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What was that??
So last night, I was trying to sleep. Nothing special, just trying train myself to remember my non-lucid dream (since I don't have lucids, or even vivid dreams yet). I have aread a little on WILDs, so I did the 1 I'm dreaming 2 I'm dreaming thing, thikning it would hopefully get me to sleep faster. Instead, my body felt very heavy, and I felt like I couldn't move my arms (I was on my back) Then my mind wandered and I felt even heavier, and when I went back to 1 I'm dreaming...etc. it felt lighter. It was really strange, and I didn't see any hypagonic or whatever things, just the normal (dim) lights flashing across my eyelids. What was going on??
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Hey there,
Your body was preparing itself for sleep. As we lay down in our beds and stop moving around, the body basically goes through a physiological process that results in something called Sleep Paralysis, which prevents you from acting out your dreams. We are usually not very aware of this process, as we either fall asleep beforehand, or have our thoughts turned elsewhere.
But using WILD techniques, you often do experience this exactly because they're meant to keep your mind awake and conscious. So it feels strange to you, but actually its something that happens each and every time you go to sleep.
Anyways, hope that helps,
-Redrivertears-
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Just for an expansion; the hypnagogic imagery, vibrations, and all the hypnagogia hallucinations happens later once you've gone further with WILD. Don't try to seek for those: when you face them the first time, you WILL notice it, believe me. Expecting the hallucinations may make you feel excited and unable to go on with WILD.
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Most definitely, Kromoh. I was doing the same thing kcat is talking about last night and I jumped off the bed right after with the same feeling... "WHAT WAS THAT?!" lol I was so excited because I thought I might be WILDing but it turns out you can't do that right when you go to bed... I got as far as kcat did but also, like you said Kromoh, my heart began to race and I got excited to the point where I thought I would lose it! I didn't until i consciously decided to stop, though, so that shows i got mind over matter going for me! :)
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The only problem is that I wasn't trying to WILD. I was trying to sleep... I wasn't all excited (well maybe a little) I just thought it felt weird. Argh, now if I feel it again hopefully I won't get excited at all and THINGS will come to me. ooh!!
I'm excited.
Ugh.
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hahahaha i never thought that being exciting could be a bad thing lol
