Quote Originally Posted by BlackCat View Post
I've tried the WILD method a number of times and I always end up failing. Every time I get to the point where I can see something, but then there are vibrations and pressure so bad that I actually feel pain? I get pain in my ear drums and head which gets so I bad I wake myself up?
It doesn't sound like failure to me. When you feel vibrations or pressure, you may be already dreaming or very close to it. Feeling all kinds of intense or less intense sensations, or not feeling or seeing anything is normal. I don't think whatever we feel is actual physical pain or sensation. Try to look at it as a gateway to lucid dream and accept it. Maybe I'm just lucky, but I am able to welcome any and all sensations. Even those that I know have a potential to become "painful" because they are so intense. But they all last only few seconds and after that you can be in a lucid dream. Good luck!