Thread: Possible New WILD Technique- Stay up late, do something repetetive, and READ!

That sounds cool, I will try it
I would really like to try WILDing...
But, SP kind of scares me.

Yeah, it used to not scare me...and it's not actually the paralysis itself that scares me, it's the hypnagogia ...the sounds and shit. Not cool at all lol.

Yeah, I wondered if something like that might work. For example, If you play a PC game the whole friggin night, like I do, what happens when you close your eyes?

All you can see is that you are in the game! EXACTLY! Thus, that could seriously speed up the hypnagogic imagery, meaning you are already seeing complete scenes in your head.

I need to try that sometime, Just need to find a cool game. Leisure suit larry anyone?

EsC

PS: Stop lauging at the jigglin' banana!

What you're experiencing is the "Tetris Effect". After doing something repetitive for a prolonged period - whether it be something work-related or playing a video game - you'll start to see it whenever you close your eyes, and you'll especially see it in your HI.

I'd suggest playing Tetris for a few hours straight before going to bed. I've never actually done it myself, but my hypothesis would be that focusing on the falling tetrominoes you'll inevitably see after closing your eyes will help keep your mind awake enough for a WILD.

Originally Posted by ElmStreetCrusader

Yeah, I wondered if something like that might work. For example, If you play a PC game the whole friggin night, like I do, what happens when you close your eyes?

All you can see is that you are in the game! EXACTLY! Thus, that could seriously speed up the hypnagogic imagery, meaning you are already seeing complete scenes in your head.

I need to try that sometime, Just need to find a cool game. Leisure suit larry anyone?

EsC

PS: Stop lauging at the jigglin' banana!

If anyone plays Second Life and knows sometimes when you rez (appear when game is loaded) you float just above the ground slightly...
Last time I became Lucid I roze up above the groung slightly hovering with me arms out, just like Second life.
Wasn't until I thought about it later that day I realised what had happened with the hovering.

This technique is not a bad idea, but since it involves missing sleep than I would not suggest doing it too often. It looks like the lack of sleep beforehand helped you to both fall asleep faster and to start REM sleep faster. Since your mind craves REM sleep, it gets more when you get less sleep (and also if you get more sleep).
I don't think your game is the cause of the WILD, but this "tetris effect" could be useful. When you go to sleep after playing a new game that you havn't played before a lot, you can try to form associations between this game and being aware of dreaming. This should act as a safty net if you don't end up WILDing. If it is a similar case, then you will probably end up WILDing because of the HI.
How can you put this together? First, go to sleep early and at the same time for a few days, and on the last day wake up early enough so that you are tired. Next pick out a new game to play (or anything else new and exiting that you can do for several hours), and get all worked up about it. If you can use figuritive language that mentions dreams to describe it (e.g. This is the ___ of my dreams! ; I must be dreaming!). Then play your game for several hours untill it's really late and your body makes you fall asleep. Lastly fall asleep while telling yourself that the next time you will play that game it will be a dream.

Originally Posted by gagaku

This technique is not a bad idea, but since it involves missing sleep than I would not suggest doing it too often. It looks like the lack of sleep beforehand helped you to both fall asleep faster and to start REM sleep faster. Since your mind craves REM sleep, it gets more when you get less sleep (and also if you get more sleep).
I don't think your game is the cause of the WILD, but this "tetris effect" could be useful. When you go to sleep after playing a new game that you havn't played before a lot, you can try to form associations between this game and being aware of dreaming. This should act as a safty net if you don't end up WILDing. If it is a similar case, then you will probably end up WILDing because of the HI.
How can you put this together? First, go to sleep early and at the same time for a few days, and on the last day wake up early enough so that you are tired. Next pick out a new game to play (or anything else new and exiting that you can do for several hours), and get all worked up about it. If you can use figuritive language that mentions dreams to describe it (e.g. This is the ___ of my dreams! ; I must be dreaming!). Then play your game for several hours untill it's really late and your body makes you fall asleep. Lastly fall asleep while telling yourself that the next time you will play that game it will be a dream.

Yes. Regular sleep patterns are suggested from most sources concerning Lucidity.
Only two I haven't was a sleep deprivation trial, which isn't recommended,
and a trial on sleep pattern breaking, spreading sleep across night and day.

Dreamchaser it's interesting that you mention Second Life, that's the game I was playing!

I kept seeing it in my head, and it made me WILD. Although I do agree that perhaps this technique shoul not be used overly, as it involves lack of sleep. I hope this works for someone!