A not-so-wild WILD

Hello all.

Recently, I've been having some horrifically tragic and upsetting dreams about people and I researched ways to change that.

I came across Lucid Dreaming about a week ago and have been performing daily RC's to help with my dreams.

Last night, I attempted my first WILD. I had the alarm go off about 5 hours after I usually go to sleep, which really annoyed me. I got up, all grouchy, and looked at a little check list of things I had to do. I had a slash, entered relaxation and-

Well, I'd like to say I entered the transitional phase, but I'm not sure if I did or not. I was totally relaxed, saying "I am dreaming". I felt a kind of heaviness of my body. Was that the transition? If so, it wasn't so bad.

Now, here's the clincher. I read that when you start dreaming in a WILD, you can have a false awakening. I dreamt that my ma came in to my room to check if I was okay (bless her). I said yes, and went to sleep.

I asked my ma in the morning if she came in to my room last night, and she said no.

So I must have been dreaming. But it seemed uber-real. And, when I supposedly "went back to sleep" I entered another dream. Which really blew.

So, after that I think I might give up WILDing, because the alarm really ticked me off. I might just try to do reality checks in my dream. BUT-

If I'm not in control of my dream, how can I perform a RC? I thought "conciousness" only leaked over from my waking life into my dreams if I was lucid. So, how can I peform a check to see if I'm lucid if I don't "conciously" remember to do it in the dream?

This is really bumming me out.
Any help would be really great. Ta
-Pete

Some of us do WBTB after we wake up on the weekends and such. No alarm required. After we wake up we just go back to sleep and WILD. I've also WILDed between my alarm and the snooze on a week day. So 5 hours into the night isn't the only time to try!

the heaviness is more of the beganing of a wild. during the transitional phase you will have more HI and they will be more vivid. As well as vibrations.

Oh righto. Well, I'll try again tonight seeing as it's the weekend tomorrow and it won't be so bad.

Ta
-Pete

The whole idea behind RCs is that your habits in waking life carry over to your dreams. So if you make a RC a habit, you'll eventualy do one in a dream and have the chance to become lucid. Try doing a RC every time you wake up. It is important that you think about what you are doing, and why, and what results you should expect. This will help you catch any FAs.