Well, first, I must say, I had my first successful WILD last night! 8) It was like nothing I have ever experienced before, and the dream was probably 8 times more vivid than I have experienced in a DILD (I had alot of trouble beleiving I was dreaming)

However, the hypnotic imagery I find to be EXTREMLEY frightening. I was just expecting pretty dancing colors and other strange things to fleetingly appear in my eyes, like much of this site has implied...but my experience was much different.

After about thirty minutes of counting and breathing, after I had entered sleep paralysis, the hypnotic imagery suddenly started. And when I mean sudden I mean sudden. The image in my mind changed instantly from a completley black nothingness to an incredibly vivid and horrifying image of my own face being devoured by maggots.

I nearly woke up from shock, but continued counting nervously, trying not to notice the horrific images...but they continued. For about 5 minutes they continued, one gruesome image after another (it reminded me alot of the movie the Ring). Until finally, I opened my eyes, stopped counting, and found myself in an incredibly realistic rendering of my room in the dreamworld.

I'm almost afraid to try it again, but I hope next time my images will not be as disturbing. (oh, and I forgot to mention, the sounds were incredibly disturbing also...there was shreiking and murderous voices whispering in my ear)

However, I am incredibly excited to have attained my first WILD. Next time, instead of sitting around and gawking at how realistic everythign is around me, I will open up my door and enter a new dreamscape.