Lucid Dream Attempt

**Dylanm504** · 10-07-2016 03:58 PM

Last night I did my second attempt at lucid dreaming. I went to bed around 1:00 and I wasn't planning on waking up in the middle of the night but I woke up around 5:00 for some reason. I was tired and ready to fall back to sleep so I decided to attempt the FILD method. I relaxed myself and made sure my body was on the brink of falling asleep and I began very slightly moving my fingers and concentrating on the feeling of my muscles contracting. After about 15-20 seconds I started feeling almost weightless and my heart started pounding faster than I've ever experienced. I began imagining a park while still concentrating on my fingers and my view behind my eyes began to change. It started getting brighter and I started seeing green and blue against each other and I remember vaguely hearing wind whistling in my ears. Suddenly my girlfriend rolled over and nudged me several times in her sleep and I broke concentration and it faded away. I opened my eyes and I still felt almost weightless and my heart stared to slow down but was still pounding. I felt...out of sync with my surroundings. I did a RC and it showed me that I wasn't dreaming. Was I close? Was I on the brink of emerging into a lucid dream? I've never lucid dreamed before but this felt...different, like something I've never felt before and it was both exciting and terrifying at the same time. It was exhilarating...how close was I...and is there anything I can do better to succeed next time?

;TLDR I tried lucid dreaming and felt something. I explain the feeling and am curious if I was close to lucid dreaming or if it was just a placebo effect.

**Patience108** · 10-08-2016 10:07 PM

Hi Dylanm504

Sounds like your just starting out and getting into Lucid dreaming ~ great! Why not start up a work book - Dild and Mild are great places to start tracking your progress here on Dream Views.

Wishing you many Lucids and enjoy the process

**Saizaphod** · 10-09-2016 12:24 PM

It started getting brighter and I started seeing green and blue against each other and I remember vaguely hearing wind whistling in my ears.

Yeah I think you were really close. Sounds like the dream might have been already starting to form for you. Next time just let it slide, go with the flow and stay relaxed. Nothing bad will come your way, it's like one minute you're on your bed and then after a brief while you're at let's say, a park. Then you're free to do what you want.

You must have been really tired to fall back asleep that quickly. If you tend to fall back asleep that quickly then you can definitely pick up on WILD as well.