open eyes during wild

[Zodionic]

I was attempting to wild and got to the point where random faces were appearing and talking rubbish to me (probably just me that gets this) Anyway I heard a noise and opened my eyes and my room was really blurry, I was still paralized and still hearing talking and windy noises but I could see but not very clearly, then my room started spinning and things were moving about and jumping at me. I closed my eyes, then woke up and my vision was back to normal. anyone else expierienced anything like this? was it realy my room or a dream? I dont think it was a dream becasue it seemed very real, plus I was paralized and couldnt move.

[LobbyDonut]

I have had hypnogogic images appear while my eyes were open. In fact, a lot of times in the past it's happened before I have even gone to sleep at night. It has stopped now that I'm older, but during my young and teenage years, I used to hallucinate a lot of freaky stuff in the dark, which I'm sure was some kind of night terror or something. It's basically the same as sleep paralysis except with open eyes. In most cases for me, I wasn't even paralysed. One time I remember, I was maybe 17, and I saw a spider in the corner of my room. I sat bolt upright and, still seeing it, I moved away. Then I turned around and it was gone. Another time there was a floating head of a zombie or something. I swatted at it with my hands and it disappeared before my eyes. Bizarre stuff. So you probably weren't asleep, but in a way you were dreaming - just with what you could see with your open eyes as a base for the dream.

[Luminous]

Like LobbyDonut said, you were awake, but dreaming. Such hallucinations are common during sleep paralysis. It can be a really creepy experience, but it's completely harmless. And now you know where the myths about incubus/succubus and the like come from.

[ZmillA]

So what do you mean random faces were appearing? you were just visualising them without really trying to?

[AlexLou]

When you see the room around you during SP are your eyes open? I don't know if my eyes are open or not since I can't see myself but I certainly see whatever surroundings I'm in exactly as they are in reality with the addition of whatever hallucinations. I also think I may have opened my eyes during and LD once when I was looking for a DC.

[Zodionic]

So what do you mean random faces were appearing? you were just visualising them without really trying to? Yea usualy when i wild i get the point where i start hearing random voices, sometimes people calling my name, then faces build round the voices, realy strange but its usualy a sign of a good dream for me. When you see the room around you during SP are your eyes open? I don't know if my eyes are open or not since I can't see myself but I certainly see whatever surroundings I'm in exactly as they are in reality with the addition of whatever hallucinations. I also think I may have opened my eyes during and LD once when I was looking for a DC. yea my phisical eyes opened. sometimes once a lucid has started i try to move my arms or whatever and hit the wall beside my bed and wake myself up, then one time this happened and i thaught i woke myself up but it was actualy a false awakening lol, its hard to know whats real and whats not.

[Zodionic]

So what do you mean random faces were appearing? you were just visualising them without really trying to? Yea whenever I wild I sometimes hear random voices then start to see people asking me things and talking to me like they're trying to start a conversation or somthing, but they dont make any sense at all.