Eyes Forced Open

**anthrax** · 07-19-2010 10:38 AM

Hey there, I have been practicing LDing for about 4 years now. I used to be able to do it almost any night I wished to, but then for the past year and a half I stopped completely. This summer I have started practicing again. I am having a slight problem though.

Now, when I am attemtping a WILD, right when my sleep paralysis begins (I always know because it is marked by a loud buzzing sound and a feeling of vibration for me) I feel my eyes being forced open. Not wide or completely open, but enough to catch a glimpse of my ceiling (if I am lying on my back) or my night table (if I am lying on my side) to the point that I wake up. This makes it very difficult to LD since I cannot successfully WILD if I cannot stay asleep for more than a few moments.

Has anyone else had this problem? I did a quick search online to no avail.

Thanks in advance,

James

**MythicDreams** · 07-19-2010 12:57 PM

It might be gravity, with the angle you're sleeping at. I get it too, just enough to pull a little bit of the eyelid back. Try sleeping with your head more supported.

**Brunor2** · 07-19-2010 08:04 PM

Why you don't try to use something like this:

A simple sleeping mask.

**Robot_Butler** · 07-19-2010 10:16 PM

Are your eyes twitching open, like an involuntary muscle spasm? Or just falling open because you can't keep them closed any more?

**anthrax** · 07-20-2010 04:20 AM

They are twitching open, it is completely involuntary.

**army0193** · 07-23-2010 03:54 PM

I have same problem.

**anthrax** · 07-24-2010 09:19 AM

I found another thread here about the same issue.

http://www.dreamviews.com/f79/my-eye...ed-open-80751/

Eliminating all the external light worked. I have WILDed the previous 2 nights and entered SP flawlessly.