I am worried, please help.

**Felcas** · 09-01-2014 09:07 PM

First of all, my name is Felipe, I am 39, from Brazil and this is my first post in this forum.
This is the third time I try a forum to find some answers, hope I don't need to go somewhere else. I also tried to find answers on the web but was not very successful.
I have been trying LD from some months now, tried a bunch of technics but I am now focused on WILD+WBTB, however I am having very little success, however that is not what is bothering me at the moment as I know I will succeed in the near future.
What is bothering me is that somethings strange are happening with me, some of this things I didn't find any case similar on the Internet. Here are them:
1st and most strange of all - once I start to enter hipnagogic state my nose become almost instantly unblocked, I can feel the walls of the nose chamber contract and a lot more air flow in and out, the air also feel much more colder. This sensation is very much like when someone that have a clogged nose use a powerful medicine to unclog the nose. And no, it is not on my head, I had some situations that I stood up (I never got lucid) and started my day and the sensation keep for a few more minutes like 3 or 5 minutes.

2nd-It is very difficult to do reality check, I always pass through situations in dream that a reality check is in place but I don't realize myself of it. And even more strange is that lately I was able to realize I was somewhat dreaming, I made a reality check, by using a light switch and looking at my hands detailed, but guess what? The switch WORKED and my hands was there full of details, even the lines in my palm. I don't understand.

3rd - I never had a lucid dream, or maybe just one and the process happened backwards. I had a dream that I smoked Marijuana, I started to feel dizzy, then I closed my eyes on the dream and started to alucinate, having hipnagogic images on the blackness, then I felt my nose unclog and next thing I was awake, and no it was not a false awakening because I tried to come back for a few minutes and couldn't, then my nose clogged again and I decided to stand up and start the day.
What you think about all this? Isn't it strange as hell?
thanks a lot

**JadeGreen** · 09-01-2014 11:52 PM

1st and most strange of all - once I start to enter hipnagogic state my nose become almost instantly unblocked, I can feel the walls of the nose chamber contract and a lot more air flow in and out, the air also feel much more colder. This sensation is very much like when someone that have a clogged nose use a powerful medicine to unclog the nose. And no, it is not on my head, I had some situations that I stood up (I never got lucid) and started my day and the sensation keep for a few more minutes like 3 or 5 minutes.

It sounds like an unsuccessful WILD. And the dream you end up in is one that you are starting your day, and you are non lucid. If I were you, I would look up some tips&tricks to make WILD dreams more successful, and how not to lose consciousness during them. And don't make the mistake of doing WILDs and bedtime. I've had trippy stuff like this happen to me when I tried WILDing at bedtime.

2nd-It is very difficult to do reality check, I always pass through situations in dream that a reality check is in place but I don't realize myself of it. And even more strange is that lately I was able to realize I was somewhat dreaming, I made a reality check, by using a light switch and looking at my hands detailed, but guess what? The switch WORKED and my hands was there full of details, even the lines in my palm. I don't understand.

No reality check is perfect, or guaranteed to work. In fact, I really don't like the idea of either of these RCs myself. I've found them both to be unreliable. Generally the most reliable reality check is your own intuition. (Followed closely by the nose pinch.) You already sort of knew it was a dream, so you're pretty much there already. If you want further evidence that it is a dream, just think back to the chain of events that led to your current situation. If you can't remember how you got here, you're dreaming.

3rd - I never had a lucid dream, or maybe just one and the process happened backwards. I had a dream that I smoked Marijuana, I started to feel dizzy, then I closed my eyes on the dream and started to alucinate, having hipnagogic images on the blackness, then I felt my nose unclog and next thing I was awake, and no it was not a false awakening because I tried to come back for a few minutes and couldn't, then my nose clogged again and I decided to stand up and start the day.

This isn't really a question, or that abnormal of an experience for a lucid dreamer. But what are you talking about by your nose is clogging and unclogging? Are you preforming a reality check?

**Felcas** · 09-02-2014 02:36 AM

Originally Posted by JadeGreen

It sounds like an unsuccessful WILD. And the dream you end up in is one that you are starting your day, and you are non lucid. If I were you, I would look up some tips&tricks to make WILD dreams more successful, and how not to lose consciousness during them. And don't make the mistake of doing WILDs and bedtime. I've had trippy stuff like this happen to me when I tried WILDing at bedtime.

Thanks Jade Green, but I am 110% sure the nose unclog effect is a phisical effect and not part of a pre lucid dream or hipnogogic state and I am also sure that I didn't dreamed of starting my day as normally I do.
I am so pretty sure about this that I will get an oxymeter to keep tabs on my oxygen levels during my experiences.

I just wanted to know if someone had similar experience or heard about it.