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Okay, I tried WILDing this morning. I used Billy Bob's tutorial and everything. I got up at 3am. I stayed up for 10 minutes then layed back down. I layed on my back and started counting. I guess I got to 300. The feeling of sleep paralysis never came. Can someone tell me what I've done wrong? And how long does it usually take you to get to SP using the WILD method? Thanks!
-Savannah
the same is whit me,but say to your self,i'm gonna do it until i drop,it's bound to happen at some point,whit this autosugetion it will be easyer to do it,and when doing it,when u feel the need to stop,yust say i can do it i want to do it,and beleve in those words and it will hapen,once in the bed,think about what i have told you and do your wILD
Might be easier at like 6AM-7AM when your body is full swing in REM cycles.
Sometimes I'll get it as soon as 3 minutes of trying if I get if I try at the right time (7+ hours of sleep required in my case). I can do it earlier, like after 4-5 hours of sleep, but it tends to take longer, sometimes as long as 30 minutes.
I know this is hard advice to follow, but basically you can't really test sleep paralysis. When you think about your body being able to move you might unknowwingly tense or flex a muscle. Even if you don't raise your arm, just a little flex or twitch will let your brain know that you are still awake.
This breaks from the tutorial but it works for me: try listening to some light ambient music. This help to keeps your mind awake. Something light and tracy - like meditation music in combination with deep breaths really helps to relax your muscles. If this dosen't help you can go another step forward: everytime you breath out just tell yourself that the higher you count you will feel heavier and heavier (again the only muscles you will actually feel are from your chest moving up and down) When I do this I eventually get in an awkward phase where i feel a little stiff, soon followed by the floating feeling - it does take awhile for me to get to this.
Basically we are all a little different. All of the advanced dreamers here seem to have found their own way of getting lucid. If one method doesn't work for you don't get frustrated, just try to alter it slightly and try again, you WILL eventually find something that works well for you.
here is another thing that helps: everytime you try one of these methods, even if you don't induce lucidity, think of how far you got, did you start getting imagery, did you feel a deep sense of relaxation? ANYTHING you feel that you hadn't before is a good step forward. remind yourself afterward of what you DID accomplish, acknowlegde it. It isn't pass/fail, more like teaching your mind step by step.