Vibrational Stage is Easy, But I Can’t Project!

Hi all.

I’ve dealt with sleep paralysis since I was 14. I used to think it was horrible and scary and then I read up on it and realized it was pretty easy to get out of it so now I know how to turn it off almost immediately. My issue now is that once I got into my early twenties and read about astral projection, I’ve been trying to achieve that. But I can’t! I get to the vibrational stage and tryyyyy to pull on a rope, nothing. I try to sink into my bed and find myself just sinking into my pillows and falling asleep. I can get to the vibrational stage soooo easily. But I can’t seem to separate from my physical body. I think the closest I’ve come to it was one time when I thought about sitting up and looking at my hand and I think my astral body actually did. But then I fell asleep or something. I used to hate having sleep paralysis but now that I know I can use it for a new experience I’d really like to explore it.

Any suggestions are super welcome!!

Thanks