Sleep Interruption

**harvey** · 10-18-2003 06:15 PM

Being new this forum, I am not sure if this has been discussed before. I have had the occasional lucid dream over the past few years (unintentionally). I have been able to achieve lucidity recently quite regularly through sleep interruption but how it happens is kind of strange. Let me explain.

This only happens when I have slept for a while and have reawakened completely (for at least half an hour). When I go back to sleep (after some tossing and turning) I go through this strange experience. As I am drifting off there is a loud rushing sound in my ears and it feels like blood is rushing to my head. I often feel like I am falling but I can't move. I am consciously aware the whole time. The first few times this happened, I was quite scared and fought to wake up. I thought I was having some sort of epileptic attack. After a few times of this happening I kind of figured out that the feeling must be some sort of transition into sleep/dream state. When it happens, I can now go into a dream directly with full lucidity and often with control over the action. I have also had lucid dreams where I realize I am dreaming and become aware but they are much more rare. Have others experienced this and have others become lucid this way?

**Timotheus** · 10-18-2003 07:01 PM

Originally posted by harvey
Being new this forum, I am not sure if this has been discussed before...
... I am consciously aware the whole time
... When it happens, I can now go into a dream directly with full lucidity and often with control over the action.

I don't think there's anything to be afraid of.
To me, it sounds like a prototypical WILD (wake initiated lucid dream) where you fall asleep consciously. I do envy you, because so far I don't make any progress in achieving WILDs.

Sleep well and prosper.

**liquid** · 10-18-2003 10:59 PM

Everything you just explained was pretty much exactly what I felt when I had my first lucid dream! two days ago! It was a wild. I woke up at night, then when I went back to lay down I felt that rush in my head as you were talking about, followed by hypnogogic images and all that good stuff, then my first lucid dream, finally. However, I was not scared, only excited.

**wasup** · 10-19-2003 04:56 PM

WILD sounds sooo cool!!!

8)

:x

**Second Attention** · 10-20-2003 04:40 PM

not as cool as DILD!

Um... wait...

I\'ll make something up...

Dream Induced Lucid Dream!

YEAH.... wait...

I think that's actually the term... darn...

**nerve** · 10-20-2003 04:48 PM

actually, it's.....uhhhh.....*drool* i forgot...let's go with "Dream Induced Lucid Dream" for now.

**wasup** · 10-20-2003 10:49 PM

It is I just looked; I'm so inteliga... itellegi... not dum.

**Curios** · 10-21-2003 02:05 AM

some say its a bad re-entry to the body.

**icedawg** · 10-21-2003 06:05 AM

Originally posted by harvey

This only happens when I have slept for a while and have reawakened completely (for at least half an hour). When I go back to sleep (after some tossing and turning) I go through this strange experience. As I am drifting off there is a loud rushing sound in my ears and it feels like blood is rushing to my head. I often feel like I am falling but I can't move. I am consciously aware the whole time.

Yep, I've experienced that before. I don't know how to readily induce it, nor would I really want to. It creeps me out too much. The paralyzed feeling is very eerie, along with the rushing sound. I also see bizarre flashes of light when it happens. It happens to me very rarely. I fight it by shaking my body as violently as I can, and eventually I seem to break through the paralysis and fully wake up.

**Tim** · 10-25-2003 09:21 AM

wow, you had an unintentional WILD. i am sincerely jealous...

and by the way, DILD is already a term, and it IS dream induced lucid dream. there are a lot more ILDs than most probably know about. i once read a whole list of them: WILD, MILD, DILD, RILD, UILD, TILD, the list goes on.

**wasup** · 10-25-2003 01:59 PM

MILD (Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams)
WILD (Wake-Initiated Lucid Dream)
NILD (nap Induced Lucid Dream)
DILD (Dream-Initiated Lucid Dream)
CILD (Chakra Induced Lucid Dream)
PILD (Punishment Induced Lucid Dream)
RILD (Reward Induced Lucid Dream)
TILD (Thirst Induced Lucid Dream)
UILD (Urinate Induced Lucid Dream)
SILD (Sexual Induced Lucid Dream)
LILD (Letter Induced Lucid Dream)
OILD (Orgone Induced Lucid Dream)

Gotta say, that's a lotta ilds!