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Day 48:
I was too wiped out to try to do anything but sleep. I didn't want to risk losing any sleep because i had to get up early for another day of tree cutting. :panic: I don't know if i'll try WILD tonight or not. I'm more wiped out tonight than i was last night. Well, i get to sleep late tomorrow so maybe i'll be set for thursday.
Thanks :DQuote:
Good on ya Bohman! Only your 5th day too!
Day 8: Woke up after 5 hours of sleep. I think I was not in REM, since it took ages to wake me up (the alarm played a long time), and I was incredibly tired. I stayed awake for a couple of minutes and then went back to bed. I started the 61-point relaxation technique but fell asleep when I had come to my right arm.
I'll try this too.Quote:
I'll do some push ups and sit ups before going back to bed.
And tonight I'll try waking up at 5,5 hours of sleep.
Day 1: I went to sleep around 12 and wasn't able to sleep till 12:15-12:30 or so. I woke up at around 5:15am when my alarm clock went off. I looked at it and put it off, then remembered that I wanted to try and WILD so I got out of my bed(First time :lol:). I got up, did some quick stressing of the arms, legs, etc.... and went back to bed with the attitude that I wanted this to succeed, since, I've had that mentality every since I started trying to WILD about 1-2 weeks ago. Anyways, I slept to my side, got some sensations, my hands became really numb and seemed to disappear. Certain parts of my body became cold and numb, more so than when I used to get it when I first went to bed. This continued on and I heard the beep sound in my ears, but, I just couldn't crack it, since, there was too much noise in my room. After this, I moved to sleep on my back and got similar results, some colors in my vision and my vision kept on "refreshing itself" even though it was still black everytime. Eventually, I decided to just roll over onto my left side again and just go to sleep thinking that I will have a lucid dream, etc.... Soon afterwards, my second alarm rang and I put it off and went back to sleep with that same thinking which led me into a draam. Within the dream I realize that I'm dreaming even though my first set of RCs failed. I have the dream typed up and plan to put it online, just need a quick read through, but, it was an odd dream, because, later on in it, I told my mom that I wasted my lucidity to try and make the competition :lol:
So, Day 1 might not have been perfect and no WILD, however, I can just built on what I have, so, maybe wake up at 5:15 after sleeping and stick with it a bit more(I was in bed for close to an hour or so if I'm not mistaken) :P
Bigfan, sounds like you got too alert when you got up. Did you do pushups and such? WILDing should not take more than 30-40 min tops.
not really, I mean alarm rang, put it off, got up, did some simple stresses and went back to bed to try and WILD. It's possible that I was too alert but it's also possible that I just finished a REM period thus I couldn't get back into one and had to lay there feeling these different sensations with nothing else. On the bright side, I had a DILD so I'm pretty happy. It was able to prepare me for my pCAT results :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by BohmaN
Day 48, 49, 50:
No success
Day 47: 3.10.10: (Morning) Good WBTB. (6:25AM, slept for about 6.5 hours.) Did the Progressive Relaxation technique and the first 31 points of the 61-Point Relaxation technique, both as described in Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming. Had great consciousness, but saw no HH, and not one trace of a dream.
Why didn't I see any traces of dreams? I was conscious in this way for a little over 60 minutes, and didn't see nor hear one thing out of place.
Day 50: turned off my alarm unconsciously =[, however I slept in and had a DILD ^^
Day 49:
No attempt cause i was way too tired. But i got to sleep in late, so i should be good for a try tonight or in the morning hours.
Bigfan
Could you give an example? :)Quote:
did some simple stresses
Day 9: Woke up from a nightmare and decided not to WILD
I'm going to bug you guys by joining in.
Yesterday I was unsuccesful, I tried practicing staying still for a WILD before I went to bed but I gave up because it was unnessecary, my alarm went off after an especially odd dream which I didn't bother to write down - went out for about 5 minutes and then laid back down to try to WILD. I guess I gave up somewhere there and fell asleep. Will report back tommorow, going to sleep in an hour or so.
I feel like I need to practice dream recall while doing this, so I am going to try to WBTB until my memory improves so I can write down around 2 dreams a night, I will also try to WILD before I go back to sleep.
EDIT: Also I will try FILD whenever I just want to sleep.
Last two nights no attempts. I was to tried. I'm gonna try today
Day 48: 3.11.10: (Morning) Good WBTB again. (6:30AM, 6.5 hours.)
