Thread: 15 Year Old Girl New To Lucid Dreaming

Originally Posted by MCRgrl640

The next topic is my big one: SP. I am really scared of having SP or OBE. My question is if it is possible to die from either?[/b]

No, no one has died from an SP or OBE. The worst side effect is simply fear, although many SP's aren't scary at all (especcially once you get used to it)

Some people believe that spirits can "steal" your body while having an OBE. But i think thats rubbish so, but no, no one can die. Mind me asking where you live? I recommended this site to a Nikki, and i'm 15 so it might be you idn.

But anyways, welcome.

When I was a newbie, I found Mild/Suggestion to work real well with Wbtb. If you want to know what I did exactly, here it is:

1. I got up early enough to feel real tired.
2. Before I went back to bed, I repeated this over and over until I fell asleep: "I will remember to realize that I'm dreaming." You can't just say them mindlessly; you need to think about what each word means.
3. You fall asleep and sometime in the dream, you just snap to yourself and go "Oh my God, that's right, I'm dreaming!!"

There's rarely any SP with this, and it's good for newbies. I've had an SP once while waking up, but I don't recall being very afraid because I understood that any kind of hallucinations or feelings were all in my head and couldn't hurt me. It kind of feels like you have novocain going through your entire body, kind of numb, can't move, but it wears off quickly if you try real hard to move. Don't worry, I was afraid of SP at first, but I've quickly realized it's nothing to worry about and now am trying to actually induce it by a WILD in the afternoon! If you're afraid of anything with SP, you can try WILD with the light on or during the daytime if it makes you feel safer.

Hello and welcome to the boards. First off, you say that your dream recall isn't that good? Well, to have a lucid dream you have to be able to recall at least one dream per night, so yeah, keep up the DJ and the RCs.

Don't worry about SP. It happens to you naturally every single night, so it's totally safe. The experience might be a tad scary for some people, as you're actually paralyzed and you can't really move, but other than that it's not harmful in any way. And no, you cannot die from either OBE or SP.

For me, I had my first Lucid the first night I ever heard about it because I was so psyched up. I went to bed, and immediately had a 20 minute long LD with pretty good control and amazing vividness (even better and more vivid than real life). But for some, it might take a while. Currently, I'm training my friend to have one, and he hasn't had one in over 5 months. I don't think he's really "TRYING" though, because he doesn't seem to put up that big of an effort. Anyway, what it all comes down to is how badly you want one. If you're very optimistic about it, and you're very excited, you can have one in one day. Definitely within a week if you're super motivated.

WILD is a rather difficult technique, so don't try to attempt that one too much until you've had a few LDs. You can, however, try a very easy technique which sort of involves WILD, but with amazing results. It's here if you're interested. If you don't like that one, you can try the MILD technique, which is also a fairly simple one.

If you've never had an LD, you don't really understand how amazing it is. It's kind of hard to believe (I didn't even believe it at first until I had one), but everything looks and feels like REAL LIFE. It's NO different. It's pretty insane, except your thoughts become things in ur LDs, and you have total control. It's probably one of the best experiences you could ever have in your life. Even sex in LDs is just as good, or better, than in real life. So keep on trying, write in your dream journal everyday, categorize and become familiar with your dream signs, Do at least 5 Reality Checks a day, and constantly look up new information. You'll find all the people on this forum are friendly and smart, and will help you out if you need any. Good luck

Originally Posted by AnonymousFan9

No, no one has died from an SP or OBE. The worst side effect is simply fear, although many SP's aren't scary at all (especcially once you get used to it)[/b]

Thanks! I came across some info about having an SP and of course it would give the worst-case scenario and imply that it's like choking/dying or something so you can see where my concern would come from. It's good to know the only real issue is fear. Hopefully, I'll have an LD soon (without SP I hope, feeling comforted but definitely not into the idea of purposely having an SP)! Sweet dreams.

Originally Posted by Riff

Some people believe that spirits can "steal" your body while having an OBE. But i think thats rubbish so, but no, no one can die. Mind me asking where you live? I recommended this site to a Nikki, and i'm 15 so it might be you idn.

But anyways, welcome.[/b]

Talk about irony, but I don't actually know anyone who is on this site or has experience with LDs. Thanks for the help though!

You may also want to consider that SP actually happens naturally every night to your body when you fall alseep. It's the bodies way to make sure that the motions you experience during a dream aren't applied to your real body. So in order to achieve that, your body becomes paralised.

Imagine, without SP you'd actually start running in real if you do so during a dream. I think that's the problem that sleep walkers have. No SP there.

Keep that in mind and it may help you to overcome fear.