Thread: Clairity's WILD Technique!

Ok, i got some some really interesting results here but i really don't know what to say, well i set my alarm for 5am but then i awoke at 7am naturally and then looked at my alarm clock and it had stopped at 5am and was not working, i wasn't going to let this stop me, i went to the toilet an took a gulp of water from the tap and then i went downstairs with a towel. I then lay down on the couch which was really comfortable, i put in my earphones which i recevied yesterday with noise cancellation, they really helped, now i remember getting to a point whilst trying to WILD feeling that m body was gone, i sort of phased out, and then came back part way through trying to WILD and found myself not feeling part my body, i could still move them but they were definately beginining to get paralysed and i think i lay there and just continued to stay calm, i then tried to slow my breathing, and i then i began to wake up a bit more, but i continued to do it and i don't know what happened after that but i remember hearing loud noises even with my noise cancelling headphones on, it could have been part of HI.

Now this is the interesting part, now before i tell you i need you to realise that i don't know i did this within a dream or whether i drifted out of a dream and achieved a sort of DEILD but i remember myself in a dream in which i was in my house and i began to drift out of it and i felt partially awake and i said to myself "ok, i know that was a dream, lets try going back into it" and i stayed still, i felt drowsy and i then dream imagery began to show, i saw my front room and i was sat in a chair and i was worried that i may not be dreaming because i was sat in the front room chair though i was actually sleeping in the living room to try all of this. Anyways i was in the living room and it felt real, no really real, but real to the extent of me thinking that i was not dreaming, but i was still skeptical about the whole thing and i knew what i had planned for my next lucid, i thought to myself "who could i summon to ask questions too?" now for some reason i picked my first girlfriend from ages ago called charlotte, and i said "charlotte appear" or something like that, i may have just thought it in my mind, and then i waited, looked in the chair next to me and my mum had appeared. I was confused because my mind always seems to play tricks on me so i thought about it again. This time she appeared but she and the dream world looked a bit fuzzy and i don't know what happened but i must have done something but the dream just got vivid, not really vivid but she became easier to see. So we got up and walked towards my rug and i think i was about to ask her "whats the best thing to cause lucidity for me?" and i think i lost all consciousness and i just forgot everything after that. This is what puzzles me, this could have been me in a dream thinking that i did this but it could have really happened this morning, i'm really confused by the results, i knew i was dreaming, it was obviously a lucid dream but i'm not sure how to approach it because the results seem tangled.

Well thats the results from trying, i think i did pretty well from sitting on the couch downstairs, i did fall asleep alot easier with a towel over me instead of my big quilts on my bed, it really helped though, with such results i am definately going to try again, thanks alot Clairity

Hi Lucid Seeker!

First, congratulations! I think you definately WILDed.. you phased out, you had the HI (loud noises even with the headphones on), you had imagery begin and you instantly went into dream.

But you kept "talking yourself out" of becoming lucid! You didn't confirm your dreaming status (i.e., you knew you were on the couch but found yourself sitting in a chair, you called for your 1st girlfriend and your mom appeared, etc.).

The main advice I can give to you is to do REALITY CHECKS!! If you had done even one reality check it probably would have confirmed to you that you were dreaming and you could have solidified your lucidity.

ALWAYS perform a reality check if there is even the tiniest bit of doubt about your status (I really recommend doing at least two different reality checks just in case you get a "false negative" on the first one).

All in all, I think you did an excellent job.. keep it up!!
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Cool stuff, i'm glad i could finally do it, when i say phased out i mean i sort of lost consciousness in a way, i just don't remember anything until i became aware of entering the dream. It was very strange indeed.

I will try again tomorrow and see what happens, i think lying on the couch has proven to do things better, like you said "state your intention to your subconscious mind" and i will do a reality check also, in my last lucid drea, before this one i had the problem of not doing an RC. I will take your advice and give it another shot tomorrow, since i woke up at 7 instead of 5 like i intended to do you think it would be bett to try 7 again or try to wake up at 5? Thanks alot

Arghh, bad luck last night, i got up at 4 because of my stupid alarm clock, then i went downstairs and my stupid brother was still on his laptop thus taking the good couch i used the previous night, so i had to use the other couch in which i knew for sure i would be woken by my dad when he comes down because he never listens when i tell him i'm gonna do something. I lay down, started, i got a bit numb and i think i fell asleep because i awoke 3 hours later to my Dad shaking me asking me why i was sleeping downstairs when i'd told him the night before i was going to try something. I'm so angy right now, he really never listens, if my brother hadn't been up so darn late non of this would of happened. Its impossible in such a stupid family like mine. I'll see if i can try tomorrow but unfortunately it will be the weekend so theres a high likeliness that my bro will be up late so he's just gonna ruin things again. Anyways thanks for the last minute tips last night Clairity, i didn't feel excited, more annoyed, i'm sorta glad in a way that i didn't have a lucid from it because i just had this gut feeling that i wouldn't do it and it always is proven to be right. Anyways its 7:10am here and i may get some more sleep, i tried my best.

Originally Posted by Lucid Seeker

Arghh, bad luck last night, i got up at 4 because of my stupid alarm clock, then i went downstairs and my stupid brother was still on his laptop thus taking the good couch i used the previous night, so i had to use the other couch in which i knew for sure i would be woken by my dad when he comes down because he never listens when i tell him i'm gonna do something. I lay down, started, i got a bit numb and i think i fell asleep because i awoke 3 hours later to my Dad shaking me asking me why i was sleeping downstairs when i'd told him the night before i was going to try something. I'm so angy right now, he really never listens, if my brother hadn't been up so darn late non of this would of happened. Its impossible in such a stupid family like mine. I'll see if i can try tomorrow but unfortunately it will be the weekend so theres a high likeliness that my bro will be up late so he's just gonna ruin things again. Anyways thanks for the last minute tips last night Clairity, i didn't feel excited, more annoyed, i'm sorta glad in a way that i didn't have a lucid from it because i just had this gut feeling that i wouldn't do it and it always is proven to be right. Anyways its 7:10am here and i may get some more sleep, i tried my best.

Yeah, you really had too many distractions going on to successully WILD.. plus your feelings of frustration wouldn't have helped. Also, if you had successfully become lucid, your dream probably would have been interrupted (which would have REALLY pissed you off)!

Never fear.. there are many more nights/mornings ahead.. it will happen.
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Ok, it was a pretty bad night last night i suppose, i woke up sweating and feeling a little bit sick also because someone closed my bedroom door, well i asked my bro if he could get to sleep a little earlier so i could use the couch and he said he would try his best to. I don't know if he will but i'll give the WILD another go, i also have a theory to why i found it easier on that other try and i just PM'd you with the details because yet again i need advice lol, sorry.

Originally Posted by Lucid Seeker

Ok, it was a pretty bad night last night i suppose, i woke up sweating and feeling a little bit sick also because someone closed my bedroom door, well i asked my bro if he could get to sleep a little earlier so i could use the couch and he said he would try his best to. I don't know if he will but i'll give the WILD another go, i also have a theory to why i found it easier on that other try and i just PM'd you with the details because yet again i need advice lol, sorry.

Lucid Seeker, per the information in your PM, it does sound as though your clock may be making you too awake (i.e., causing your heart to race, etc.).. especially if you have to leap out of bed and run to turn it off!

I would recommend that you get a wristwatch with an alarm. They can usually be found quite cheaply and the alarm on a watch should be loud enough to cause you to wake up without waking up everyone else in your house.

Either that or move your alarm within "reaching" distance of your bed.

I hope this helps!
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