Thread: Does using an alarm clock affect WILDS?

Why would you want to use one for a WILD? I could see how using an alarm clock for a DEILD may work.

Some WILD tutorials suggest using an alarm clock to help you wake up during the night so you can do a WBTB (which is generally the easiest kind of WILD). With the WBTB, you are supposed to get awake and clear-headed anyway, so the alarm won't hurt. However, if you want to try to WILD without a WBTB I could see how the alarm would be really jarring. In that case try a cell phone alarm set on vibrate against your body, if you have one.

Oh....I didn't think that you actually fall asleep when you WILD, so I thought there would be no point in an alarm because your mind is already awake in a way. At least thats what it feels like to me.

When WILDing the goal is to have your body fall asleep while your mind remains awake -- that is how you enter a dream consciously.

Originally Posted by seeker28

When WILDing the goal is to have your body fall asleep while your mind remains awake -- that is how you enter a dream consciously.

Right, so how does an alarm clock help with that? Its wake induced, so you should never have to wake up with an alarm clock to help yourself enter in to a WILD dream. I'm under the impression that that would be in the case with a DEILD, but not a WILD.
Unless I'm just missing somthing.