What Exactly Was This?

[hydroPWNic]

First off i'm relatively new to these forums. I got involoved with all this Lucid dreaming stuff after i accidently went into sleep paralysis one night and scared the shit out of myself. I googled around the next day and discovered what had happened, and now I'm here. Anyways, two days ago i tried to WILD. This was my first time i ever really tried. I layed down in my dark room and started to relax. When I was fully relaxed to the point where my limbs felt like lead I just imagined myself 'swimming' through liquid hoops (dont ask it just happened ) I sort of dozed off for a few seconds and i cant remember what happened at that time but the next thing i knew there was a bright flash of light and i was staring up at my ceiling. I thought i had woken up but when i looked down, my body was laying there still sleeping. I realized I was dreaming at that point and so i just hopped off my bunk like I usually do and was surprised - it was like i was jumping in space! It took me forever just to land on the floor! I thought it was cool so i jumped out of my bedroom and landed in the middle of my living room and noticed my brother, mom, and sister sleeping there. (they had fallen asleep watching a movie) I thought to myself "it would be cool to fly in my living room", and so i tried by jumping and imagining myself not landing; it didnt go so well and i ended up getting stuck at the peak of my jump and i wouldnt come back down, it was as if time had froze on just me! I panicked and the next thing i knew, i actually did wake up in my bed, and i was excited as hell! I tried right away to wild again, but unfortunately i just fell asleep. My question is, was this a false awakening, a lucid dream, or even an OBE? I tried to WILD again the next night, but all i remember is the bright flash of light again, and then me doing a stabilization technique (spinning around). Other than that its all i remember from my second dream. (I have horrible dream recall right now, i've been working on it)

[Burns]

I'm no WILD expert, but it sounds like an LD to me (plus, I don't really buy into the whole OBE thing quite yet). So congrats! For future reference, for a better chance of WILDing, it's recommended that you get 4-5 hours of sleep first before attempting. As far as I know, it's difficult to WILD without having any sleep first. Oh, and welcome to the forum!

[NeAvO]

Firstly welcome to the forum I'd say that was a LD as you said you knew you were dreaming. Also seeing your sleeping body does happen in some lucids. With time you will get better control so you will Hope this helps and congrats on the lucid. See you around [EDIT] How does Burns beat me every time

[hydroPWNic]

Yeah, i was hoping it was a lucid dream. I believe that a person can have what is known as an OBE, i'm just not believing its actually there 'soul' or whatever leaving them. But I vowed to myself to never try to OBE simply because i have an over-active imagination and could imagine myself getting stuck out of my body in some sort of coma... Yeah i was super happy i remembered the dream the next day, and i'm still pretty excited to try again tonight. (I was too excited to write my LD in my dream journal the night it happened, i wanted to try and do it again)

[Burns]

[EDIT] How does Burns beat me every time [/b]