Thread: The SSILD test. - 30 days.

Oh, just one thing I want to let recorded here, in case anybody is still following this experiment: for the next few days, I will be unable to post any other accounts of my SSILD test, but Itdoesn't mean I will stop practicing. once I get access to a computer I will report back what I have achieved. I think that experiments like this one are a very good tool for us to analyse the effectiveness of a technic and i hope to be able of taking it to the 30th day. I also hopemore peoplewill join in, especially people with no previous experience in LD (just like I myself). Let's see what this techinic can offer us, if anything at all.

Cheers.

Originally Posted by lucsande

I have been waking up naturally. What I do is adjusting the alarm for 5 and a half hours after I lay down. So, If I don't wake up by myself, I still won't lose the day's practice. So far I have been sucessful at waking up on my own, let's see if that lasts

About wake-up latency and trying to enter the phase... Do you mean that once I realize I am awake I can try the entry? I don't have to do it right away upon awakening, just as soon as I realize i am awake? Interesting, I will give it a try in the next opportunities.

Exactly. SSILD's conditioning ability is quite powerful. Not only you don't have to do it "right away" upon awakening, you can even do it after you have moved around quite a bit... This is, IMO, the most powerful aspect of this exercise. Once you get used to it you can have instant WILD 100% of the time.

BTW, I started SSILDing 3 days ago, I had been having 3.8 LDs a week. I had 3 LDs the first day, 2 the second, and 4 last night. I have had my LDs increasing since I started though, but this is the biggest jump so far. I am planning on keeping up the multiple LDs a night.

This I recommend to add to your current techs. I do not know how it works alone.

Day 3
LDs: 9
FAs: 1
WILDs: 2
DILDs: 6
DEILD (didn't do SSILD this time, I just slipped back in): 1

I'll start updating now. I like this thread.

Originally Posted by BrandonBoss

BTW, I started SSILDing 3 days ago, I had been having 3.8 LDs a week. I had 3 LDs the first day, 2 the second, and 4 last night. I have had my LDs increasing since I started though, but this is the biggest jump so far. I am planning on keeping up the multiple LDs a night.

This I recommend to add to your current techs. I do not know how it works alone.

Day 3
LDs: 9
FAs: 1
WILDs: 2
DILDs: 6
DEILD (didn't do SSILD this time, I just slipped back in): 1

I'll start updating now. I like this thread.

These stats... WTF?
I had 2 FAs and 1 lucid after 3 days of using... you have a post about trying this technique on first page, you were doing it for more I believe?

I tried it in October for a while and then completely forgot about it, most of the techniques I do resemble SSILD though, I do micro awakenings through he night to raise awareness and normally WBTB after 5 or 6 hours, so this fits in fine with my schedule, instead of doing my mantra during those mini awakenings, I SSILD. I just use mantras when I go to sleep now. I also do my own form of ADA and meditate at least 20 minutes a day.

Also last time I tried this technique it didn't have the shorter ones, i think that this helps a ton!

Hey, Brandon, what is your ADA like? I love the concept of ADA, but I find it really difficult to put into practice. And besides, what kind of meditation do you do? Do you focus on your breathing, your hearing...?
Sorry to digress from the main topic :p

Well. I have this weird feeling in my stomach when I am in a dream, not a bad feeling, just a feeling. So I am always paying attention to that. It is weird. Haha

Day 22

No time, no attempt, no result.

Attempts: 10, Lucids: 5, OBE's: 1, FA's: 13, HI's: 2

Day 23

No time, no attempt, no result.

Attempts: 10, Lucids: 5, OBE's: 1, FA's: 13, HI's: 2

Day 24

Another lucid and false awakening.

Here's the account: Lucid Dream 31 - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

This puts my success rate with this method just over 50%.

Attempts: 11, Lucids: 6, OBE's: 1, FA's: 14, HI's: 2

Originally Posted by Venryx

Day 24

Another lucid and false awakening.

Here's the account: Lucid Dream 31 - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

This puts my success rate with this method just over 50%.

Attempts: 11, Lucids: 6, OBE's: 1, FA's: 14, HI's: 2

Excellent!

Day 4

3 lucids. I don't seem to have FAs from this like you guys. I don't like FAs though.

total LDs:12

This is:
9 DILDs
2 WILD
1 DEILD


I know that DEILD is technically WILD, but I am practicing DEILD right now, so I want to see how it is doing.

The previous attempt I went to bed at like 130 and was really tired when I did this and wasn't very confident in my LDing. I am sleeping right now.

Instead of getting up and going to the bathroom or something like that, I tried just waking myself up while laying there and then going through the cycles. It seemed to work. What are your thoughts cosmic? I don't like getting out of bed because it wakes up the wife. :/

Originally Posted by BrandonBoss

Day 4

3 lucids. I don't seem to have FAs from this like you guys. I don't like FAs though.

total LDs:12

This is:
9 DILDs
2 WILD
1 DEILD


I know that DEILD is technically WILD, but I am practicing DEILD right now, so I want to see how it is doing.

The previous attempt I went to bed at like 130 and was really tired when I did this and wasn't very confident in my LDing. I am sleeping right now.

