This is my introductory post. I've randomly LDed naturally about once a month for years, and I a few months ago stumbled on WILDing while attempting to use focusing on the mental images that float around in my mind during long bouts of insomnia. I didn't know it was called that, but one time it acutally happened, and it was exhilirating, like nothing in waking life could reproduce. So I tried to re-create the experience, had difficulty, etc.
But recently, I've figured out how to induce it pretty consistantly, but I hit an impenetrable barrier. Instead of feeling an accelerated heartbeat, like I used to, I feel intense chest pain, like my heart is pressurizing itself and is about to burst. It happened again two nights ago, and I dare not repeat the attempt. It must be a mental block, because I never feel that pain when I become lucid during a normal dream, or ever when I sleep normally, and when I force myself awake from fear of dying, the pain is instantly gone, like it never existed. But it is so intense, I can't get past it. Has anyone ever heard of this?
