Thread: Had my first induced lucid dream yesterday!

Thats awesome - give me some tips on how to WILD please

Originally posted by Nexus555
The only thing I DIDN'T like about my first induced lucid dream was how long it was!! I've read that people's longest is like 10-30 minutes. Well mine lasted about an hour!
Anyways, I hoped everyone enjoyed my first lucid dream report! Thanks for reading

Congrats on your WILD! One hour lucid is awesome. Most people struggle with waking up too soon so there's not a lot of posts on how to end an LD.

Some people say if you close your dream eyes and keep them closed you can wake yourself up. Other people find if they try and have lucid dream sex they wake up right away

It will be interesting to see if you continue to have long LDs or if doing dream control or tasks affects the length.

Congrats...

on your first LD and the fact that it lasted so long. Mine seem to only last a few minutes.



...so jealous...

Congratulations!

Waking up is pretty easy if you do it right, you don't have to try all the methods that people have. You seem like a strong character, all i do when i want to wake up is just let go of the dream, it's hard to explain, you just have to realise your body is still in bed, then let go of the dream. You just kinda think "OK, im waking up now" and let the dream go. I assume it'll work for you as i think you're a strong character.

Gaahh, people just can't grasp how simple it is. Just do it!

Thanks for the replies! And for tips on WILD.. Well I'll tell you my experience with WILD.

When I first tried doing a WILD, I was comparing my experiences with other people's experiences. Firstly, the imagery part. When I read through about it, I read a lot about hallucinations, hearing sounds, seeing things, etc. So when I'd try a WILD, I'd just get random abstract thoughts and "mini dreams" as some people say on the forum. I'd get frustrated and say "why am I not seeing these weird images or hearing these sounds." What you must realise is everyone will have slightly different experience. I don't "see" or "hear" things, I'm just merely having those off the wall thoughts and maybe have some dialogue or sound with it. To me, I don't actually have hallucinations, it's just thoughts.

The key (in my opinion) is just to let these thoughts flow and do not analyize them. Using your thinking mind is the last thing you should do. Just notice your thoughts and observe them passively and just let them go. Do not try to control them, or compare them, or think about it. Just let them pass through your mind. When I did WILD, I didn't even concentrate on my breathing or anything. It's hard to explain.... just let your body shut down and do not think at all, but also do not let your mind fall asleep.

Like I said, the worse thing is to think "Well why am I not seeing things yet." And also don't obsess over concentrating on something. Here's a good example. If you WANT to go to sleep, you will not do it. Why? You're using your brain and thinking "I wish I could go to sleep now." But you can't, so you will keep thinking about.... why you can't go to sleep, why you aren't asleep yet, or just thinking I wish I could go to sleep. When you use your brain and think, you are keeping your brain active which is what is NOT supposed to happen when you go to sleep. My only advice is just to keep practicing and practicing on it. Try to just let go of all your thoughts and go with the flow. WILD sounds so hard, but once you do it your first time (like me) it's actually a very simple process. I am off tomorrow and will see if I can successfully do it again.

Also, I would totally recommend a sleeping mask and ear plugs. That way, you can block out your fan, all signs of light, and any other noise that may arise. I perfer to try WILD's during the day when I take naps. I just have WAY too much trouble waking up 5 hours after I go to sleep, and then trying. I'm usually too tired to even wake up, and if I do wake up I fall asleep quick. Naps are convienent because whenever you get a chance at doing them, you usually don't have to worry about doing anything else (i.e. work..) and it's only for 1-3 hours which isn't long.

Anyways, I hope this info will help you, I will keep you guys updated if my WILD tomorrow is successful as well.

Originally posted by Nexus555
Thanks for the replies! And for tips on WILD.. Well I'll tell you my experience with WILD.

When I first tried doing a WILD, I was comparing my experiences with other people's experiences. Firstly, the imagery part. When I read through about it, I read a lot about hallucinations, hearing sounds, seeing things, etc. So when I'd try a WILD, I'd just get random abstract thoughts and "mini dreams" as some people say on the forum. I'd get frustrated and say "why am I not seeing these weird images or hearing these sounds." What you must realise is everyone will have slightly different experience. I don't "see" or "hear" things, I'm just merely having those off the wall thoughts and maybe have some dialogue or sound with it. To me, I don't actually have hallucinations, it's just thoughts.

The key (in my opinion) is just to let these thoughts flow and do not analyize them. Using your thinking mind is the last thing you should do. Just notice your thoughts and observe them passively and just let them go. Do not try to control them, or compare them, or think about it. Just let them pass through your mind. When I did WILD, I didn't even concentrate on my breathing or anything. It's hard to explain.... just let your body shut down and do not think at all, but also do not let your mind fall asleep.

Like I said, the worse thing is to think "Well why am I not seeing things yet." And also don't obsess over concentrating on something. Here's a good example. If you WANT to go to sleep, you will not do it. Why? You're using your brain and thinking "I wish I could go to sleep now." But you can't, so you will keep thinking about.... why you can't go to sleep, why you aren't asleep yet, or just thinking I wish I could go to sleep. When you use your brain and think, you are keeping your brain active which is what is NOT supposed to happen when you go to sleep. My only advice is just to keep practicing and practicing on it. Try to just let go of all your thoughts and go with the flow. WILD sounds so hard, but once you do it your first time (like me) it's actually a very simple process. I am off tomorrow and will see if I can successfully do it again.

Also, I would totally recommend a sleeping mask and ear plugs. That way, you can block out your fan, all signs of light, and any other noise that may arise. I perfer to try WILD's during the day when I take naps. I just have WAY too much trouble waking up 5 hours after I go to sleep, and then trying. I'm usually too tired to even wake up, and if I do wake up I fall asleep quick. Naps are convienent because whenever you get a chance at doing them, you usually don't have to worry about doing anything else (i.e. work..) and it's only for 1-3 hours which isn't long.

Anyways, I hope this info will help you, I will keep you guys updated if my WILD tomorrow is successful as well.

Welcome to dreamviews man conratulations on the WILD.

So far the only WILDs I have done were accedental, I was just relaxing and letting thoughts flow like you say, then I suddenly get hit with sleep paralysis. Most of the time I just fall asleep normally when I do this, but on a few occasions I ended up WILDing. Even if it doesn't result in a WILD, letting my thoughts flow is still great, I recomend it to anyone.

Good luck on the future

Well done! Keep up the good work!