Thread: SO CLOSE...Or was i?

Originally Posted by SOBB

The same thing happens to me. I pretty much have a panic attack type of thing. It's a really horrible experience. Something else that was really strange happened to me the other night when I tried to WILD. I got that panic feeling and my heart started beating rapidly, I started shaking and my mind seemed to be doing back-flips (don't know how to describe it). I also got very hot and my arms went numb and stayed numb for a while after I forced myself to wake up. I was shaken, numb, and freaked out when I opened my eyes. I did two reality checks (clock and hand) and they verified I was indeed not dreaming. I had this awful feeling when I woke up of not being sure whether I was dreaming or awake and it really scared me. When I figured out I was awake I had this awful feeling for the rest of the night. I had trouble sleeping later on too. What I experienced sounds similar to what you experienced, however my experience seems a little more severe.

Anyone have any ideas on how to avoid this?

Pretty odd experiences you guyz are having, but, I'm not really sure about their cause Have you ever experienced this kind of thing before or was that the first time?

It was a first for me. I've never had a successful WILD though... They kinda freak me out because of what happened. I probably just have to be calm though.

i think what would help you 2 is if you did research into your exact feelings. i imagine it will take a while, but if you understood what these feelings were then im sure it would help a lot.

it maybe didnt help that it took you so long to get to this state. make sure its between 3 and 6 in the morning.
once woken up, and back in bed. do reverse blinking (its where you close your eyes, count to five and breifly open them for a bout a second and close them again, then count to five, open.......) that will make you feel sleepy/drowsey very fast.

there are some who can let the effects of the SP subtly pass over them, but me, and many others, become to aware of the body, and so it doesnt work (the SP sequence is immidiatly jetisoned ) so i have to keep my active consciousness busy. here is a good one:

(in my experience, i find this a lot better than counting)

imagine yourself in a common place (eg your kitchen), now start doing somthing normal (eg eat an apple), be spontanious, but what ever you do, use all 5 senses (taste the apple, smell it, hear it crunch as you bite it). if after wondering around your kitchen for a while, you get bored, try flying, feel the wind in your face, the coldness, the woosh as it blows past your ears.

by now you will be completely distractd from your body, and the SP will pass and you barely would have felt it.


i do a lot of cross-country running. and a big part of that is to be able to ignor the pain/strain on your body. so i do the above exersise, and as in suddenly snap back, i realise i have just run half a mile. it kinda puts me in a trace.

BTW, this technique seems suprisingly hard at first. but the more you do it the better you will get.

good luck