Vitamin B6 + 3 hours of sleep beforehand= succesful WILD
Well I finally had a successful WILD. I thought I'd share my experience, both to help those seeking success in a WILD and to see if there is anything I can do to improve.
Three or four days ago I broke down and got some vitamin B6 at the local pharmacy. I got reamed ($5+ for 100 tablets) but oh well. They came in 100 mg pills. The first day I took two of them: one in the afternoon before attempting a WILD (abysmal failure) and one at night. I decided 100 mg would probably be sufficient and started just taking one per night. The first few nights I didn't notice a thing, not even a better dream recall. That changed last night.
Unrelated to any desire for lucid dreams, last night I went to bed at about 8:00. I slept until 11:00, when I woke up for about a half hour and went back to bed. I didn't try to WILD, and in fact when I started feeling uncomfortable or odd, as if sleep paralysis might be coming on, I changed my position and shrugged it off. After about two or three of these shifts I got a relatively powerful feeling of oncoming SP. I knew that this wouldn't be a waste of time and would at least provide some nice practice for a WILD, so I let it go. I actually did clear my throat and swallow, but I brushed if off and stayed calm. There were a few images, but they didn't materialize beyond a few colors and flashes of light. After about two or three waves of vibrations I started to think about performing an activity and all its attendant sensations. I won't divulge the specifics of this activity, but I think it may have worked. It's difficult to tell, as the dream I was transported into had nothing to do with it.
A couple minutes after the vibrations and such, I started to feel like I was being transported into a dream. For about two or three seconds I felt as if my entire body in space, on my bed, was turning 90 degrees so that instead of being on my left side, I was now on my back. I opened my eyes and sat up. I remember wiping my hand over my face and thinking, "wow, this feels real." Just to be sure, I did a reality check. I had always thought my brain would give me every sensation I would expect in real life and I would fail the RC, but to my amazement I could still breath after I had pinched my nose shut. This alone was fantastic, as I actually felt the air flowing in and out of me, and heard the breathing.
I fumbled to turn on my light. After I got it on, I looked at the poster across my room (which does exist, though not quite in the same position I dreamed it did). I pushed off my blanket and decided to try some flying, or at least some levitation. I sort of bounced up and/or toward the poster. Now, I can't remember if I went out my window or just looked up and there was no roof, but I was looking into the sky and seeing the stars. It was great, since it's usually overcast here and I don't get to see the stars that often. I flew up and up, and after maybe ten seconds of this I decided I would try to go somewhere else. It was a bad idea, but hey, it was dark out and how much fun can you have in a dark and gloomy dream? I closed my eyes, but before I could even think of any place to transport myself I felt like I was leaving the dream. Unfortunately I was in the air so I couldn't spin around in circles. : (
I woke up and almost posted this story right then, but I was tired and figured I would do it tomorrow.
Well, that's it. Although it was dark and not really fun, I am SO excited that I had a lucid dream on purpose. It was my first time outside of a few accidental ones when I was very young. Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can learn to better control them, and in other words make them more fun? I have a few ideas, but I suppose it's implementation I have a problem with.
Re: making dream last longer
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Originally posted by lucidvegan
I had a dream last night in which I sat up, got off the bed and looked back at my husband sleeping. *My bedroom is on the ground floor and I floated up through the ceiling to my lounge and then up into the loft and through the roof. *I panicked then and gasped and it was all over. *Ive done this before. *When I first started lucid dreaming and felt those weird vibrations going through my body I felt like someone was "coming for me"! and it really freaked me out. *By the time I had read a bit about it and actually wanted it to happen I think I had built up a barrier and now I find it very difficult to have a prolonged lucid dream as I am terrified I am going to see an unpleasant image. *I did once see a dog about to be crushed under a rock and I turned away and thought "Im not watching that" and the next thing I knew I was carrying the dog to safety up a steep cliff, but thats the only time Ive managed to change it and it does scare me a bit.
yeah, i know what you mean. i had more than a couple wierd/unpleasant experiences related to sleep paralysis before i learnt what they actually were. it took a little bit to remove that block.
as far as being afraid of unpleasant images, if you are afraid of seeing them whenever you lucid dream, i doubt you will make much progress. the subconscious has a way of unearthing our fears. if you aren't ready to face them, your only alternative is to wake up (even if you only experience fear of fear)
the more you say 'i don't care what i happen to see, it is only a dream anyways, and if its really horrible, i will just become lucid and change it (or fly away, etc)" the less chance you will experience anything unpleasant.
remember, it is your mind that creates your dreams. maybe it is best to allow negative or unpleasant things to surface, and then be let go of?
just some suggestions from my own experience. as soon as i accepted the possibility of negative or repulsive elements in my dreams, they dropped significantly..
