Thread: Question for lucid masters

I need help deciding if this was technically a lucid dream. This happened to me about a month ago but i was thinking about it it i guess it could be a lucid dream but im not sure because im new to the whole lucid dreaming stuff.

So around a month ago, I was sleep deprived so i was really tired ( played to much video games that day). So I went to bed in the living room in the couch because it was closest to the air conditioner. So when i was going to bed i began to become aware of of a sound out side , i stood still to see what it was and suddenly a cat jumps out and freaks me out. After that incident i became stressed and very aware of little stupid sounds. (What happens next is hard to explain so bare with me). I tried to relax and fall asleep and i feel asleep faster than i have ever fallen asleep, but then i felt pressure all over my body. I tried to move and i couldn't I was paralyze. I then saw a cat walking on my body. I kept trying to move my arms but they were stiff. I finally 'woke' up and was able to move. I then continued to go to sleep and not more than 10 seconds later i became paralyze again and this time i saw a huge bold eagle in the living rooms table. I saw it sooo detailed i was hallucinating because i knew i wasnt dreaming, but i was still paralyze. I continued to hallucinate later into the night, seeing a little boy running around and stuff. It was really scarry.

I did my research on this and found out that, when your really tierd and are stressed, you can enter the REM stage abnormally fast when going to bed. So my body responded by making me paralyze, normal thing to protect you from acting your dreams out. Only thing was that i was still conscious, so yeah . Kinda sounds opposite of a lucid dream, being lucid from consciousness instead of falling asleep and then becoming lucid. But is it technically a lucid.

Sounds like intense hypnagogia paired with sleep paralysis.

Originally Posted by archdreamer

Sounds like intense hypnagogia paired with sleep paralysis.

Yeah after i did some research on it thats what i came up with.

That is know as a WILD (wake induced lucid dream) were the body stays concious but you fall asleep.
wen u become lucid halfway through a dream its called a DILD (dream induced lucid dream).
aparently the halucinations are a normal wen have a WILD dream

Originally Posted by archdreamer

Sounds like intense hypnagogia paired with sleep paralysis.

Originally Posted by Xandier

That is know as a WILD (wake induced lucid dream) were the body stays concious but you fall asleep.
wen u become lucid halfway through a dream its called a DILD (dream induced lucid dream).
aparently the halucinations are a normal wen have a WILD dream

Yeah but the thing is i never really "fell" asleep to wake up from it. I fell on the couch and 7 seconds later i was hallucinating strongly and had total body paralysis. And every time it happen it would happen right after i closed my eyes like less than 10 seconds , so i didn't have time to fall asleep -go through the first couple of sleep cycles then enter the REM stage were you dream in.

the part were the body freezes and you start hallucinating is part of the SP (sleep parylis) stage in WILD which happens right before the REM stage. so u werent really asleep wen u were hallucinating

Originally Posted by Xandier

the part were the body freezes and you start hallucinating is part of the SP (sleep parylis) stage in WILD which happens right before the REM stage. so u werent really asleep wen u were hallucinating

Yeah i was fully conscious, thats why i was so freaked lol. I have had sleep paralysis before but that was the first time with hypnogic hallucinations.

Originally Posted by BetweenTheBuriedAndMe

Yeah but the thing is i never really "fell" asleep to wake up from it. I fell on the couch and 7 seconds later i was hallucinating strongly and had total body paralysis. And every time it happen it would happen right after i closed my eyes like less than 10 seconds , so i didn't have time to fall asleep -go through the first couple of sleep cycles then enter the REM stage were you dream in.

The REM cycle thing isn't a hard and fast rule. Especially since you were not on your normal sleep patterns, you could have messed with the usual sequence of events - this is why a lot of people like to WILD during a nap in the afternoon. Additionally, hypagogia can be experienced before NREM or REM sleep.

Originally Posted by archdreamer

The REM cycle thing isn't a hard and fast rule. Especially since you were not on your normal sleep patterns, you could have messed with the usual sequence of events - this is why a lot of people like to WILD during a nap in the afternoon. Additionally, hypagogia can be experienced before NREM or REM sleep.

Ah i see, haha they are definitely something tho. I remember just staring at that giant bald eagle, it was such a clear hallucination. But that little kid later on the night freaked me out !