First attempt weirdness...
So.... I tried to LD for the first time last night, and I went in expecting no results. So, I go to bed and put on some binaural beats, which I at least hoped would produce a dream (I havent dreamed in a while....) So, I count down from 100, and between each number I repeat "I will lucid dream." and once I got to around 50 my fingers went completely numb ( not pins and needles) and I couldn't move them. I told myself not to freak out and I stayed calm. Around 30 my breathing involuntarily changed rapid and uneven and it felt like my blanket was extremely heavy (again, no freaking out). So, I eventually fell asleep and in my dream... I was trying exactly what I had been doing before I fell asleep, but I saw vivid swirls of color when my eyes were closed and thought to myself " I hope no one wakes me up, this is cool" then in my dream I fell asleep and began to dream without lucidity. Then knocking, which was occuring inside my dream, turned to the reality of someone knocking on my actual door and I woke up. But I journaled it and everything... So any ideas as to what was going on or if I was doing anything wrong? Thanks :D