Thread: Pain After LD? (Also, what sort of LD is this?)

I had a weird experience this morning where I went into SP three times, The first 2 with frightening hallucinations. On the third one, I got this image of a black cat in my head, at first it was just my imagination thinking, you know... only about as clear as when you're wide awake imagining something. Then it seemed to get more realistic and move on its own.

That's when I remembered reading here somewhere that someone uses a self made technique, where they visualize a scene when they're really tired and focus on it, and then eventually reach out and grab something in the scenery and they're in the dream. Well, I reached out and picked the cat up and after the initial shock that it worked, I opened my eyes and got out of bed, RC and realized I'm in an LD.

When I woke up though, (and this was only 10 minutes later) I had a pain from my head down my spine, and I know it had something to do with the LD since my body felt worn out when it hadn't only 10 minutes before.

So I have some questions...
A) What type of LD would that be called? It happened entirely by accident as well, and only happened because my body kept insisting on going into SP and having terrible hallucinations (voices, feeling presences touch my arms).

B ) Has anyone else experienced physical symptoms of LDing after awakening? Is it normal? Should I be worried :/ I've had odd muscular and neurological problems that stump doctors and dont know up on MRIs since I started practicing LDing, and I never connected the two until today.(Actually, I stopped practicing for about 2~3 months but it still happens by accident) I've only had three LDs but ever since I learned about Lds in the first place, I keep getting Sleep Paralysis much more often and by complete accident. And before that hallucinations like voices and touches never used to accompany it.

C) This time I tried climbing into a mirror in the room I woke up in the LD in.
My hands just hit the glass and I couldn't climb through. Any tips?

D) At one point I tried standing up from a sitting position, and suddenly my body became very heavy and hard to control. It was a struggle to stand and move much. Any help with this, or why that happens?



I know this was long winded. Sorry, there's just so many aspects of LDing I'm still not familiar with.