Thread: Question about WILD and SP in general- what it feels, what's the mind doing meanwhile?

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.

What should my mind be doing, is there something to think about in the meantime to relax me as I await for SP?

EDIT ADDITION: Also, the only times I have ever experienced real sleep paralysis is when I have been woken up by something and for some reason my body was still in that mode, and I would panic, not knowing what was wrong and then... sort of hyperventilating there... I wonder if that's related.