
Originally Posted by
Thor
It's highly variable. Sometimes I just plunge directly from the waking state into the dream in a matter of seconds, usually after a brief awakening. These are my most successful WILDs. In these cases I have absolutely no other experience than the dream itself.
Other times I get all the textbook auditory, tactile, kinesthetic, vestibular (but rarely visual) hypnagogic hallucinations. Typically roaring sounds, electrocution, acceleration, vibration. These sometimes, but not always, lead into a dream.
With respect to the supposed "sleep paralysis" I occasionally get the "lead blanket" feeling reported by many. I have tested several times but never found myself unable to move, so at least in my own case this is not a state of paralysis.
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