So, today I attempted to do my first WILD. I have never had an induced lucid dream since I started trying to induce them, which was about three to four days ago. I do have some dream recall, although I did not try to recall tonight's dreams. I decided that I want my first lucid dream to be a WILD one. No pun intended.

Yesterday I went to bed late, around 12:00 (damn it... should've went to bed earlier&#33. I set the alarm on my cell phone for 5:45.

When 5:45 came around, I dragged myself up and went to my living room. There, I sat for about 30 to 40 minutes, until around 6:20-ish. During this time, I was basically just sitting there, sleepy. I did, however, find the time to get a drink of water and to relieve myself. When the time came to attempt the WILD technique, I put some earplugs in my ears and got a small, folded towel to cover my eyes.

I went back to my bed, covering my eyes with my towel. Everything was absolutely silent. The only thing that I could hear was my pulse in my plugged ears and my breathing. I said to myself, something like, "You will fall into a lucid dream".

So, basically, I was listening to my breathing. Some of the time I was just listening and relaxing, while some of the time I was counting in my head with my breaths, like so: "One... I am dreaming. Two... I am dreaming".

Well, I was somewhat starting to get into it, when I heard a noise! I think the first noise that I heard was a cross between banging and things falling. Obviously this noise was just in my head, because I was very good earplugs.

I knew that these voices were being made by myself as I was falling asleep, and I told myself this. neverthwless, I felt my pulse begin to quicken. The noises stopped.

Basically, I went through a cycle. Calm -> Relaxed -> Hearing the noises again -> Being startled against my own wishes -> Back to being calm.

I felt like I was overcoming the fear of the noises in my head and was making progress toward the sleep paralysis stage. My body felt numb and distant. All of a sudden, I felt that my bladder was full. "Crap," was what I thought. "How could my bladder be full again?" Well, I continued with the exercise, slowly but surely.

All of a sudden, my stomach started growling. I could not keep my relaxation if I wanted to use the bathroom AND I was hungry. I accidentally opened my eyes and light peeked through the bottom of my towel. From then on, my concentration level detiriorated.

When I finally opened my eyes and removed the towel and earplugs, I became very tired. It was as though I had just woken up from a sleep! I did not feel even remotely this way when I was in the WILD state. It was amazing, like I was actually "almost" dreaming (ie. the sleep cycles before the REM activity), alhough I was fully conscious.

The following are the noises that I heard. Note, these noises were somewhat quiet and they sounded distant, but they were distinct.
  • Things falling
  • Stones banging into each other (well, this was the only real-world analogue that I could find)
  • A babbling brook (the thought that came into my mind)
  • Roaring-like noises (not exactly like roaring, but it sounded like a roar).


So, I have a few questions:
  1. What can I do to achieve lucidity after WILD? I want to try wild in a few hours, as well as tommorow morning.
  2. Did I do everything right? Are your experiences similar to mine?
  3. How can I stop this irrational fear of going further into the trance?
  4. Are there any effective techniques for getting into the trance quickly?
  5. When is the earliest effective time to try a WILD? When is the latest time?
  6. I didn't really see any images (like an actual landscape). I think that I did feel one vibration. Is this okay?


So thanks for your time. Sorry if these questions have been answered before, if this post is too long, or if you consider me to be too much of a "n00b". I only learned about lucid dreaming a few days ago, stumbling onto lucid dreaming by accident. The only accidental lucid dreams that I can remember involved me trying not to lose the dream! But now I know some stabilization techniques. By the way, this is an awesome forum/website.