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I've been trying, rather unsuccessfully, to WILD for quite a while now. Every time, however, I get tons of random and frighteningly VIVID auditory hypnogognic hallucinations. Even before I knew about LDing, I had a lot of them, and thought I was freaking crazy.
But, I've never got any visual HH's.
When I do start to see things, how close then will I be to SP, and thus, my first WILD?
Depends on the person, i find the best way to do a wild is simply go to sleep(have a watch or your clock set to wake you up in 2 hours) turn alarm off, you will enter a WILD in less then 5 seconds, your body will shut down so quick, your almost skip few parts of WILD and enter the dream.
I only get visuals when I open my eyes and no auditory things. I can't WILD though :(
Thing is, SP means nothing. You can WILD with or without the presence of SP, just as you can WILD with or without the presence of HH.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Pinsir
And in terms of a timeline to the very first dream of the night, NREM or REM, I do not know.Quote:
Sense 3: Why Would LDers Want Sleep Paralysis as in Hypnagogic Hallucinations?
Whenever we fall asleep we pass through hypnagogic states. We are not usually aware of this, or at least we don't remember it. But LDers who want to WILD need to maintain awareness all the way into sleep, so it's highly likely that if they get any HH they will recall it because they were aware at the time.
Thus, wanting HH may make some sense for LDers. It's not that HH will buy them anything in itself (unless they like the HH for their own sake), but if they get HH it's a symptom that they have managed to keep themselves "awake" beyond the point where most people lose awareness. And that's a good sign, because it means that they may not be far away from entering a dream.
On the other hand this may cause problems too, because not everyone gets any significant HH, at least not every time they fall asleep. So if you think you should get these HH and then you don't maybe that will stop you in your efforts and discourage you from trying again.
The conclusion is that if you get HH it's an indication that you're on the right track, but if you don't get them it's not an indication that you're on the wrong track. HH are a potential side effect of WILDing and absence of HH doesn't mean anything. BillyBob, author of several WILD guides on DV, explicitly recommends that you don't focus on HH, because that focus may actually prevent you from entering the dream.[9]