Thread: WILD or DILD?

Hey everyone im new here and been quite interested in lucid dreaming for some time now, and i have been resently been using "Hemi-Sync - Lucid Dreaming Series" with some sucess. I started with the relaxation techniques then it plays some noises ment to trigger REM sleep and increase llucid dreaming, after a while i took my headphones off in a time before it would wake me up after 90min and being relaxed I started to fall into a dream state and shortly after all i could think about was light switches, so i went and played with them and no light would turn off. I went from their knowing i was in a dream and continued with it. I plan to keep on trying these audio files as well as taking others Techniques.

My questions tho are would this be considered a WILD or a DILD, and i have yet to try a WBTB but im wondering what the diffrence between WILD's and WBTB's are besides the waking up then going back to sleep.

Thanks all!

It sounds like your experiences were DILDs, caused by your time meditating before sleep. That is almost like autosuggestion, or even MILD (Mnemonic ILD). For a true WILD, you need to pass directly from wakefulness into a dream. The transition is often very messy, with hallucinations, body distortions, paralysis, or "Out of Body" type stuff. It doesn't have to be messy, but it is for a lot of people. Also, it is very difficult to WILD when you first go to sleep at night. You are just not close to a solid dreaming cycle. Try to go through your normal routine after a few hours of sleep and a WBTB. I bet something wacky will happen.

Welcome to Dreamviews! I believe Robot Butler is correct in classifying your LD as a DILD. A WILD is when you pass directly from the waking state to the dream state without ever losing consciousness/awareness. A WBTB is a form of WILD, that has a much higher success rate than the traditional WILD. With a WBTB you are hitting your REM cycles later into the sleep period, so they generally last longer and are easier to hit (directly enter into REM). I also like to WILD during naps, a good target time for a nap WILD is 1-6 hours after waking in the morning. For WBTBs, I would suggest 4-7 hours after falling asleep. The most popular time seems to be 6 hours after sleep. Good Luck in your future efforts!