First Experiences

[loofthri]

Well, I read about LDing about a year ago but never really got into it, but I came across it a few days ago and decided to give it a shot. My first time trying it, 2 nights ago, I attempted a WILD right when I first went to sleep (I have had a number of failures with WILDing after sleeping a few hours, but I've tried these past few mornings because I always wake up at 3:00am anyway). Interestingly enough, I was able to get to a hypnagogic state where geometric patterns were expanding and contracting. I noticed I got really excited at that point, so I tried to calm down, but the images faded away leaving me laying there. Any recommendations as to what I could do differently? My anchor for WILDing is controlling my breathing, btw.

[seeker28]

Welcome, btw! It is pretty common to get stuck at the SP/HH state during WILD. The tutorial has some info on getting past this stage. It is important to just try to be calm and let it happen. Good luck!

[moonshine]

I've yet to WILD, but I feel I'm getting closer. All of the guidance says you need to passively observe the HI. I had problems with my initial WILDs, everytime I say HI "mini-dreams" I would snap out of them as soon as I realised. Not sure whats changed, but lately I seem to be able to just watch them without getting to involved.