Thread: I can't go into Sleep Paralysis for the life of me

I've tried both. Sometimes I get up to record in my journal, while other times I feel if I lay there I will be able to transition.

I think the main thing is that I focus too hard and I keep myself awake. Are you supposed to try and sleep and just count while you're falling asleep, or are you purposely trying to keep yourself awake but put your body to sleep?

I laid there for an hour today and nothing happened. I think I even ended up passing out for a half hour due to boredom, after the first hour, so I wasted 1.5 hours.

Originally Posted by nobodycares

I've tried both. Sometimes I get up to record in my journal, while other times I feel if I lay there I will be able to transition.

I think the main thing is that I focus too hard and I keep myself awake. Are you supposed to try and sleep and just count while you're falling asleep, or are you purposely trying to keep yourself awake but put your body to sleep?

I laid there for an hour today and nothing happened. I think I even ended up passing out for a half hour due to boredom, after the first hour, so I wasted 1.5 hours.

You need to keep your mind awake and make your body fall asleep.
You need to
- Keep still
-Keep eyes closed
- Don't move your eyes (try not to)
- Resist temptation of moving

Just let your mind think about Lucid dreaming and SP. But make sure you don't drop to sleep.

I've tried that but when I think I stay awake, and my body never falls asleep.

I've laid still for over an hour and never fallen asleep, and didn't move a muscle either. I'll keep trying but I don't think this will work. Perhaps I need to be tired when I go to bed rather than just trying to sleep when I'm not tired, only to induce lucid dreams.

I swear this is taking over my life and I have to let it go naturally.

Originally Posted by nobodycares

I've tried that but when I think I stay awake, and my body never falls asleep.

I've laid still for over an hour and never fallen asleep, and didn't move a muscle either. I'll keep trying but I don't think this will work. Perhaps I need to be tired when I go to bed rather than just trying to sleep when I'm not tired, only to induce lucid dreams.

I swear this is taking over my life and I have to let it go naturally.

I find it easier to accomplish when I am tired.
However, they don't always result into a LD

First of all, you need to know, that every-time you try and do it you are getting better. All it will take is experience. What works for me is to be relaxed and have no expectations what so ever. Also you can start visualizing stuff that is entertaining/interesting which may help, I do it sometimes although I'm not very good. It is good to know that you are experiencing unconscious states where you doze off for minutes at a time. For me as I got better you began to be more concious of these time periods. Basically you could very well be going into SP already but it happens during those unconscious times where you have no memory.

I agree a lot with what Tornado joe said and with practice I think you will gradually get better (I think you may already notice a difference between attempts you are trying now, compared to your first tries, no?)

I remember my first attempts to WILD I couldn't even lay still for 15+ minutes without getting agitated.


I could help you more, umm why exactly are you trying to get into SP or are you trying to WILD?