DEILD problem!!

[marwanin]

Hello I woke up many time without moving. neither opening my eyes. And even that, I didn't entered a LD. what do you think !?

[Puffin]

If you fail a DEILD, the first thing you could think about was whether you were focusing too much on your real body. It's best to have as blank of a mental slate as possible, and especially when it comes to putting attention on your physical body. Sometimes if you wake up, you might be thinking, "don't move, don't move..." and focus too much on actually resisting the initial urge to move. This could cause a failed DEILD attempt. The way I see it is that if I mentally wake up too much, and put all my attention towards the real world, my mind will know I'm awake and avoid sending me back into a dream. This next one may be less of a possibility, but you might not have been in the right time of your sleep cycle. That means dreams probably won't form regardless of whether you stay still or not. General tips I can suggest are to keep your breathing level steady - avoid holding your breath or breathing in a funny pattern, and imagine the sensations of a dream. This can mean tactile (touch) sensations like holding a bowling ball, sight, like visualizing you're in a bowling alley... If you imagine the dream you just came from, it might help the DEILD go along quicker.

[ClearView]

Adding to what Puffin said, you want to focus on visualizing the dream you just exited. You want to try to think of every detail of the last dream and really imagine it. Your most likely going to end up in that dream scene, or something similar. **You know you're doing it right if you feel SP upon waking.**

[Arch]

A good way to describe it in short is keep a passive thought process, don't concentrate particularly on anything, but more so on your thoughts and less on your body, then you will drift in with to problems. Where you lucid before you exited? People are more success after lucids I've found. Good luck and practice!

[marwanin]

Thanks, guys. But I found my self in strange positions, like my arm is straight up ; so It moves alone, is that will stop me DEILDing ?

[Puffin]

Thanks, guys. But I found my self in strange positions, like my arm is straight up ; so It moves alone, is that will stop me DEILDing ? If your arm is somehow up on a pillow or in an awkward position and falls over, don't move/react, and try not to even think about it. The same thing goes, for instance, if you wake up on top of your hand, which has completely fallen asleep - though it may be uncomfortable, try to ignore it.

[faceonmars]

Hello I woke up many time without moving. neither opening my eyes. And even that, I didn't entered a LD. You did everything right except you did not visualize the dream you were having. The human brain likes to complete the dream. Try visualizing next time a dream wakes you up.

[yuppie11975]

Might as well post in this rather than start a thread. Should I imagine my previous dream CONTINUED Or like, replay it in my mind?

[Chriskozlak]

Whenever I wake up and don't move AT ALL with my eyes closed, I never feel vibrations. I don't know why. I'm almost 100% sure my alarm wakes me during an rem stage. Can someone help me?