Wow...I almost WILD'd...

**Raevan** · 11-17-2008 11:19 PM

Right before I went to bed, I was on these forums looking for help. I had read about WILDs before, but I could never wake myself up after 5-7 hours.

I know, all the guides say for you to get that amount of sleep, but I didn't. Here's my schedule.

At 12:02 I Laid down in bed and imagined being filled with sand, and having that sand slowly drain out. I closed my eyes for what felt like a few seconds when I started seeing lights. I focused all my attention into breathing and the lights. Suddenly, my body started tingling. It was a weird feeling and I almost opened my eyes. Trying not to bring my attention to the feeling, I again focused on the lights. The back of my neck, armpits, cheeks, and sides became hot. My mind snapped to my body and for some reason I didn't have any feeling in my fingers or toes and the numbness was moving. I felt my eyes, leg, and wrist twitch. Despite my eyes being sealed shut, I could actually see my room. In all the excitement, I forgot about breathing. Before I was breathing like this: i-i-i-i-i-n... o-o-o-o-u-t. Now I was breathing like: in, out... in, out... in, out... in, out. It was like there was a constantly refilling bubble of air in a small, water filled container and the only way it would fill is if I breathed out and if I didn't get to it in time, it would disappear. I realized I was taking in more air than breathing out and I couldn't do anything to stop it. I couldn't move. Because of this, I started panicking. Slowly, my eyes fluttered, my body relaxed, and I opened my eyes.

As I was going through all that, it felt as if 10 minutes had passed. I looked at the clock and it was now 12:41. I glanced at the clock again, just to make sure I wasn't dreaming. As I became more aware of my body, I realized I was drenched in sweat. I tried moving my arm up to scratch my face, but I only succeeded in having a limp piece of meat (wow...that came out wrong...) hit the headboard. I flexed my fingers and they barely made it to my palm. I put all my energy in trying to move my leg and it only moved a few inches and then my whole leg cramped up. Now, I just KNOW that I was close to becoming lucid. I kept imagining my self walking out of my own body as I lay there and every time I imagined it, my chest rose up a little bit.

I tried once more, but only managed to do it for 11 minutes, though it felt like 5. The only problem I'm having is that now whenever I try to fall asleep, I start seeing this stuff and now I feel like my body isn't getting enough rest.

I have a few questions:
What can I do better?
What am I doing wrong?
As I'm seeing the Hypnotic Imagery, is my body still getting rested as if I were having normal sleep?

**mustbe18** · 11-17-2008 11:57 PM

Originally Posted by Raevan

I have a few questions:
What can I do better?
What am I doing wrong?
As I'm seeing the Hypnotic Imagery, is my body still getting rested as if I were having normal sleep?

1. Try focusing on your breathing in the beginning to make sure you don't over do it.
2. You panicked. But that is normal in the beginning so don't get discouraged. you were extremely close

. just try to relax and remember your body does this every night and its perfectly natural.
3.I'm not to sure about that one. I've often wondered my self since I'll spend a lot of the night trying to get to sleep but still feeling rested in the morning.

anyways good luck with your next attempt

**Raevan** · 11-18-2008 12:32 AM

Thanks a lot. It's good to know I was almost there.

The reason I ask about the fully rested is that I have a problem of dozing off if I'm not doing something, which is usually during school and work.

**Lionsroar** · 11-18-2008 09:47 AM

Oooh Ima try that sand technique

**Garjzla** · 11-18-2008 09:54 AM

sick i will try that tonight..thanks man!

**moonshine** · 11-18-2008 02:15 PM

Thing is, it is of course quite possible to get into sleep paralysis first thing at night.
But your unlikely to enter a REM period and so dream.

A number of other posters have described WILD attempts first thing, and ended staring at the back of their eyelids.

**Raevan** · 11-18-2008 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by moonshine

Thing is, it is of course quite possible to get into sleep paralysis first thing at night.
But your unlikely to enter a REM period and so dream.

A number of other posters have described WILD attempts first thing, and ended staring at the back of their eyelids.

You see, I'd love to actually try and wake up several hours in but I'm worried that I'm not actually getting rested. I have a problem with sleeping during the day as it is. I'll have to try it Friday and Saturday, when there won't be any consequences.

Now that I think back on the whole experience, it was really exciting. I kinda liked the tingling feeling I had. It was kinda like a mixture of a shiver and being very, very lightly shocked.

**mustbe18** · 11-19-2008 12:42 AM

Originally Posted by Raevan

You see, I'd love to actually try and wake up several hours in but I'm worried that I'm not actually getting rested. I have a problem with sleeping during the day as it is. I'll have to try it Friday and Saturday, when there won't be any consequences.

Now that I think back on the whole experience, it was really exciting. I kinda liked the tingling feeling I had. It was kinda like a mixture of a shiver and being very, very lightly shocked.

If you mean not getting as much rest while lucid, most people feel better rested after having lucids and being in just a generally better mood.

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