Originally Posted by
Oneirity
Hi all, correct me if this should be somewhere else please.
I've been trying to WILD over the past week or so before I initially go to sleep. I know that it's not the easiest way to have lucid dreams, but I don't see the harm in trying. Plus, I really liked the first time I felt that "falling through your bed" feeling, and I like the idea as a whole.
Anyway, I was doing this again last night, and I had some weird developments that I've never had before, and I was just wondering if they're common and/or if anyone had any suggestions.
I always start by imagining my body being weighed down, then I move on to some suggestion/self hypnosis where I tell myself that as I count down to one I'll feel twice as heavy/relaxed and be twice as "internally aware" (not sure if that's a valid description, but it makes sense in my head, which is what matters). I do this about four times, affirm my lucid dreaming intentions, and then I just count my breaths or concentrate on my breathing and try to stay aware without being aware of my surroundings.
Last night, after I had been waiting for my body to fall asleep for at least half an hour (it doesn't usually take nearly this long before I'm out cold), I realized that I had been laying there without moving a muscle for quite a long time. For some reason, I started getting progressively more frustrated and antsy. It was a weird feeling, especially because a detached part of me kept thinking that it was a byproduct of my WILDing or something and that I should just stay calm and try to ride it out.
About this time, I noticed that I was getting really warm. The weather's been the same where I live for about a week now, so my room should have been about the same temperature as it usually is, but the longer I lay there not moving, the warmer I got. Also, the longer I lay there, the more antsy I got. I wanted to move around, and I was getting kind of frustrated with the fact that I couldn't get to sleep. I even got frustrated that I was frustrated, and all this despite the fact that I kept trying to just breath deeply and slowly and focus on nothing.
The weirdest part was that there was even a little bit of what felt like fear, although I'm not sure exactly what I would be afraid of at this point. My best guess (although it doesn't make much sense to me) is that it felt like I was afraid of not being able to sleep, even though I've never had problems sleeping in my life (I usually get about nine hours a night).
After about an hour of laying there not moving, I just got too warm and I had to move to throw off some covers, and that kind of ruined the whole thing. I was just wondering if anyone else has had any similar experiences, and/or suggestions about how to avoid this type of thing in the future. Grazie.
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