I had a WILD!

I was totally unprepared, but I finally managed it for the first time (and my third lucid to date) :D

It was about 3 in the morning and i was very tired, It all happened very quickly. After what must have been 5 minutes and I felt myself paralyzed, but not like before (where i had to concentrate very hard), It was much, much harder to move. It was hard to breathe and there was a loud buzzing, which made me nervous at first but I didnt let it get to me....then i just appeared into the dream (there was sme HI too). I thought WILD was meant to come gradually, but it had all finished 10 minutes after going to bed.

Two questions I have, though. I was very tired and therefor my recall was not at its best, but I remember a strange feelign where I was half awake while I was dreaming. Its hard to explain, but like when you are swimming with a diving mask and you can see half under the water, half above it, I'm sure I must have half-opened my eyes a few times, yet I remained in the dream. That was really weird....

Another thing, my dream was incredibly dark, it was very hard to see anything. I heard somewhere that you cannot adjust light levels in a dream, and when I tried it didnt work, so I got a little frustrated and woke myself up.

Not the greatest LD ever, but its a big step for me in that I managed to do the technique i've wanted to try for ages :D

when i WILD, as soon as i enter the dream, my vision is always blurry--ive discovered its a combination of my dream eyes and my waking eyes relaying information at the same time. my solution was to close my eyes and rub my hands together, focusing on that sensation, and when i reopen my eyes it is only the dreamscape that i see. i'm not sure if that's the same thing you described..

Congratulations on the WILD. :)

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Another thing, my dream was incredibly dark, it was very hard to see anything. I heard somewhere that you cannot adjust light levels in a dream, and when I tried it didnt work, so I got a little frustrated and woke myself up.

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Many people can change light levels, its just sometimes light switch don't work :idea:

You can try saying aloud "MORE LIGHT!"

Or I sometimes imagine that is dark in one room, and by going outside it will become brighter - this worked for me.

Thanks for the suggestions :) I'll try the rubbing eyes technique, that seems to be the same thing I was experiencing.

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Or I sometimes imagine that is dark in one room, and by going outside it will become brighter - this worked for me.[/b]

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That sounds like it will work :D thanks!

Hello, adamL28!

Yeah, I've had 2 WILDs so far. One of them I managed to stabilise, the other I didn't. But yeah, what you describe is EXACTLY what I get, too.

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Two questions I have, though. I was very tired and therefor my recall was not at its best, but I remember a strange feelign where I was half awake while I was dreaming. Its hard to explain, but like when you are swimming with a diving mask and you can see half under the water, half above it, I'm sure I must have half-opened my eyes a few times, yet I remained in the dream. That was really weird....

Another thing, my dream was incredibly dark, it was very hard to see anything. I heard somewhere that you cannot adjust light levels in a dream, and when I tried it didnt work, so I got a little frustrated and woke myself up. [/b]

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Yeah. I get this too. I'm also extremely dizzy, and stumbling, the room (In both my LD's so far, I've WILDed into a dream-version of my bedroom, like straight into a FA) spins around me. But yeah, I often get the feeling that I'm half-in, half-out of the dream.

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when i WILD, as soon as i enter the dream, my vision is always blurry--ive discovered its a combination of my dream eyes and my waking eyes relaying information at the same time. my solution was to close my eyes and rub my hands together, focusing on that sensation, and when i reopen my eyes it is only the dreamscape that i see. i'm not sure if that's the same thing you described..

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Hey, wow! Thanks. This explains a lot. This totally makes sense, actually, and sounds right. In my second WILD, last night, my eyes were really heavy and I kept opening and closing them as I stumbled around my dream-bedroom. In the end, I woke back up. Which was a pain. But what you suggest is worth a try. The first WILD I had, I managed to stabilise through looking at the back of my hands, but I eventually lost lucidity after about two minutes of exploring my dream-house. Huh. I'll give it a rty. Thank you for this suggestion and explanation, HEAPS.... the dream-eyes real-eyes duality actually makes a whole load of sense, because at times, I often felt like I was opening my real eyes, too...

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I was totally unprepared, but I finally managed it for the first time (and my third lucid to date) *:D *

It was about 3 in the morning and i was very tired, It all happened very quickly. After what must have been 5 minutes and I felt myself paralyzed, but not like before (where i had to concentrate very hard), It was much, much harder to move. It was hard to breathe and there was a loud buzzing, which made me nervous at first but I didnt let it get to me....then i just appeared into the dream (there was sme HI too). I thought WILD was meant to come gradually, but it had all finished 10 minutes after going to bed.

Two questions I have, though. I was very tired and therefor my recall was not at its best, but I remember a strange feelign where I was half awake while I was dreaming. Its hard to explain, but like when you are swimming with a diving mask and you can see half under the water, half above it, I'm sure I must have half-opened my eyes a few times, yet I remained in the dream. That was really weird....

Another thing, my dream was incredibly dark, it was very hard to see anything. I heard somewhere that you cannot adjust light levels in a dream, and when I tried it didnt work, so I got a little frustrated and woke myself up.

Not the greatest LD ever, but its a big step for me in that I managed to do the technique i've wanted to try for ages *:D

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Hey! Congrats! I knew you could do it! You could even try doing it again I bet! :wink:

Wow nice one! Everyone's achieving WILDs, lately! Hopefully my time will come soon :)

First Congrats!!! :yddd:

You said 3 in the morning? Was this when you first went to bed? If so, I believe that was the reason for your dream being kind of dark. With that much sleep deprivation, you are going to drop into delta sleep pretty quickly.