New member here

[Kaidonni]

Hello everyone, new member here. I think I'll start by saying that I am rather new to deliberately inducing lucid dreams. I've had a number in the past, and I have very good dream recall (even though I've never written any dreams down in a journal - and I can remember dreams from years ago, too). I've done research on lucid dreaming, but I've never really put any effort into actually inducing one. Trying WILD when I go to bed has obviously yielded no results. That and being a newbie. Thing is, though, this morning was quite interesting. I decided to try lucid dreaming again. So, I wake up about 5AM, and I'm disoriented because I managed to slightly overheat in bed. Zero dream recall therefore. After sorting that out, I try to induce a lucid dream. Laying on my back, something eventually begins to happen, but nervous, I break the cycle. I definitely heard something, like a whining noise, like when wind blows through a crack. I share a bedroom with someone, and they got up later on, leaving the door to the landing open. The light is always on in the hallway downstairs, so it creeps up. I'm attempting a lucid dream again at this point. I seem to lose some awareness, and then my body feels so heavy and tingly. Somewhat unnerving. I notice it's sleep paralysis. Oh, and not to mention I'm 'looking' at the bed across from me, and my eyes seem to be 'open.' They aren't, but, wow... I hear the crackling of the pipes and radiators, what with the heating literally having come on recently, but the sound is louder. I even banged on the wall for someone to turn off their alarm. Then, like I said, I break it off. I broke the cycle because the sleep paralysis was scary. I've only ever had it in the past when waking up from bad dreams, in which case a malevolent entity, a black-form that resembles a Human shape, comes for me - or when I was young, waking up and finding my legs as if they were crossed over, unable to move them. Now, a while later, it happens again. I break the cycle again, of course. I decide to give it a rest and just save what is left of my sleep time. I had had a pretty unsatisfying sleep, what with overheating, and didn't want to keep myself awake too long. However, a number of times my body just refused to let my mind go first! I eventually got to sleep proper, and have some great dream recall. But, sheesh! I had to move in bed, toss and turn, to try to sleep normally. It did seem a little too successful if you ask me. Granted, I need to get used to the sleep paralysis, but it's very encouraging and also strange. I think it should have been harder, a lot harder - especially when I had trouble even getting to sleep normally. I did use the reverse blinking technique as part of it, although not sure how it figures into it for me. It probably kept me aware enough prior to my body falling asleep. That's my intro for now.