Well, the vortex method was something I came up with the first time I induced REM Atonia on purpose. I had experienced it a handful of times before then, but up until that point it wasn't something I experienced because I was trying to. I found myself in REM Atonia when I was in the middle of establishing the base of my WILD techniques back when I was first starting, and reverse blinking after doing a WBTB induced REM Atonia. Once in it, I had no idea what I was supposed to do to transition into a dream, I hadn't really thought things that far through. I had just been exposed to the concept of using expectation and the power of suggestion as a method of dream control. I had already been having success using mantras (trying to MILD) to wake myself up two or three times a night, usually around the same times. I don't know if I was actually causing that by the power of autosuggestion or if it was just a matter of luck, but I chose to believe that it was my desire that was causing me to wake up in the early mornings as I was. Since I believed in my ability to use expectation and get results, I decided to try out the first idea that came to my head... what did I have to lose? So, I expected or kind of just knew/believed a vortex like a blackhole or a whirlpool in space was floating just above and behind my head, and that it was going to suck me in. I also "knew" once it sucked me in, that I'd find myself in a lucid dream.
With that, I gave it a shot, and found that it worked just as I believed it would. It's never not worked any of the times I've tried it, and I've since tried out a few other methods that I've found worked as well. I've always had more control than usual of the REM Atonia experience though. Moving is just a matter of wanting to or not. It may not be terribly easy every time, but if I want to move to break out of the experience, I can (I've only actually done it on purpose a handful of times). Unless I've taken a psychoactive OTC, prescription, or psychoactive supplement, I'm usually able to move very easily and end the experience whenever I want to. Very, very rarely do I ever have a scary REM Atonia experience if I've not taken something or stopped taking something that's caused it. Usually I find the experiences fun and the state itself to be very comfortable and... familiar (not sure that describes it that well but I can't do better than that).
There are plenty of times I've experienced REM Atonia and I couldn't actually feel the normal signs of it, like my body wouldn't really feel paralyzed and there won't be vibrations. Usually, though, I can tell during or right after the experience that I was in REM Atonia or some kind of hypnagogic/altered state. Sometimes I get RA a few times and don't recognize it's happening but feel like I'm awake in my bed and feel things that aren't really happening, like just yesterday morning when I thought my dog got up and was licking the blanket over my feet and that my arm was touching something in front of my bed. I woke up right after and it took me a second to realize I had actually been in REM Atonia, but once I realized it, it was impossible to mistake... dreaming and being in REM Atonia/a hypnagogic state has a very particular feeling that I can recognize if only I have something raise my awareness a little bit. It often let's me know I've actually slept a little bit on nights where I feel like I didn't sleep. Chances are I have random memory gaps I wouldn't recognize if I wasn't looking for them and get the slight feeling you get after being in that altered state.
Sorry my reply was so long this time, lol
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