WILD attempt? What the hell!?

[niko]

Hi all, As you can see I'm new to these forums... I've been recording my dreams, and I'm at the point now I can remember atleast one dream per night without even trying too. Which is great. Anyway, today I got up early after about 6 hours of sleep... did what I had to do in the morning, and later in the afternoon went home and just chilled out on the bed watching tv at a comfortable volume. I started to get really tired and could barely open my eyes. So I'd close my eyes and be able to comprehend the voices on the tv. I'd routinely open my eyes and try to watch tv for a few mins, then... my eyes could close. Anyway, I got to a point where I couldn't open my eyes any longer, and I decided to lucid dream because I knew I was awake, but I could fall into a sleep basically instantly. I closed my eyes, and had my hand sort of on my hip bone. And I started to feel a little bit tingly and had loss of feeling and just felt the tingles, but I could feel my hip bone. I concentrated on the feeling of my hip bone (as I haven't had much success with hyponotic imagery) and the feeling of my hip bone started to feel "not real", so I kept going along with it. then, I started to get imagery of my face (but it felt as if I was looking through this face) and it started to erode in the skin and becoming very unusual. At this point I felt unbelievable vibrations, and my heart rate was amazing, felt like it was going to jump out of my chest. The vibrations got incredibly intense, and I started to feel fearful and stressful... and "pulled" myself out of this bizarre experience. I woke up and my heart was pumping and head almost felt like it was vibrating. I don't know what to make of this experience, but this sensation of vibration was just incredibly intense, and I was too fearful to just let it go (because it felt so "real" aswell). It felt like a bumpy ride rather than a smooth transition, and the feeling was induced about 15 seconds after I had closed my eyes and concentrated on inducing myself into it. Is this truely a stage of WILD? The vibrations is basically what frightened me, because it was so intense... *takes deep breath*. Also, when the vibrations were at its peak, the imagery also became shakey. Kind of like the shaky transition effects they use on 'The Butterfly Effect'... corny I know, but thats how it looked.

[sloth]

It IS the butterfly effect. If that happens again, remember. Don't touch ANYthing! You wouldn't believe what happens! This is a classic example of sleep paralysis, and it's nothing to worry about. This IS a stage of WILD, but it doesn't have to be. It's a stepping point, that you can use to get to lucid dreaming, but it is not necessary. There are other ways of having a WILD. This is also, if you ever get adventurous later, the stepping point for out-of-body experiences. There is lots of documentation on this subject. I promise that's what it was. This happens alot when trying to induce a WILD, because the state of consciousness is very similar between the two. ...Kinda puts everything into perspective doesn't it? Lucid dreaming, and related arts, dabble in states of consciousness that most people never see. -sloth

[TygrHawk]

Hey there Niko, and welcome to DV (if I haven't already welcomed you ) It's great that you've started a dream journal -- that's one of the most helpful things you can do, with regards to both dream recall and LDing. But I would suggest that maybe you start out by trying some techniques that are easier to learn (and less scary) than WILD. Not that there's anything wrong with WILD, but most people tend to find it difficult to master. I have had the best success using MILD combined with WBTB (see those links for the tutorials). If you have any questions, just ask!

[danbarber]

Hi and welcome TygrHawk is right, try some of the simpler techniques before WILD. It doesn't seem to be a good starting point for begginers. And those are usual WILD things to happen, just get comfortable with them, ride them out. Good luck

[Eyes of Adrasteia]

Last night, I decided to go for WILD, just for the sake of it, since I had nothing to do in the morning(which was lucky!). I got to a strange stage like niko, had some pretty intense sensations such as strong body rushes, numbness and racing pulse. I started drifting into very strange visions although I was still very aware that I was awake. This lasted about an hour and a half, which I found quite strange. I kept coming out of these visions saying "What the hell am I thinkin about?! that was so wierd!" After coming out of one such vision, I felt such a strong sensation, like I had been physically pushed, it was quite intense. Of course after that it was just gone 5, and it was real bright out and I couldn't concentrate on it anymore. I ended up, getting to sleep at 7 ...i know, well I did have nothing to do

[sloth]

An intense case of SP.

[blade5x]

They vibrations get less and less gradually (for me they do atleast). My first few SPs were pretty intense, now I barely feel any vibrations at all in SP, unless I start thinking about them to much in which case I bring them upon myself.