Vibrations and Fear

[moviesmith]

I woke up in the middle of the night and I was very afraid. It felt as if my whole house was shaking, and there was a loud wind roaring outside of my bedroom windows. I noticed that my breathing and heart rate were seriously elevated, and I was scared to open my eyes. I did not know if I could not move, but I knew that I did not want to move. I felt as if I was totally awake. After a minute or so, I realized that it felt like my body was vibrating very fast, as well as the bed and my entire house, including the its foundation. There is construction near my house and they blast frequently, which rattles my house. I am used to it because it's been going on for a year or so. I initially thought that was what was happening, but I did not know why it was happening continuously at that time of night. When I got up in the morning I was still a bit in shock because I did not understand what had happened, but the whole experience was very vivid. Having grown up in a religious/spiritual house hold, I thought I was under some crazy demonic attack. I'm sure that was from the fear. I dont think that lucidity is evil or anything like that. As the day went on, I thought that maybe I was having an OBE, but I had no idea if that was the case. What do you think? How should I persue this? Is there a way to overcome the fear in order to progress? Thanks in advance!

[dreamcatcher05]

It's called "W.I.L.D" Or Wake Initiated Lucid Dream. You can read about it here http://www.dreamviews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12621 P.S: I also had the same thing happend to me. I woke up during the night and, couldn't move so i started hearing loud thumps and then i saw a Shadow man that started walking toward me..... It happends to everyone its all in your mind.

[eXistenZ]

In the post suggested by dreamcatcher you can find the concept of sleep paralysis. Probably when you felt that you did not want to move or cannot move, you were in a sleep paralysis phase. It's a normal state of our sleeping activity and when we're dreaming we interpet it in a scary way (demons, real paralysis and so on). eXistenZ

[Time]

Originally posted by moviesmith I woke up in the middle of the night and I was very afraid. It felt as if my whole house was shaking, and there was a loud wind roaring outside of my bedroom windows. I noticed that my breathing and heart rate were seriously elevated, and I was scared to open my eyes. I did not know if I could not move, but I knew that I did not want to move. I felt as if I was totally awake. After a minute or so, I realized that it felt like my body was vibrating very fast, as well as the bed and my entire house, including the its foundation. There is construction near my house and they blast frequently, which rattles my house. I am used to it because it's been going on for a year or so. I initially thought that was what was happening, but I did not know why it was happening continuously at that time of night. When I got up in the morning I was still a bit in shock because I did not understand what had happened, but the whole experience was very vivid. Having grown up in a religious/spiritual house hold, I thought I was under some crazy demonic attack. I'm sure that was from the fear. I dont think that lucidity is evil or anything like that. As the day went on, I thought that maybe I was having an OBE, but I had no idea if that was the case. What do you think? How should I persue this? Is there a way to overcome the fear in order to progress? Thanks in advance! Ya, i agree with dreamcatcher, this is pretty standard, it is quite easy, i find, to overcome your fear if you tell yourself that this is not really probable in the real world, then try to do a RC, if you find yourself really scared, and if you cant move you know you are in SP and not far off from a WILD, so just go with it, and be amazed by the power of your mind.

[CFTraveler]

Vibrations are one indication that an OBE or WILD experience is starting- fear can put a stop to it. If you consider it as something that also happens to other people (many others) maybe you can see where it takes you. Happy Dreaming!

[astrodweeb]

I feel quite lucky to have just finished reading about WILD and to have found this post. It is quite exciting for me to put these experiences together and put a name to it. This is truly a great and informative website. I have that "vibration" happen quite frequently too. In fact, I used to think it was my house vibrating either due to ancient a/c-heating system on my roof or earthquake (very frequent where I lived). Then I recognized it happening wherever I slept. -Even now, 3000 miles away. I have SP frequently as well. I've always found them to be quite defined and easily recognizable (and so tends to be a very good trigger for LD). I had never thought to look at the vibrations as a pre-cursor to SP, nor to link SP and WILD. I'm happy to see the experience has been shared by someone else, though sorry it freaked you out.