Thread: What does it feel like?

When you WILD, during the transition from the awake state to your dream state what does it feel like for you?

The reason for asking this is because last night when I attempted to WILD I made sure I completely focused on the lights on the back of my eye lids and just watched them and didn't move my body at all after a while(maybe 15-20 minutes) the lights got really intense/bright then I heard a very loud sounds and It felt like I was being sucked into a wormhole or something O_o anyways I know its different for everyone but maybe your experience could be similar to what happen to me?

I've felt vibrations running along my arms and legs, and also in my stomach (which snapped me out of the SP because it tickled). I've also experienced the feeling of acceleration and loud whirring/noise, along with high-pitched beeping.

I'm guessing the wormhole sensation is similar to that of acceleration.

Originally Posted by Puffin

I've felt vibrations running along my arms and legs, and also in my stomach (which snapped me out of the SP because it tickled). I've also experienced the feeling of acceleration and loud whirring/noise, along with high-pitched beeping.

I'm guessing the wormhole sensation is similar to that of acceleration.

I think your expirience is pretty much the same and acceleration seems to be the better word that fits the discription than wormhole lol.

So was that the start of a successfull WILD? As it happened I thought I was gonna be launched into a dream world but it didnt happen(false awakening?) and ended up just falling asleep.

Originally Posted by Mathius

I think your expirience is pretty much the same and acceleration seems to be the better word that fits the discription than wormhole lol.

So was that the start of a successfull WILD? As it happened I thought I was gonna be launched into a dream world but it didnt happen(false awakening?) and ended up just falling asleep.

I've had sixteen WILDs and got the accelerating sensation in about half of them. I don't think the SP symptoms have much to do with whether or not the WILD will be successful, though - all you really have to do is visualize where you want to go, feel the sensations of the dream, and expect to be in a different location or enter a false awakening. Sometimes WILDs are just destined to fail, though.

Like I'm being sucked into my bed..

Well, I agree with the above poster. Kinda like I'm being sucked into my bed. I get the sensation of being "heavier" sort of, and tinnitus gets really, really hectic like my brain is ringing and I focus on that really hard and it usually turns into music. Then it goes from super dark (with closed eyes) to simply... electric?! And then I think of what I want to see when I open my eyes and I see it. (although sometimes it's kind of not quite what I was hoping for. )

Well, that's just me.

Originally Posted by Mathius

It felt like I was being sucked into a wormhole or something O_o

and you know how that feels?...

Jk

I felt my eyes really heavy. No lights or anything. Vibrations, and the feeling that I have been asleep for a really long time.

well ill try again tonight and see if it happens again.

I've only had failed SP attempts so far, but my heart beats really fast and I get this sensation in my head- like I'm hearing something loud, but I'm not really hearing it (if that makes any sense). There are pinpricks all over my body, like when a foot falls asleep or something, and it's really heavy.

But then I do something stupid that makes me snap out of it before I can LD :/

i only made it into SP once, and that time i got so excited that i woke up, but it felt like i was in bed, i could still hear what was going on in the real world, such as the music i was listening to. i felt a little more lightweight than normal, and i hallucinated feeling my dog curled up next to me, and i hallucinated hearing thunder. that's all i remember.

Nearly all my WILDs wake me up from an intense headache. But in the successful ones I feel vibration and a feeling of acceleration, and occasional voices. But SP and WILD differs from person to person.