Several Questions about HI and SP

Hi, people.

I am new to this forum but i am actually engaged into lucid dreaming for about a year.
I knew LDs from childhood where i was often flying in my dreams and began to control those flights. I never had a name for this phenomenom until a friend told me about it.
Since then i had several phases where i tried really hard to become lucid.
My problem is, that at first i always make really quick efforts but then come to a point where i don't get on anymore...

I dont have problems with dream recall, when i start writing my journal it takes about 2 days and i usually remember 4-5 dreams per night. I also have no problem with getting into sleep paralysis, i knew these breathing and relaxion techniques already before and i am used to them.
Atm i again perform about 20 RCs a day...

Still i dont get no real lucid dreams... i had 3 of these phases last year where i was really into the subject and had lots of false awakenings or real awakenings when i was close to become lucid but i always gave up after 2 or 3 month, because i didnt got further.

Now i try to WILD cause i think its the most interesting way to gain lucidity. in my last tries i always got into sleep paralysis and began to see Hypnagogic Hallucinations, at first blinking lights, then colours, then pictures and scenes, just like described in several guides.
Then i often come to a point where i feel my mind sinking into my pillow. it feels like my consciousness is located one meter beneath my body. Thats a great feeling but i still know at this point that if i would try to move, my real body would react.
So i try to imagine my in-dream-body as realistic as possible (rubbing my hands, feeling the floor beneath my feet, when i imagine to walk and so on)

The problem is now that i can try whatever i want, i wont get into a dream. I cant keep my visualisations stable... for a few minutes it feels stable, but then some wrong thought rips me out of this floating feeling and i just see the back of my eyelids again. This can be combined with a tingling feeling when i lose my relaxion and feel sucked back into my body...
then i perform RCs in my head to be sure its not a false awakening but they always turn out negative, as i also fully feel my body again...

This is really frustrating me, probably somebody here knows problems like this and can help me.
May be i am just to hasty in trying...

Thank you dreamers for help

(pls excuse my english, my teacher sucks :P )

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Originally Posted by Azathoth

I cant keep my visualisations stable... for a few minutes it feels stable, but then some wrong thought rips me out of this floating feeling and i just see the back of my eyelids again.

It sounds like your main problem is stabilization. Take a look HERE for the DV tutorial on vividness and stabalization, and don't be afraid to spend lots of time looking through the tutorials. Hope this helps.

Keep it up with your WILD attempts. It takes a lot of practice, and even after you think you have it figured out, it can be hit or miss. I think one of the most important aspects is your timing. Make sure you are doing your WILD at the right point in your sleep cycle. You need a few hours of sleep first. Time it so you know you have a long REM cycle coming up in a few minutes. You just get in your trance-like state where you are almost asleep, then wait for your dreams to start.