My first WILD experience!
Sooo now that I have determined that indeed I did WILD and I've had time to process my experience I can share it with you dreamers :)
It was a few days ago (but I can remember very clearly, I also wrote it in my home dream journal). My boyfriend left to work at 7:30am and I had my day off. I laid in bed to go back to sleep and thought it would be great to have a WILD, so I concentrated on breathing and said to myself I would control my dream, after awhile I guess my mind went blank, I didn't feel my body anymore but there was no vibrations or numbing sensation.... then I started seeing hypnogogic images and I realized I was beginning to dream so I focused on this round image and suddenly it became a bright red apple, then the apple sucked me in and boom I was in my dream. Unlike most WILD LDs I did not start the dream in my room. I was in a mall type place with ALOT of people around, it was also kind of an office building but there was stuff being sold everywhere. To remain lucid, I walked around and simply explored, I focused on items like a women's sweater and felt it, I focused on these bright magenta earrings. I also met this very attractive dc guy at the jewelry keyosk (sp) who clearly said he wanted to "do me" lol. At some point I had a false awakening where I woke up in bed in a hotel room and next to me were my sister and brother with their girlfriend and boyfriends talking. When I reentered the dream I was more aware that I was sleeping but was convinced that I was sleeping in that hotel room in front of my friends (although really I was alone in my bed at my house) This awareness affected my dream, and I didn't want to talk too loud or do anything embarassing because my brother and sister were "in the same room" In my dream, my phone rang and I answered that I had to call them back because I was dreaming. I also attempted to fly but I kind of hovered mid air and then fell down, but the floor was bouncy.
I think i was going in and out of full lucidity and semi lucidity. But I did remain in the dream for a while (I figured about 20 mins) It was completely in doors and at one point I made a room appear after I said it would once I went around a corner. I thought it pretty successful and when I became too hard to hold the dream I simply woke up for real and I was very excited and wrote it down in my journal..... thanks for reading and continue to share all of your experiences
