Quote Originally Posted by TwitchLucidity View Post
Is their a way to prohibit or "block" something from happening in a dream?
Hi TwitchLucidity! Not a newbie question at all!

I find that the only truly effective way to block something is to never try fighting it. Instead, simply deny it any of your energy.

If a negative thought occurs to you, turn your attention away, brush it off, minimize it any way you can. Distract yourself and overwhelm yourself with positive thoughts. If you refuse to focus on the negative thing you fear, it has no energy to feed on and will simply die off. This takes some discipline and practice (I often fail at it myself!) but it is very effective.

Quote Originally Posted by TwitchLucidity View Post
I am going to try FILD tonight, and I was wondering, would that be good for a starter? It seems easy without side effects, and I know its not one of the official ways of LDing, but it seems so great.

Also, when I try to have WILD I just sleep without my body paralysing before. odd.
I'm afraid that I don't have any experience with FILD, so I can't comment specifically on it!

As for WILD, it is totally normal not to notice any sensations of body paralysis. In fact, in every time that I have performed a WILD, I have never once experienced sleep paralysis or body freezing of any kind. I wouldn't spend any time worrying about this because a) many, if not most people don't notice anything like this b) it can distract you from the important thing -- staying aware while you enter a dream.

If you are into WILDs, Sageous has some excellent material in his class: WILD The lessons are highly recommended reading!