Did I just experience the beginnings of WILD?

[LordBidoof]

I have tried DILD for many years, but every time I become aware in my dreams, the dreams turn into nightmares. And since I always wake myself up during nightmares, I get sleep paralysis, and it's just terrifying. I've stopped trying DILD because of that. In fact, I haven't tried lucid dreaming in general for almost years. This morning I was awaken by my alarm at 6am. It's my day off; I wasn't having any of that noise. I got up, turned it off, and laid back down to try and get more sleep. Unfortunately, I always have trouble falling back asleep once being woken up, and found myself getting frustrated. Eventually, I just focused really hard, and kept trying to relax my body. But at the same time, in the back of my mind, I kept focusing hard on falling asleep. The next thing I know, it seems that my senses are slowing down, and I'm becoming less aware of my surroundings, more aware on the darkness that is suddenly engulfing my mind. Soon I start to lose connection with my body -- it feels like sleep paralysis is starting to kick in, and this is when I realize that I'm falling asleep. Next my mind is completely detached by my body, and it feels like it's floating in a peaceful abyss of darkness, my body entirely numb. Random, odd thoughts come in and drift around; I let them come and go, observing them from afar. Eventually, voices and sounds start buzzing around even more, until it feels like I'm in a crowded room full of memories and odd stories and auditory hallucinations. It was surprisingly peaceful. I laid there, experiencing this for a moment, until my alarm clock went off again and I snapped myself awake. I unexpectedly felt pretty well-rested.

[Scionox]

Sounds like you were aware during NREM phase sleep, you could have WILDed if you timed it better with REM. By the way, sleep paralysis is not related to lucid dreaming in any way, it's an rare experience that only small number of people experience regularly. Are you sure that it is SP you are experiencing though, there's alot of misconceptions about it, weird sensations and hallucinations are not a sign of it, were you not able to move at all? Either way if you have problems with nightmares i actually strongly suggest you to get back into lucid dreaming, i have defeated my nightmares when i started lucid dreaming and you can do that too! Remember that nothing in dream can hurt your waking body so there's nothing to be afraid of. Also check out those tutorials on WILD if you are interested in the method: http://www.dreamviews.com/induction-...cid-dream.html WILD