Thread: Waking Up Asleep

Originally Posted by Asymptote

Well, after many unsuccessful attempts at WILD'ing, my alarm clock finally woke me up at 4 AM (for a change, usually I'd been sleeping through it). Once I realized I was awake, I turned off my alarm and lay down and tried to relax.

Didn't work. I think I tried too hard. That brought me to about 5 AM, at which point, it seems I fell asleep.

I was laying on my bed sideways. I was wondering why it was so hot and humid in my room, even though I had my fan and my air conditioner on. I thought "This could be a dream." I don't know if that's how I attained lucidity. I then attempted to WILD in the dream and it worked! I heard the most awful sound in my ears, like someone with big fingernails ripping them across a blackboard. It was so loud it made me nauseous. I felt like everything but my feet was falling through the bed, but my feet were still hooked on.

I may have lost lucidity somewhere in here, but in a few moments, I was dreaming normally, and the knowledge that I was dreaming managed to carry over. I realized I was dreaming, and I commanded a Dream Character to do something (can't quite remember what). Suddenly, I was outside, on a street, in a building across from an old Soviet-era-looking building with big, gray columns and a brick facade. Spotlights shining down in my eyes. I did the finger RC (the only one that ever works). It seemed that I had about seven or eight fingers, and every time I looked at one, it would disappear. I got too excited. Everything faded, and I lost lucidity. I woke up. I was rolling around in my bed, and it seems my Biology professor was there. Other students were there. It seemed that one of them had stolen her bottle of...something...

Back in my bed. I looked at the clock. It said 6:something AM. I didn't think to check a second time. I realized I wasn't going to get to classes on time, and I got up in bed.

I woke up at this point. I looked around, slightly spooked, realizing it was only 5:something AM. I rushed to write it down.

This is, without question, the stranger of my two lucid experiences. The previous one seemed to masquerade as a dream, but I never thought I could have one within a dream. Has this happened to anybody else?

Also: When I was losing lucidity early, spinning didn't work. It was like I lost lucidity too fast, before I could even figure out how spinning worked. Can anybody help me with that?[/b]

Those are called False Awakenings - when you dream you wake up. Just in case it's a false awakening, do a reality check every time you wake up (like looking at the clock twice).

Spinning works because you focus on the dream, causing it to become more vivid. So just rotating your imaginary body probably won't cut it - you would have to feel like you're spinning.

for the past two nights i have been wussing out of wilding because i turn off my alarm clock right before i got to bed so it doesnt wake me up. I love my sleep but then again i love my dreams even more.. i will keep trying.. I have only had one LD and im desperate for more. I question reality daily, almost hourly in hopes that the habit will carry over to my dreams but not much success yet..

Originally Posted by Brilliand

Those are called False Awakenings - when you dream you wake up. Just in case it's a false awakening, do a reality check every time you wake up (like looking at the clock twice).

Spinning works because you focus on the dream, causing it to become more vivid. So just rotating your imaginary body probably won't cut it - you would have to feel like you're spinning.[/b]

My problem is that all of the few LD's I've had so far are too short-lived and vague for me to have time to do that sort of thing. At the moment, I'd classify myself as "barely conscious" during the LD.