And there it is... My first WILD!

[TDHXIII]

I finally, after long attempts, were able to do this. Disappoined because.. It happened by mistake! A relief after failed attempts over the last few weeks of practicing this technique. I was staying up studying for my math exam. I got very tired and decided to go to sleep, i went down fully intending to fall asleep, with a slight idea that my worry about the exam could keep me awake.. I couldn't sleep right away, but It took about 30 minutes until i got in the pre-dream state in which: - I felt like my body was flying around. - I heard random noises. - I felt a strange sensation with my body. - I were unable to move. No visual things that i notice, besides being able to open my eyes, which i didn't do fully because who knows what creepy stuff will i see? I suddenly got inside a false awakening in my room. It was extremely short and blurry though. After that i obviously woke up and then was able to sleep normally. I don't care about the quality of the dream i had, it was called for since i weren't in REM anyways. The most important thing is that i actually did it, which is a confidence booster. One thing that i have noticed happening several times: My body drags itself into SP/HI forcefully when i go to bed in a very tired but aware state, like coming back from the finals exams and trying to sleep.

[Djaxup]

Hey nice one you went further than me with HI and SP sensations. So your body and your mind are perfectly capable to do it. Sounds like you awaken yourself too much during a WBTB, perhaps try to use that tiredness when you just alarm yourself out of sleep for WBTB and don't really get up. I just go to pee in the dark, do some simple math in my head on the way and go back to sleep. Works best for me. If I get up and do something, even if it is very relaxed and not too involving, I have trouble falling asleep after that. In the state you describe my go-to technique is FILD, the one with the finger movements. Works like a charm for me. Even just really imagining how it would feel to clap sometimes works if I am *really* tired. But this technique, for me, skips the whole "vibrations" part. I straight out transition from being sleepy and tired in bed to lucid. The tricky part is to notice it. I don't want to know how many minutes I already spent inside a LD, while thinking I am still trying to fall asleep aware...