Quote Originally Posted by JoannaB View Post
I wonder how many people actually do experience WILD and SP together,
I'm one of them. I learned how to WILD by waking up in sleep paralysis and then relaxing myself fully and just riding the sensations into a dream. I did a bit of arguing with other people who claimed sleep paralysis was not a part of WILD but eventually came to realize that I was in the minority and accepted that my way was probably not the typical way. Not long after that I had my first WILD that did not involve sleep paralysis. I was just playing around with HI and just imagined myself reaching into the image to touch something and before I knew it I was completely immersed in the dream. I was amazed at how quick and simple that kind of transition was compared to a sleep paralysis induced transition.

I'll also point out that I did not experience sleep paralysis on a regular basis until I started trying to WILD. Now it's once a week/two weeks. I could go to a doctor and explain my symptoms and and easily be classified as a sufferer of sleep paralysis. The only difference is I don't "suffer" at all with it. It's just a routine experience that doesn't effect my quality of sleep at all and isn't the least bit scary.