Having Trouble With WILD?

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02-14-2010, 02:21 AM
Daydreamer14

Having Trouble With WILD?

Hi everyone, thanks for taking the time to read this because I am truly becoming very frustrated with myself.

Well, I try WBTB and WILD, and I trying doing WILD in naps. . .
But I can't physically relax! I have to keep moving!
This is going to sound absolutely nutty, but I have this thing where if I try to hold still for too long or if I think about a certain body part, it starts to get this strange annoying feeling in it. I've never been able to quite explain the sensation- it's sort of a tingling-throbbing-annoying-want-to-rip-that-body-part-off feeling... To be specific- I get it 24/7 in my fingers, below my ribcage and in my toes mostly, but I can stand it in my fingers and below my ribcage... But it is the toes that make me want to do this when I'm trying to hold still...

:disconcerted: -> :shock: -> :eek: -> :panic::panic::panic:

It is only when I am concentrating on something else, really hard that it seems to go away.
Yesterday night I was trying to WILD and I think I got to SP. My body started vibrating and I felt like I was sort of falling, but of course my mother had to burst in, thinking I was awake and ruin my possible first LD. I couldn't get back to that stage that night. I started yelling at her and telling her that I was about to enter Sleep Paralysis but she just stared at me like I was mental.
Mum: :shock:
Me: :bang:

She really isn't very supportive of the whole, Lucid Dreaming thing. She's actually quite uncharacteristically supersticious about Sleep Paralysis. She had a boyfriend once when she was my age, (15,16) and apparently he used to feel Sleep Paralysis a lot. It was like someone was lying ontop of him and he couldn't breath properly, then he would feel like he was floating... They both thought it was a ghost or something like a demon... :lol:
I keep telling her it was only Sleep Paralysis but she doesn't listen and she thinks some Demon is going to come and kill me in Sleep Paralysis. -sigh-

Anyway- my question is, What do I do? Do I try relaxing techniques? Do I keep my mind completely awake and continue to think to distract myself? Do I move my toes?!

I know this is a long and confusing post, but any help is appreciated!

Thanks in advance... :(
02-14-2010, 05:22 AM
Puffin

I get that feeling alot too. And, I even have the same type of mom as you! :(

I've found it helps to put a thermal pack or hot water bottle near my extremities, such as my feet or hands. The tingling, 'gotta move' feeling for me tends to feel like my body is numb and cold, and that if it stays that way, it's going to be hard to move the affected areas afterwards. Of course, this is just a feeling, but it still drives me crazy sometimes.

Edit: I also suggest using Yoshi's 'flex freeze' technique...
http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=82529

Also, stretch your palms, wrists, ankles, feet, and any other places you get that sensation in. Putting your foot up against a wall and leaning forward stretches your lower leg and ankles. Pushing your hand backwards also helps. Finally, try curling your hands into fists and keeping them that way by wrapping them in a blanket or something - it helps get rid of that feeling, for me at least.
02-14-2010, 05:48 AM
Daydreamer14

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Originally Posted by Demara

I get that feeling alot too. And, I even have the same type of mom as you! :(

I've found it helps to put a thermal pack or hot water bottle near my extremities, such as my feet or hands. The tingling, 'gotta move' feeling for me tends to feel like my body is numb and cold, and that if it stays that way, it's going to be hard to move the affected areas afterwards. Of course, this is just a feeling, but it still drives me crazy sometimes.

Edit: I also suggest using Yoshi's 'flex freeze' technique...
http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=82529

Also, stretch your palms, wrists, ankles, feet, and any other places you get that sensation in. Putting your foot up against a wall and leaning forward stretches your lower leg and ankles. Pushing your hand backwards also helps. Finally, try curling your hands into fists and keeping them that way by wrapping them in a blanket or something - it helps get rid of that feeling, for me at least.

Thanks, I'll try that tonight or this afternoon.
:D
And yeah- my mum can get pretty superstitious about it all... I don't know why... xD

Thanks.