Instead of getting up and going to the bathroom or something like that, I tried just waking myself up while laying there and then going through the cycles. It seemed to work. What are your thoughts cosmic? I don't like getting out of bed because it wakes up the wife. :/

You don't have to get up. If the first attempt yields no result, just do another one upon waking up again. Chaining SSILD like this will eventually get you result

Haha, I've come to this test a bit late But I used SSILD last night and had my first LD. I didn't get up out of bed either. I just woke up, was kind of relaxed about doing the cycles, fell asleep once or twice (for a couple of minutes), woke up again (definitely wasn't a FA, though) and got a few cycles in. It was a really easy technique, so I'm definitely going to be trying it again

Lula x

Originally Posted by lulapace

Haha, I've come to this test a bit late But I used SSILD last night and had my first LD. I didn't get up out of bed either. I just woke up, was kind of relaxed about doing the cycles, fell asleep once or twice (for a couple of minutes), woke up again (definitely wasn't a FA, though) and got a few cycles in. It was a really easy technique, so I'm definitely going to be trying it again

Lula x

That's fantastic!

Originally Posted by lulapace

Haha, I've come to this test a bit late But I used SSILD last night and had my first LD. I didn't get up out of bed either. I just woke up, was kind of relaxed about doing the cycles, fell asleep once or twice (for a couple of minutes), woke up again (definitely wasn't a FA, though) and got a few cycles in. It was a really easy technique, so I'm definitely going to be trying it again

Lula x

Hey! Welcome to the test. I would just start that as day 1 and keep going from there.

Day 25

No results this attempt.

This puts me back onto 50%, haha. (I've been on the line for like half the experiment)

Attempts: 12, Lucids: 6, OBE's: 1, FA's: 14, HI's: 2

Hey guys!

Its been a long time since i last posted here and i am sorry if people where using the results posted here as a source of inspiration, but i simply had to stop the test.

I've been hit by insomnia and nightmares ever since Friday and it makes me grab any and all sleep i can get.

Last Friday i got into work and found a guy on the floor having a cardiac arrest and while i did everything i could to keep him going, the paramedics weren't able to revive him.

I did everything by the book, but I think my sleep problems are caused by my subconscious judging my effort.

Regarding the technique:

I believe SSILD is a really amazing supplementary technique. I have not used SSILD by itself, so i can't really say if the technique is a viable "stand-alone".

However, in the time that i tested SSILD, i doubled my LD count from September to December (3).

So i believe it is safe to say that SSILD will help you induce LDs.

Originally Posted by Buhl

Hey guys!

Its been a long time since i last posted here and i am sorry if people where using the results posted here as a source of inspiration, but i simply had to stop the test.

I've been hit by insomnia and nightmares ever since Friday and it makes me grab any and all sleep i can get.

Last Friday i got into work and found a guy on the floor having a cardiac arrest and while i did everything i could to keep him going, the paramedics weren't able to revive him.

I did everything by the book, but I think my sleep problems are caused by my subconscious judging my effort.

Regarding the technique:

I believe SSILD is a really amazing supplementary technique. I have not used SSILD by itself, so i can't really say if the technique is a viable "stand-alone".

However, in the time that i tested SSILD, i doubled my LD count from September to December (3).

So i believe it is safe to say that SSILD will help you induce LDs.

I'm glad it worked for you, and I hope you recover soon. I do feel though the technique should not be called a "supplementary" technique. Here are my reasons:

1. It's supplementary if it does not work by itself. However, that is clearly not the case anymore. Within the year and half since this technique was introduced to the public, we have gathered many thousands of success stories, and many are resulted directly from using the technique as standalone method.

2. Based on our observation, mixing SSILD with other techniques frequently gives less-than-optimal results. For example, most techniques require you to stay completely still, no matter how uncomfortable you feel. SSILD, on the other hand, wants you to stay as comfortable as possible and does not mandate staying still. When people try to mix in the other techs they inevitably want to stay motionless, and this can cause them to become tense and anxious, and unable to enter the trance state required for SSILD to work.

According to many people SSILD, when used properly, actually can help counter insomnia. I never have insomnia so I can't testify myself, but I guess it makes some sense especially given the remarkable resemblance between SSILD and Betty Erickson's self-hypnosis technique.

Cheers

Hey CosmicIron.

I am sorry if it sounds like i am putting SSILD into a category.

I meant to say that i have only tried it as a supplementary technique, and as such, only able to review it like that. I am very confident that it will work on it's own, but again, i have not tested it.
Also, normally SSILD puts me to sleep like a baby, so i know it's hypnotising element and all in all i believe it is one of the best techniques i have tried.

Cheers back @ you.

Originally Posted by Venryx

Day 25

No results this attempt.

This puts me back onto 50%, haha. (I've been on the line for like half the experiment)

Attempts: 12, Lucids: 6, OBE's: 1, FA's: 14, HI's: 2

Well, FA should be counted as a success too. The technique successfully induced a FA, which could be a lucid dream. From 12 attempts you got 14 FAs, so it makes the success rate over 100% LOL

Hey, you said mixing with other techniques is bad, but you just mean other techniques at that time right? For instance it shouldnt be bad to do ADA with it or DDA (just found out what this is called)?

Alrighdy, I'm quite new here and only had 1 LD yet, so here's lots of work to do I am going to start with SSILD right away, as I'm going to bed in a couple of minutes i'll try posting my progress each day from now on

So yeah, wish me luck!

day 4

one lucid last night. Felt a little under the weather and it effected my awareness in dreams. hopefully feel better tonight. My lucid last night was like 5 seconds. :/

total LDs:13

This is:
10 DILDs
2 WILD
1 DEILD