Thread: i tried a fild and something wierd happened. help please.

last night i was trying to fild. all of a sudden my body started tingling and i felt extremely warm. i waited til this passed to try to move so i don't know if it was sleep paralysis. this was the first time this has ever happened to me but i'm fairly new to lucid dreaming [as in haven't made it there yet] anybody ever felt something like that before?

It's SP! And it's good, it shows the onset of a hypnogogic state, which in turn can become an LD. Keep trying, I haven't had an LD either... but I will!

i'm glad i'm getting somewhere. how far have you gotten?

Good progress! I've had 3 LD's and the first time I entered SP it felt like my cell phone was vibrating in my hand and then spread to the rest of my body. I'm not sure about the warmth but SP is different for everyone everynight. After it passed, did you RC?

You're certainly on the right track. That is definitely SP setting in, next time this happens whether you are attempting FILD or WILD or MILD I would suggest not moving and letting the hypnagogic imagery take you into a dream. I've only had one successful WILD (which was an accident) but the vividness of the dreams are much better, because you're going from a waking state to a dream state. Unfortunately mine only lasted about 20 seconds.

After it passed, did you RC?

probably not. i was too excited. i know i didn't start dreaming though.

REALITY CHECK!!!! just in case...

well, i meant i dont know the sp process. im familiar with fild(or did you say dild?)

Originally Posted by lysergic

i'm glad i'm getting somewhere. how far have you gotten?

I've gotten to SP. Sat there for 2 hours, in SP. Gave up . But I had a very long and easy to remember dream after that failed attempt...

wow 2 hours of sp! lol that really sucks most of the time i enter the dream before i even enter into sp.

Originally Posted by freefire

wow 2 hours of sp! lol that really sucks most of the time i enter the dream before i even enter into sp.

Lucky you! The SP itself isn't bad, I didn't get hallucinations. It's just frustrating to sit there for two hours.

Originally Posted by lysergic

last night i was trying to fild. all of a sudden my body started tingling and i felt extremely warm. i waited til this passed to try to move so i don't know if it was sleep paralysis. this was the first time this has ever happened to me but i'm fairly new to lucid dreaming [as in haven't made it there yet] anybody ever felt something like that before?

yeah, that happenes to me every time I do FILD. I like it cause then I dont have to do a reality check right away, cause I know I'm dreaming. I can usually tell when I'm dreaming without doing a reality check, but after I get up and get my composure I do a RC just to make sure.