Thread: SP

What "feeling" exactly do you mean? How many SPs have you had?

SP experiences vary. Mindset is most important. Positive, calm, relaxed.

I've had one in my life, when i was 9. It was so bad i have never forgotten it.

I felt like i was choking, very heavy pressure on my chest, and my heartbeat was very fast, i could hear it in my head as loud as a drummer, and i couldnt move. As you can imagine it was horrible. Im 99% that was SP, as it sounds exactly like what people describe SP as.

So seeing as thats the only example of it i have, you can understand why im slightly afraid to attempt something that puts me back into that situation.

you were 9..... and u probably had no idea what was going on thats why it was scary, personally i love SP's!!! i love the feeling, i love the sound, everything

also, if you try to do a WILD again and u hit SP and u think about the last time u had SP about how scary it was youll possibly have a bad SP experience again....

Believe me you could be 30 and that would still scare the shit out of you.
There was nothing "fun" about that at all.

Choking feels the same whatever age you are.

Your Memory is an amazing thing but the thing with it is, there is research to suggest that memories are only what happened in your mind when you last remembered them so over the years when you have remembered that experiance it has Gradualy got worse and worse as you remembered it. It wont be as bad as the first time like with anything its never as extreme. Just go for it.

Originally Posted by Johnny87

I've had one in my life, when i was 9. It was so bad i have never forgotten it.

I felt like i was choking, very heavy pressure on my chest, and my heartbeat was very fast, i could hear it in my head as loud as a drummer, and i couldnt move. As you can imagine it was horrible. Im 99% that was SP, as it sounds exactly like what people describe SP as.

I've experienced something similar to this. I remember that I was trying to move some object or a person that was trying to crush my chest in my bed. I thought I had an infarct. It was painful but then almost as same unpleasant experience was a full body SP. You know, it feels like someone is lying on you. Freaking scary.

Originally Posted by CloudOne

I've experienced something similar to this. I remember that I was trying to move some object or a person that was trying to crush my chest in my bed. I thought I had an infarct. It was painful but then almost as same unpleasant experience was a full body SP. You know, it feels like someone is lying on you. Freaking scary.

Have you experienced it before and had nothing happen? I know all this reading about this isn't helping me to avoid feeling it.

Originally Posted by Johnny87

Have you experienced it before and had nothing happen? I know all this reading about this isn't helping me to avoid feeling it.

I had the most unpleasant ones before I knew about any theory of lucid dreaming but I knew that SP was more or less a natural happening that can occur once in a while - for example paralysed hand is very common.

The last one I had it was ten months ago, I woke up with my whole arm paralysed swinging above me, I almost found it funny because I knew exactly what was happening. I don't know how big impact it has on LDing but it has more to do with a vascular system.

The method WILD is the best simply because it's the easiest one. The negative side is that it can be connected with vivid nightmares at least afaik. I would suggest you to sleep at least 6 hours, not less, and be awake at least 30 minutes and walk out of the bed.