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A few days ago I tried WILD and here's the results. I was staring at the ceiling with my eyes open for about half an hour and the sleepier I got the more scared I got. And finally when I became lucid the texture of the wall slowly changed and yellow lines flew across my face. And I could feel my heart beating so hard that I woke up :panic: . Does anybody have any way to be more relaxed and less scared? It would help a lot. :D
Try closing your eyes :)
You should remeber that's it's just your imagination and that it's not going to hurt you and you could have probably controlled the yellow.
I dont think youd got to the dream phase yet.
The one time Ive managed a successful WILD was by accident. I sometimes enter SP when trying to sleep, by accident. Before I knew about lucid dreams and SP this was absolutely terrifying, I would be unable to move and hear a witch cackling in my ear and feel a horrible presence coming closer; coincidentally I am convinced the majority of ghost sightings are related to this.
Then I got interested in lucid dreams and realised my supposed ghost was just SP. The next time this happened i just rode with it. The presence got closer and closer and my fear grew but i just kept repeating it wasnt real(in my head). Eventually I woke up realised I was in the wrong room did an RC and hey-presto Im lucid
Yeah, SilverBells is right, the yellow streaks you saw were most likely just hypnagogic imagery, the phase that usually precedes SP.
Personally, the first time I got a successful WILD was after hours of trying to stay aware and pass through sleep paralysis. I eventually just gave up, allowing myself to fall asleep, and wham, false awakening. :P I guess you just gotta let go, SP won't usually occur if you're waiting for it, anyway.