Getting sucked back in while trying to OBE

In all of my OBE attempts, I find my dream body gets sucked back into my sleeping physical body. There have been cases when I thought I had floated high enough over my body in order to “break free”, but I keep on getting sucked back. The other day, I had a near-OBE where my dream body was walking away from my physical body, but it felt like a tug of war battle. I made several attempts, and even tried to put my hand through the wall so that I could somehow grab onto it, but alas, to no avail.

Has anyone experienced anything like this? Are there any good techniques to breaking free of my body’s “gravitational pull”? Is this a common thing, or is it just a “mental” thing?

I have never been pulled back in to my body. Even if stressed it takes concentration… however I have been also unable to move away from my body - just gone un-cordinated and feel like I am on a bungy cord that yanks me back , but not in to my physical body - just in the vicinity.