown to be at just under half full for the color cartridge and nearly full for black, so it shouldn't be low levels of ink causing the problem.

I'm wondering if it could be defective ink cartridges but, if that was the case, would it consistently print a bad quality no matter what program it's coming from, versus some prints being more decent?

I did a full factory reset on the printer yesterday to restore the original settings, but that didn't help.

I've tried troubleshooting through the HP app Virtual Assistance, but it's not very useful.

Asking here is my second-to-last resort before trying to contact HP support to talk to a real person.

Astral projection or lucid dream?

Print quality is bad - how to fix?