Thread: Can someone name all the DILD methods?

i can understand your fear about SP... i once saw a freaky scary face and i was afraid of the dark for a week.

I have WILDed multiple times, and I have never experienced SP. I, like you, have not really wanted the experience of SP, so I just make it a point to not move during that transition period. Once the dream surrounds me I feel it is safe to move.

But even if you don't want to WILD, I have had the most success with lucid dreaming by doing a Wake Back to Bed (WBTB) where I wake up about three hours before I usually wake up. I stay awake for about an hour thinking about dreaming or reading this board. Then I go back to bed again thinking about lucid dreaming. I usually don't try to WILD--I let myself fall asleep as usual. But my dreams at this point are usually pretty intense, and since I have had LDing on my mind, something will triger lucidity....and I go from there....

Good luck.

Originally Posted by Twoshadows

I have WILDed multiple times, and I have never experienced SP. I, like you, have not really wanted the experience of SP, so I just make it a point to not move during that transition period. Once the dream surrounds me I feel it is safe to move.

But even if you don't want to WILD, I have had the most success with lucid dreaming by doing a Wake Back to Bed (WBTB) where I wake up about three hours before I usually wake up. I stay awake for about an hour thinking about dreaming or reading this board. Then I go back to bed again thinking about lucid dreaming. I usually don't try to WILD--I let myself fall asleep as usual. But my dreams at this point are usually pretty intense, and since I have had LDing on my mind, something will triger lucidity....and I go from there....

Good luck.

So, if I stay completely still, I won't experience anything scary?

When I first replied I didn't notice the subject had a question

DILD is not a technique. Neither is WILD to be strictly honest.
DILD = becoming lucid in a dream
WILD = staying lucid while going into a dream.

Techniques for DILD are: dreamsigns/RCs, auto-suggestion, VILD, MILD
I don't know of any acronyms for WILD techniques, but there's techniques of relaxation and concentration. Progressive muscle relaxation & breathing, etc.
Then again, I don't class myself as a WILD expert.

Originally Posted by Plathix

So, if I stay completely still, I won't experience anything scary?

Well, staying still has kept me from experiencing SP.

I do have to admit that I did see lights once while transitioning into a dream while WILDing that turned into a face. I didn't like it, so I was able to wake myself up. I have never been stuck in an unpleasant situation that I haven't able to get out of.

SP is anything to be afraid of, it's a natural process we all go through. However a DILD isn't really a technique. It's a type of lucid. It's more of a spontanious thing. I suggest doing reality checks to induce one.

as neavo just said, I wouldn't rule DILD as a "technique". DILD is pretty much spontaneous, and isn't a said way to get ld's. Unlike WILD, you cannot perfect the DILD method.

I think for this reason, many of the veteran LDers prefer WILD.