Thread: First horid "lucid" experience.

thanks for the reply,

i don't know if i can do that again. maybe i can have my mom wake me up earlier than i usually wake up then i can figit around for a few minutes then fall back to sleep like i did this morning. But i will continue to try to DILD because i am keeping a dream journal. but ill try to remember to relax and go with it. it was my first time so i was freaking out!

indeed its true,. if you are in sleep paralysis it is so easy to enter a ld, its about having the will power to no you in no real harm, next time just stay still thne you cant feel that you cant move, its so easy to enter a ld!!!

no harm can come to you jo matter what you feel or see,

Unfortunately it's quite common for people to panic when they find themselves in sleep paralysis, especially if you get suddenly jolted awake during sleep and find that you can't move. I read an article about it once but can't remember exactly what it said. I usually find that if I get suddenly jolted awake I will have the idea that demons are attacking me, and then I will struggle with the paralysis until I am able to move. Once I'm awake of course I realise - too late - that it was perfectly harmless. Bummer !

Yep, sounds like sleep paralysis, or even that you had one of those dreams about being paralyzed, which are equally scary.

If this ever happens again, try to just remain calm and tell yourself that it is perfectly normal, natural, and safe. Try to relax, and not focus on any one thing that you are experiencing. Just like focusing on the scary aspect of a nightmare can increase the terror-factor, focusing on these things, trying to yell but not being able to, etc. can just make the overall experience scary when it doesn't need to be.

If you just want to get out of it, keep repeating to yourself "Wake up, now." In a nice calm manner (versus "OMG! WAKE UP I WANT TO WAKE UP RIGHT NOW AHHHH!", believe me I've had moments like that too ). Try to wiggle your toes and extremities, versus entire limbs, and it should dissipate more quickly.

DIVE DIVE DIVE!! thats my advice, instead of trying to get out of it, dive into your mind and wake up in a dream. Thats what happened for my first WILD, i woke from doseing off into sleep paralysis and was spinning on my bed. Wiggling my toes did stop me briefly but in the end I just retreated into my mind and before i knew it I was in a dream pasture

Wait, were you in the dream, and couldn't move around?

Originally Posted by Abra

Wait, were you in the dream, and couldn't move around?

It sounds that way to me.

I've had this sensation before as well within dreams. I don't really have any suggestions for getting out of it though. I've always just had to wake up from it.