Thread: New at LD

Welcome to the forum!

With proper techniques (check out MILD and reality checks) and some effort you are likely to achieve your first lucid dream within a week or so.

For the beginner, proper techniques are the key - otherwise you are likely to drop lucid dreaming within few days.


As for WILD - your best shot at it is after you wake up from a dream - your body is relaxed enough and you can gain enough awareness. Now just lay in bed relaxed, you may turn once in a while. Keep your eyes closed and your mind relaxed. Dont start thinking about daily stuff. And dont anticipate the onset. Paying attention to every single bodily experience may abort the onset.

To summarize it : relax, stay aware and go with the flow.

Lucid dreaming is indeed amazing

So are images in my head and hypnagogic images way different. Also few hours ago had a nap and just wanted to give WILD a go and wondering if this was a stage I reached of WILD.

I layed back and got comftable and made shore every part of my body was comftable and layed there for maybe 10-20mins but hard to tell.

Well after laying there for some time my arms started getting heavy and it kinda felt like they weren't there but they were. What I mean by this is I could still feel them attached but they felt kinda num and heavy. Then my legs started to do the same and this whole time all I was thinking about was just making shore I didn't move and I didn't.

But after a while I didn't feel nothing so just layed on my side and fell a sleep and had a short normal dream.

So was this thing with my arms and legs a stage which happens during WILD.

Originally posted by PeterK
So are images in my head and hypnagogic images way different. Also few hours ago had a nap and just wanted to give WILD a go and wondering if this was a stage I reached of WILD.

Hypnagogic images are those images you get when you're really relaxed, and on the edge of sleep. It's not like daydreaming, as they are less substantial. Hypnagogic imagery is one of the first stages of WILD

Well after laying there for some time my arms started getting heavy and it kinda felt like they weren't there but they were. What I mean by this is I could still feel them attached but they felt kinda num and heavy. Then my legs started to do the same and this whole time all I was thinking about was just making shore I didn't move and I didn't. *

But after a while I didn't feel nothing so just layed on my side and fell a sleep and had a short normal dream.

So was this thing with my arms and legs a stage which happens during WILD.[/b]

This to me, sounds like you were entering a phase called sleep paralysis, where your mind is still conscious, but your body isn't. It's a natural mechanism to stop you acting out your dreams.
You can use sleep paralysis to enter a dream by working with your Hypnagogic imagery.
Hope this helps, let me know if you have any more questions!