Thread: Questions about SP and sleep

Wow, I'm so excited. I am finally aloud to join DV! (There used to be that rule about being 15...) Anyway, now that I'm a member I don't know where to start!

I have a lot of trouble sleeping. I used to be a really good sleeper. I would get to sleep fast and stay asleep for my full 10 hours. But now it takes me a LONG time to get to sleep. (And that's BIG trouble when my siblings wake me up in the night.) I also wake up very early so I now only get about 6 hours each night. So altogether I don't have much time to dream anymore, and I'm always very tired. Does anyone have some ideas on how to get to sleep better and stay asleep? I've tried earplugs, curtains for my windows, warm milk and a warm bean bag (which helps a little), though I haven't tried vitamin B or melatonin though because I'm probably to young and because I don't want my system to get used to it.

I get really antsy when I'm trying to have a WILD and I can never seem to stay still long enough to get into SP, I just have to move! And my bed is really uncomfortable so it's hard to really relax. Sometimes when I finally THINK I'm in sleep paralysis I try to move and then it ruins the whole thing! That's the trouble with me, I can't tell when I'm in SP. And then when I actually am in SP nothing happens. I might get the falling sensation or the tingling, but those aren't very good signs because I get those anyway. And I often don't try to move because I might ruin everything if I'm not actually in SP.

Another thing that sucks is I have lousy hypnotic imagery. It's either very faint or hardly there at all. I always feel so jealous of people who say that they have crazy experiences with their HI and SP, because I long ago learned not to be afraid of those kinds of things. I guess I was to curious to be afraid.
What can I do to improve my imagery? It would really help if I had some sort of sign to let me know that I am not a complete failure.

I have had WILDs and many other things like that before, and very good ones to, but it is very hard for me to get them when I can't make my body fall asleep.

I used to have awesome dream recall though (remembering anywhere from 5-8or9 dreams a night) but when I started writing them down my recall went down the tubes. Now I am only remembering 2 or 3 dreams a night. Isn't it supposed to be the opposite?


If any of this makes any sense at all I would really appreciate some help.

Once I'm asleep everything is awesome, but I need tips on getting there.