Thread: Almost WILD, double bodies, nicotine, lack of control and more

This morning, I attempted several WILDs that were semi-successful, with the aid of a 21mg nicotine patch. Let me explain.

Upon waking, I did several RCs to ensure that it was a real awakening; it was. Now when I started to wild, I had immediate success to some degree, within 5 seconds. I skipped right over Hypnagogic images and sounds, and the vibrations, and a dream scene instantaneously formed before my eyelids. I could move around it easy enough, consciously plotting out what I would do in this next LD... I decided I would take guitar lessons from Jimi Hendrix. But as soon as I would pick up my guitar, I would topple over onto my bed, helpless as a turtle flipped over on his shell, and wake up. Or if I tried to go outside and fly, I'd wake up when I stepped out the door. I remember the spinning technique, but I couldn't seem to make myself spin in the air (the ceilings were too low, and when I fly, I tend to shoot up about 10 feet before I gain control), and spinning on one-foot like an awkward ballerina only seemed to wake me up.

What's stranger is that as I was experiencing all of this, I was acting with my dream body, seeing with my dream eyes, etc.... yet I could still feel my physical eyes closed outside of them, I could feel my physical arms at my side although I could feel my dream arms holding my guitar, I could feel my physical feet on the mattress even as I felt my dream feet floating in the air...

so a few questions:

a) is this dual-consciousness of bodies relatively common?
b) how exactly does the spinning technique for increasing control work?
c) does anyone else ever WILD as soon as they close their eyes on occasion?
d) has anyone else experienced these specific changes to their LDs when using the patch?