Thread: Is anyone here able to induce WILD's successfully at will? :P

I never really got what an afternoon nap is... Why do you enter REM instantly in the afternoon, but not under the same circumstanses 4-5 hours later? Am i missing something here?

Edit: Thanks for the answer.

Originally Posted by Engineer

I never really got what an afternoon nap is... Why do you enter REM instantly in the afternoon, but not under the same circumstanses 4-5 hours later? Am i missing something here?

your question is relevant !

This is my theory:
Personally, when I take a nap I barely have REM sleep, but I guess the reason is that every night I can sleep late in the morning until I don't need to sleep anymore, then I just get up.
Generally, people use to be awoken by an alarm (to go to work) before they have finished their natural need of sleep, and we all know that REM sleep is more present in the late morning, so they miss some REM sleep.
so, people who do that and take a nap in the afternoon will have a REM rebound, which explain their ability to WILD since they do have REM in their nap.

Edit:
+ they probably do have enough deep N-REM sleep in their night, so their nap wont have much N-REM sleep, and they will maybe have no deep sleep to deal with.
They probably just have to deal with short Non Deep N-REM sleep, and then the REM is kicking in.

WILD works for me 50% of the time. Half of the time either because my auditory hallucinations are too disturbing and devilish or my entering dream/OBE symptoms get too intense I feel I might not be able to return, it is scary so I stop. DILD is effortless, not scary and works fine too but despite all I'd say WILD is the best method if you want the best, vivid, "wild" lucid dreams.

Here are my WILD tips:
1. Always focus on your hypnagogic hallucinations before falling asleep.
2. When you have free time, lie on your BACK and meditate focusing on one sense. I suggest focusing on what you see eyes closed, watch colors explode, forms change... Soon you'll be comfortably seeing shapes whenever you lie. The next step should be trying to move these shapes yourself, change the colors... Focus on the back of your eyes. Try to feel that spinning/flying/rising feeling.
3. When you wake up in the middle of the night for a WILD attempt, get up, walk around and change room. Continue your sleep on a less comfortable bed/couch.
4. Set a WILD dream entering scene. Get used to it, start your journey with it. Make it something that feels like your dream entering symptoms. For example swinging, flying, floating etc.
5. Finally, learn to love your auditory hallucinations