Hallucinations

[Ryanshep11]

Okay guys quick question…I hear that during SP you can have hallucinations? And sometimes these can be scary? What's an example of one because I, and probably everyone else, would rather avoid scaring myself before I sleep haha. So I'm just curious to what is scary about these hallucinations?

[gab]

Hallucinations are part of falling asleep proces, not SP. You may experience sounds or sensations, or nothing at all, or they are different every time. They are best ignored, or just observed very passively. Here is a link to different hallucinations and how to turn them into WILD.

[Warique]

An example of one might be a demon or an old witch (not a fairytale witch, a realistic witch that's bleeding from it's eye sockets and vomiting maggots). Sometimes you don't even actually see it, you just feel it's presence. BUT, as gab says, they are best ignored. The fear can be very real, but they will never be able to actually do anything to you physically.

[Supernova]

An example of one might be a demon or an old witch (not a fairytale witch, a realistic witch that's bleeding from it's eye sockets and vomiting maggots). Sometimes you don't even actually see it, you just feel it's presence. BUT, as gab says, they are best ignored. The fear can be very real, but they will never be able to actually do anything to you physically. Yeah...or, or not... Really though, it's no big deal. Most of the time you'll never really experience anything drastic, and even at that you wouldn't usually be awake to experience it unless you were using a WILD technique (which, I should add, tend to be less newbie-friendly).

[thebigm]

It can be scary because you can feel frozen, obviously if properly experiencing SP and like anything your mind can go on a negative 'trip' if you don't get control of it. The more you get used to the state, the more comfortable you will be and the less likely you are to have a bad experience. If you go into it thinking, "I hope I don't have a bad experience", then there is a good chance you will, as negativity is on your mind before you have even started. As gab said, we experience hallucinations when going to sleep, even if it's not during SP or any lucid dream induction techniques. For example, a lot of the times if I am on the edge of falling asleep and something wakes me, I realise just before going into a sleep properly that I'm hearing music. I've noticed that a lot, I start to hallucinate songs playing in my head as I'm falling asleep. The only scary thing about this is that it turns out my sub conscious has horrendous taste in music.

[Warique]

Yeah...or, or not... Really though, it's no big deal. Most of the time you'll never really experience anything drastic, and even at that you wouldn't usually be awake to experience it unless you were using a WILD technique (which, I should add, tend to be less newbie-friendly). Yeah... or, or maybe... it is DEFINITELY an EXAMPLE of a scary hallucination that you might encounter while WILDing. That's what he asked for, and I am speaking from experience and the testimony of others.

[123north123]

Occasionally I wake up during the night and hallucinate that there are people in my room. It can be really freaky. I'll sometimes see these people sitting in corners of my room or in bed with me.