Quote Originally Posted by OneiroMoon View Post
Before I tried to WILD, I saw many threads about those hallucinations that can occur during SP. I'm not easily scared at all, so I never worried about having them. I think I haven't had any scary hallucinations because I knew that I wouldn't be scared. It's sad that people are afraid of WILDing just because they've heard about hallucinations. SP can of course be scary by itself, but it should be less intimidating when knowing that it's completely natural, and therefore harmless.
That's more or less how I approached SP too. I don't think of myself as a person who's not easily scared (I guess I'm about average in this regard; perhaps a little more jumpy than others at times), but after reading about it I decided not to be scared of HH, and have yet to have any scary hallucinations. I'm not a very successful WILDer, but I've reached SP many times and I actually enjoy it. One of the things I love (and sometimes hate) about lucid dreaming is that it's all about what you expect.

SAT stands for Sporadic Awareness Technique, which means that you at random times stop what you're doing, ask yourself if you're dreaming and become more aware of the surroundings. Here's an example from Puffin's tutorial:

"You're walking down the sidewalk. You're clearly not dreaming, right? Think again - you haven't questioned anything yet, so stop moving and do a reality check. Maybe you should look at the details on the leaves, and feel the wind blowing against you. Can you see the individual bricks on the houses you're walking by? Take a break and lean against a building, feeling the hard texture of the construction on your back."

She has written a great tutorial on this, and a link can be found in her signature. I'm hoping to have more DILDs with this method!
Ah, I see. Sort of a combination of the spontaneity of reality checks with a more general awareness technique. Sounds like a decent compromise for those of us who have trouble being aware all the time.