I used to listen to Hemi-Sync audio tracks, the "lucid dreaming series" before, but always in my bed. I didn't have any real success with it it, besides the fact that it put me in SP several times.

Anyway, I wanted to give Hemi-Sync another shot, this time with more patience. I decided not to rush to the 2nd audio before I really master the 1st one and get to some level of lucidity, doesn't matter how poor.

So, today, for a change, I tried using it sitting on my new comfortable chair in order to improve my awareness.
The audio started... I relaxed completely using the 10 point relaxation technique from the track. But after a while I felt very strong and sharp pain somewhere on the back of my head, it felt like it was on the very back of the occipital lobe and my brain was pulsating, which has never happened before.

My mother's stampede into the room woke me up... although I always ask her politely not to wake me up... she'll never learn... ah, mothers.

Anyway... as soon as I woke up, the pain disappeared and (after I yelled at my mother) I wanted to try it again. It was almost the same at the beginning, except this time it was easier to relax my body. Again... the pain kicked in. I tried to ignore it, I counted to 100 up and down many times (usually with the rhythm of my heartbeat... my brain was pulsating heavily)... found a word for each letter of the alphabet... I was trying to distract my thoughts from the pain, but it got to the point where it was just excruciating.

It was really a long fight, not to mention the occasional swallowing which hurt my throat (never happened before either) because it was paralysed. At the end I just let the thoughts "pass through me" and I was more or less clear of all thoughts, but the pain was still there, it was the only thing on my mind and that probably amplified it... I can't describe the magnitude of the pain... it was a real torture. Finally, I gave in and moved my body... the pain stopped the very second I moved...

I only experienced similar pain in my toes several times while lying down, but not as half as painful and unbearable as this.

So... I have some questions...

Does this sound familiar to anyone, the pain ? How to get rid of it if it happens again ?

Does anybody have any positive experience with the Hemi-Sync binaural beats at all ? Can it actually help ?