Im having similar problems with regulating my breath. :[ |
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What should I be thinking about when relaxing for a WILD or to attain the state of sleep paralysis? Normally it seems I'm hyperaware of my body and at some point I start hyperventilating. Not necessarily out of fear, but it feels like a great weight on my chest. Then suddenly it turns to fear, the weight on my chest, the need to breath, the regulating of my breath -- trying to slow it down but failing and just needing more air but trying to move so I begin to struggle -- and on and on and on and on. |
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Last edited by corranhornchamp; 03-20-2011 at 04:34 AM. Reason: Rewording for clarification.
Im having similar problems with regulating my breath. :[ |
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I'm glad I'm not the only one. =3 |
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It is very possible that you are right on the verge of hitting SP. SP may be trying to set in and the weight on your chest and struggle for air, could actually be a hallucination. Do these things happen after you have been laying there a while? Can you move your body very well while these things are going on? |
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corranhornchamp, |
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Well no, I don't want SP, it's just a necessary step of WILDing. I don't know if it's a hallucination. I doubted it because I assumed I wasn't far enough along but yeah I had been laying there a while (and usually do) before that starts to set in. It takes a second before I can move my arms or legs. Usually the furthest edges of the extremities go numb first and it works its way up. The last thing I usually feel (and have only felt when WBTBing when I was already on the verge of sleep) is the mouth or bottom part of the jaw going numb. |
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Ah, well you can often experience hallucinations before you even realize you are in SP. The delay in your extremities has me even more suspicious that these are in fact, hallucinations. I have often felt the increased heavy breathing as well as a rapid heart beat. These are fairly common hallucinations during the WILD process. I would try to ignore this completely and see if it goes away after a bit. If you are unable to ignore it, try to force slow and deep breathing...as one would if they were asleep. If you know that you are breathing slowly, but it still sounds/feels like you are breathing fast, it is definitely a hallucination. If you force the slow deep breathing, you can usually decipher the hallucination from your actual breathing. You shouldn't have trouble breathing during SP. Do you also get an increased heart rate during this time? |
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Yeah, yeah. Definitely an increased heartbeat, like a cop caught you doing something that maybe you possibly shouldn't have been doing or like a surge of adrenaline from a minor near-hit while driving. Heart rate kind of surges and the need to breathe fast comes to play. Maybe these are hallucinations. Tried last night to WILD 3 times, once straight away, the other two after WBTBing. Seemed to get to the point where body was numb or numbing but minor twitches around arms and legs made me reflexively tense my muscles and kind of wake them back up, unfortunately. |
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Yeah, it is definitely a trial and error process. Anyone can give you tips and assistance, but the process is different for everyone. So, it will take some practice and experience for you to start getting the hang of it. See the increased heart rate is 100% a hallucination, so I'm thinking the breathing problems are definitely hallucinations as well. Your heart rate actually slows down during this time in preparation for sleep. Just try to ignore all of these and they will soon pass. |
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I'm not to good with WILD but if you need help with SP then just hit the link in my signature. |
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I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange.-Charley pride
When you say the faster breathing and heartrate is a hallucination, do you mean that we are dreaming it/imagining it? Or that we are waking, yet still getting false messages saying that we are breathing faster/heart is pumping faster when it really isn't? |
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Your mind is creating these hallucinations as it begins to fall asleep (it is basically starting up the dream process). The hallucinations will often seem as real as if they were actually happening. These hallucinations happen during WILD attempts, because with WILDs, you are attempting to enter directly into the REM state. The REM (rapid eye movement) state, is the state in which most dreams occur. As soon as you start to fall asleep in this state, dreaming begins. |
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Thanks for that, king yoshi! I have only tried MILD 3 times, and a couple of times ive woken very sweaty andnwith an increased heartbeat, however I think this is all placebo, as I wasn't WILDing. I just read your WILD tutorial, thanks, it was helpful, I'm going to try it now. |
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No problem at all and good luck to you! |
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