not sure if this was a WILD
did the wbtb method, had tried some muscle tense/relax techniques while listening to some music for awhile until i felt extremely relaxed and decided to take off the head phones and try and fall asleep. I was laying on my side feeling my body start its usualy tingly feeling followed by a floating feeling and body distortions, some spinning, and other normal charateristics of the onset of sleep like HI, and some images..the whole time i was repeating to myself that this is all just a dream, suddenly i started thinking about my moms ab crunch machine, although my mind was wandering a little i was still mostly concious, however my thoughts focused more on it as i saw flashes of it and then, experienced it in a dream state...
The whole time i was thinking to myself, this is the beginning of sleep becuase this is some random shit im thinking about, but i didnt realize i had already gone into the dream, i just thought i was in a half sleep state and this was the reason for the vivdness of my thoughts, i was actually physically fixing the machine from my bed in this state, turning screws, then feeling a shot of air pressure on my face when it broke apart, this kind of "woke me up" and i realized i was actually dreaming, i was then paralyzed and could not move but remained calm, suddenly i found myself in my room, but it was completely empty with half of the wall bright blue and the bottom half white, i could only see two sides of the room, the vividness of the dream faded but i was able to bring it back, i could faintly hear some music i was trying to create in the background, but isuddenly awoke, possible from a barking dog i heard after fully awakening...
I realize that the WILD method is characterized by continued conciousness from the waking to dream state, i did feel like it was a pretty smooth transition, but yet again i was a little slow in recognizing the actual onset of the dream itself. Just wondering if anyone would classify this as a successful attempt, i know im close, but damn it can be frustrating.