Same results as last time. Will try an earlier time for WBTB, and if that doesn't yield results I'll look for other reasons I'm not getting where I'd like to be.
Day 50:
No attempt. I don't know what happened. I think i just forgot to try. I need better focus. My success rate right now is 4%; that is sad! I need to first remember to try WILD, and then get it in my mind that failure is not an option.
EDIT: It wouldn't hurt to stop staying up til' midnight or 1 a.m. :P
Sure thing. I just got up, stressed my arms and legs as in bend my arms or legs, rotate my head up, down, right, left, etc.... Basically, very simple exercise so that my muscles aren't sore from the 5ht of sleep. It took maybe 1 min to finish then went back to bed.Quote:
Originally Posted by BohmaN
Day 2: Was too tired and had work very early so no WILDing :P
Day 1: I was at a very close success to getting into the dream, but was awoken by an annoying brother at the stages of mentally creating the dream world.
I think I can get it tonight :p
3.
Fail.
Went to sleep, got up 4 hours later, forgot what I was doing and tried to WILD instead - fell asleep >_<, woke up again couple hours later, tried to FILD, forgot to start doing it before I fell asleep.
Day 11:
I woke up after 6 hours of sleep. Rather alert I thought. I went to the bathroom for 3 min with the lights on. As i snuggled down my warm bed I realized my will to sleep overpowered my will to get lucid, and although I was somewhat disciplined as I tried the 61-point tech and lied still for a while, I couldn't stay awake for long. I dreamt about my DCs being lucid but I wasn't actually lucid myself xP
Day 51:
I actually tried this time :D, but i still failed. I think i was on the right track, but i just fell asleep unaware.
Day 49: 3.12.10: (Morning) WBTB after 4.5 hours, up at 5:30AM. Groggy, eyelids heavy.
Results: 2 attempts, couldn't keep my attention properly. That would be my problem, it appears. I'm gonna go reread the DV's WILD tutorial to see what I may have forgotten in working on this method.
(Afternoon) WILD attempt with earplugs. Overall attempt lasted an hour, was clear-minded, relaxed, and focused. Saw many images, even one or two that felt like memory footprint images, but I tried forming and visualizing dream scenes twice, which made me float in and out of that connected state. I didn't want to wait for the observed images to turn into a dream, but rather take control of it. I know that's not healthy for a lucid dream with the WILD induction method though.
Progress as far as I'm concerned! :D My motivation for WILDing is super high again!
That's pretty funny :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by BohmaN
Day 3: Woke up at 5am without an alarm then went back to sleep, so, no WILDing :P
Day 51 and 52: no success, I did have a DILD this morning though, I think DILD is the technique working for me now, during the day I keep questioning my reality and it seems to be working.
Tried twice this morning. First attempt at 4:00 AM - woke up went to bathroom and decided to stay awake a bit longer(i keep fallin asleep). After awhile i was back in bed but lost focus on my attempt REALLY quickly.:( Same for second attempt - woke up at ~6:00 AM naturally and decided to use this chance for another attempt. Didn't get out of bed this time and well... lost focus again really fast.:mad::mad:
I think i'm giving up...
P.S Perhaps some focus exercises should help me.
Don't give up, you're going to succeed at some point :) When I started trying to WILD, I tried before bed then I started trying to wake up 5hr after I went to bed, however, I would always put off the alarm and go back to bed thinking I'll do it another day. When I made up my mind to really WILD and get a LD because I haven't had one in a long time and most people on here have had a ton in comparison, I decided to continue trying to WBTB but put in the effort(other times I wasn't, kinda like if I get one, great, if not who cares!) and when I woke up that night, I could have went back to bed and said later, however, I remembered the promise I made to myself and got out of bed. I think your problem is just getting out of bed. It helps if you just jump out of bed or jerk yourself a bit to get out of bed. Once up, then just back in, that should have been enough to start your WILD attempt, at least it was in my case :P No focus exercises are needed, just be really really motivated to have an LD :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Miomek
Day 4: Woke up using my alarm, did some stretching in bed and then planned to WILD but fell fast asleep as soon as I turned to my side, so, no success :P
Day 52:
Tried again this morning, but i fell asleep unaware. But i did have a short DILD this morning and another one yesterday morning.