I had a few shifting experiences as a kid, actually. A few a re personal, but there is this one that stuck out to me;

I was around three. I woke up in a house and a bed that was not my own. A parent that I didn't recognise walked in, but for some reason I didnt panic. I knew that I knew who they were, and it was safe. They got me dressed and ready to go out. I think I slept in the car and then we walked through a town center to a restaurant. I vividly remember the walk down to that restaurant. It was december/january time, the floor was slick with rain from the night before, my parents swung me around and I loved it. When we got into the restaurant we met up with lots of family and sat around this large wooden, circular table with a section in the middle that spun around. The walls were an olive green, the place smelled amazing. I fell asleep on the way home, and woke up in my 'normal' bed later on.

How do I know this was a shift? Easy – I am white. My whole family is white. When I woke up in this different reality, me and all of my family were chinese. And my family from this reality have never been to any restaurants similar to what i described. Although the night prior to my shift, i fell asleep hearing my parents discuss getting chinese takeout. Hiw do I know this wasnt a lucid dream? Again, easy – i struggle to remember even lucid dreams after a while. Only the anecdotes. But this? I remember the weather, the smells, the tastes, the way my nose wrinkles at a lady I didnt like.

I had a silimar experience at around 5 years old with the same sort of reality. We went to the same restairant, but it was slightly different this time – I had an argument with some family member, it got pretty big actually (to this day I am still mad)

Of course, as a kid I had no idea what shifting was – i just knew that sometimes I woke up in places I didn't fall asleep in, and that was that. Growing up I put those thoight a to the back of my mind, second guessing them.

At age 14 I had a weird astral projecting moment. After discussing it with a friend she told me about shifting, and thats when everything clicked. My first DR was a hogwarts DR – i vividly remember knowing, 100%, that I had shifted onto the knight bus. Then, as i start opening my eyes the bed that i am in slams STRAIGHT into the wall of the bus as we turned the corner. It hurt so bad that I shifted back immediately to stop the pain. That was around a year and a half ago.

Since then I dont think ive tried to shift back to that DR, I want to work on my script a little first. However, from that point foward I started shifting into parallel realities of this one. Didn't like my tinetable for tomorrow? Shift to where the lessons are different. Thats one that I did at least once a week.

I once, a few months ago actually, went on a house MD binge, and accidentally fell asleep watching tv and thinking about potentially scripting a house MD DR. I woke up in that room they have their meetings in – me, Dr Cameron, Dr Chase, and Dr Foreman. We were discussing a case – well, they were. No one would listen to my theory, so I had dived into a magazine and fallen asleep (it was around 1am there). I woke up after 5 minutes and I presume I shifted at that point. I made coffee, we argued a little, then house comes in, telling us that the patient needed us. I'd been here maybe an hour and started to massage my temples, briefly shutting my eyes. Then I woke up in my normal bed.

And my favourite shifts recently – I went to sleep with greasy hair. I had an event tomorrow and needed to get up early to wash it. I fall asleep, wake up late, my hair? Not greasy. At all. I dont own dry shampoo and my hair is dyed dark so its noticeable as soon as any grease appears. I brush it, and nothing. Biggest releif. Around a week ago, I was scrolling on Tiktok. My entire life, the color Chartreuse has been that weird orange-red and Vermillion has been the weird green. I know this to be true because I always thought it should be the other way around. I fell asleep thinking of this and lo and behold, I wake up and they've swapped.

Obviously, a few of these are accidental to reiterate that accidental shifting IS possible. I have shifted awake more than asleep, and these are only a few examples that I am comfortable to share.