Ok, not trying to revive a dead topic, because in reality it's not dead (for me!!&#33

I got another SP this morning, so I've decided to turn this thread into a detailed log of every WILD or SP attempt, successful or not. Ideally, this would require an entry every day, and maybe it will, but I'm just not promising that. I'll try my best, though.

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Monday, April 09, 2007
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Well, I actually managed to make it to bed early last night (9:30pm !!&#33 AND fell asleep fairly quickly! I tried a thing called St. John's Wort for the first time; maybe it actually worked, or maybe it was the placebo effect. Either way, I don't care if it continues working.

I woke the next day at 7:00am, not recalling any dreams. (what a shock...) I remembered I was going to try WILD, so I got up to use the restroom, drank a LITTLE cola, and lied down again. I must have dozed off, because I woke up again at 11:00am. No dreams again... BLAST IT!

Well, I wasn't going to give up, so I went downstairs and tried the couch. It was strange, I felt REALLY comfortable and sleepy, even after all morning of sleeping. I started feeling all the signs of SP coming; a sensation of "falling" into my body and slight spinning. I don't know if it was HI, but I started visualizing being in KMart for some reason... Eventually, because I was so comfortable, my thoughts started just... flowing. I almost let go, but remembered to remain conscious. I ended up visualizing I was being pushed around in a shopping cart, like back when I was a little kid. I was going along with the flow, and I just "entered" SP.

I must be REM deprived, because I almost immediately after entered a dream! I knew it was a dream, because my "eyes" were actually open. It's the difference between the "mind's eye" and actually dreaming; I just knew. Furthermore, I was lucid!!! I was so happy, I decided to try and get out of the cart or whatever. Stupid me, I for some reason closed my eyes... Immediately I faded out of the dream and was back on the couch.

I tried to re-enter the dream, with no success... probably because I was so ecstatic that I actually WILDed, if only for a little bit. WOOOHOOO!!! This is awesome! Even though I have like zero dream recall, I'm optimistic again that I can do this. I really think the key was either sleeping early, St. John's Wort, or probably both. We'll see... I'm re-creating these conditions as soon as possible.
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