Thread: Been trying FILD for about 5 days now?

That "numbness" feeling is completely normal. Numbness and tingling of your body parts are phenomenons that happen when you try to enter the relax state, that indeed directs you to Sleep paralysis. In other words, you were doing excellent and you had to go deeper into relaxation to achieve the dream state. You could try doing some Visualizations as well, cause that certainly helps Good Luck

Originally Posted by rays112

That "numbness" feeling is completely normal. Numbness and tingling of your body parts are phenomenons that happen when you try to enter the relax state, that indeed directs you to Sleep paralysis. In other words, you were doing excellent and you had to go deeper into relaxation to achieve the dream state. You could try doing some Visualizations as well, cause that certainly helps Good Luck

Thanks for the reply. I'm relieved to hear that I was doing something right although I don't know how I would go "deeper" into relaxation. If I moved my fingers, even subtly, it would break the numbness. If I didn't move I would fall asleep and not have the chance to do a reality check.

Update: I tried again and had the same results as last night; I remained motionless and had the overwhelming numbness/stiff feeling. This time I laid there for maybe 30 minutes or so but I couldn't sleep. If I try to sleep or don't focus on anything I become aware of my breathing, and have the control it manually (I don't know why I usually end of doing things like this), but if I focus on something, for instance visualizations as rays said, I become too preoccupied and can't sleep either. After about half an hour my alarm went off and I had to get up for work, although when I moved I felt incredibly relaxed, which could be a reward in its own, I don't know.