My First Lucid Dream, SSILD
It finally happened! I have been trying to LD for so long.... Last night I stumbled on the method of SSILD (Sensory Initiated Lucid Dreaming). It is so simple and resembles how I sometimes fall asleep at night, I just needed to try it later in the night at a time with better access to REM sleep, like for WBTB or WILD. Honestly, I didn't expect anything to happen.
(Here is the updated info about it: 宇宙の铁: Senses Initiated Lucid Dream (SSILD) Official Tutorial )
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By using SSILD this morning after waking up, I managed to fall easily back asleep. After some time of sleeping, I found myself in what seemed to be a rapidly retreating dream. Soon I saw myself standing in a light gray haze. Glancing around, I was minimally aware of fuzzy colors in the distance, but there was nothing I could make out. Instantly I realized I must be dreaming.
I asked myself, Am I dreaming?
Yes, Im dreaming, I replied to myself. I did not doubt it, but I wasnt overly excited, either, although there was a moment when I remember feeling slightly triumphant that I was able to have awareness in a dream for the very first time!
I felt a strange presence while I was questioning my wakefulness. It was like I had access to my mind, which was never possible before in a normal dream. Due to feeling bored and secluded in the gray haze with nothing happening, I unfortunately let the dream go, not on purpose, of course.
The experience was so unexciting that it took me a while after waking to believe that it was actually a LD.
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So does everyone else have the feeling of your consciousness existing there as another presence in a LD?
This experience was so unexpected as I have been unable to commit much time to try LDing lately due to my calculus II class that I'm taking. It is only a month long >.< So it makes me think that this method really works!
Has anyone else tried SSILD, and what are everyone's thoughts on it?
