Was this a WILD?

[ItsMorningNow]

Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum, but have been into lucid dreaming for a couple of years and loving it!! Recently, I attempted the WILD tech. around 5:20 AM. I don't believe I actually stayed up for 30-60 min but just enough time to turn off the alarm in my room and keep my eyes open. Then I tried to relax and instantly I was in this white spiral and felt like my body was flying. Then my eyes opened and I was floating around in a room that was completely empty and in black and white and eventually I gained control of actions and was able to enter a fully lucid dream. This was by far the most realistic lucid dream I have had but have not heard of people going from sp to the dream almost instantly. It was a lot of fun though, I guess you could say it was 20 years long because I watched a tree grow to full height within a couple minutes. I will try this again because no matter how obvious some dream signs are, it has been very difficult for me to identify. Has anyone here had an experience like this?

[Adrenaline Junkie]

To answer your question i think that could have been a WILD however i'm getting the hint that it could have been a false awakening, you could have awoken within a dream, turned off your alarm and then went back to bed and suddenly see lots of random things, and you said it was a vivid lucid dream, the mind can make things seem very real, i'm not sure where to go on this one, sorry.

[bluefinger]

I WILDed yesterday, after waking up and staying up for half an hour. By your account, it sounds like you did WILD successfully. So congrats! Count that as a notch on your tally of LDs! I experienced a WILD in which I observed a series of vivid hypnogogic images and scenes go by, until one literally engulfed me and placed me straight into a dream. I didn't even feel the onset of SP and just entered a dream and noticing the transistion, so I was able to say "Heh... I am dreaming" as I sat on this beautiful beach.