My First Lucid Moment?!

[Walfe]

I think last night I had my first LD moment, but I got excited and left it, heres how it went: I went to bed at about 10, tried to go at 9 but I couldn't, woke up at 3:00, went to the bathroom got back in bed. Deep breathed 300 breaths (in and out is one) then tried to WILD. It didn't worked so I thought I'll try tomorrow, I flopped on my side and tried to sleep, about 30 seconds later I felt an amazing warm sensation and I started to shake or vibrate rapidly (thats how it felt) then my vision went all black and I thought I was flying or falling or something because I felt wind going past me but I still couldn't make anything out. Then I woke up from excitement. I wrote in my dream journal then went to bed. All I had written was "Flying" "Clouds" and "Shake"... Was this really a WILD? I was still awake and conscious when it began, I think, and this is only my third day trying to LD. I'll be back when I return from school, bye!

[Howard]

Sounds like a WILD. Maybe not a complete one, but you are probably close to getting them.

[lonestarx]

LOL it was. Its just that you got to excited- a few more Seconds in and you would have stepped in a dream FULLY LUCID

[Walfe]

I feel so dumb! I must confess, I wasn't really as excited as I was scared, for some reason I was scared out of my mind and I tried to open my eyes but I couldn't so I panicked, I guess thats when I left it. Can't wait to retry it tonight so I don't get so scared. Thanks for the replies, guys. Edit: Tried again tonight using the same method but I was so tired I couldn't count all the way to 300 breaths so I tried when I got to like 120 and I feel asleep trying... What a waste of a night. Now I feel super dumb that I wasted my first, and possibly my only for a while, experience.

[mellowdiablo]

yeah, that was the onset of sleep paralysis you were feeling. next time that happens, try "rolling out of bed." that always helps me. if i feel any sensation when i "roll off the edge," then i know i'm not lucid. but if i feel nothing, then i know i'm lucid and the adventure begins right away. for me, this works every single time. and no, i've never actually rolled off my bed and hurt myself.

[Abra]

No, no, no. That's not a waste of a night. Never think of it like that. "If you fail a WILD, make a DILD!" That's my motto. If you spend 120 breaths on the intention of becoming lucid, chances are you will become lucid, even if it's by a different method. Be an optimist. Lucidity is 100% mental, you know. Also, you are incredibly lucky. I find it very hard to WILD, and I've been trying for nearly a year! Keep going!