Thread: The 90 Days WILD Project

Day 8: Success (well, kinda).

So today I finnaly went to bed at 10:00. Slept and woke up at 5:30 with no memories of dreams. Since I had school in 30 minutes I decided to forget it and went back to sleep. I wake back up at 6:00 by my alarm and went back to sleep again. It was during that short period of time in sleep (between 6:00 to 6:52) that I experianced my first lucid dream. It was a DILD.

28.01.2010

My First Lucid Dream (DILD)

NON-DREAM DREAM LUCID

I can't remember the beginning, I'm pretty much excited to even type this.

I remember after a dream I had earlier (not lucid) I walk down the front of my old elementary school to the crosswalk. The whole area was empty. I then see one car drive by. I look at the crosswalk paint (the lines). I begin to say that it's not there or, it's not real or something to it. As the car drove it stop right at the line (didn't work I guess), but then I had this feeling and all of a sudden I knew I was lucid. The feeling of being lucid was like bringing a ventriloquist doll back to life. I knew I was me, and it was cool. I was then in an open area of trees and grass. It was an open field, with only a few trees around. My vision was getting darker...I guess meaning I was on the edge of loosing lucidity. I then reach towards my eyes and all of a sudden I pulled my glasses off and I could see. My vision was blue tinted a bit, looking like how people would interet the vision of a dream to look like.

I didn't want to end this so I tried not to overexcite myself and just went along with the flow of things. I then close my eyes and when I opened them, I was in a rocky mountain area. My vision once again was starting to darken, and a few seconds later I lost lucidity. The only thing I could remember was seeing a picture of a book. It was brown and was like those old big heavy books (like spell books).

Even though I didn't do a WILD, I was so glad to finnaly get my first Lucid Dream today. Thanks to the thread and the folks in it, I was determined to achieve any way to have a lucid.

Originally Posted by Jhony

Day 8: Success (well, kinda).

So today I finnaly went to bed at 10:00. Slept and woke up at 5:30 with no memories of dreams. Since I had school in 30 minutes I decided to forget it and went back to sleep. I wake back up at 6:00 by my alarm and went back to sleep again. It was during that short period of time in sleep (between 6:00 to 6:52) that I experianced my first lucid dream. It was a DILD.

28.01.2010

My First Lucid Dream (DILD)

NON-DREAM DREAM LUCID

I can't remember the beginning, I'm pretty much excited to even type this.

I remember after a dream I had earlier (not lucid) I walk down the front of my old elementary school to the crosswalk. The whole area was empty. I then see one car drive by. I look at the crosswalk paint (the lines). I begin to say that it's not there or, it's not real or something to it. As the car drove it stop right at the line (didn't work I guess), but then I had this feeling and all of a sudden I knew I was lucid. The feeling of being lucid was like bringing a ventriloquist doll back to life. I knew I was me, and it was cool. I was then in an open area of trees and grass. It was an open field, with only a few trees around. My vision was getting darker...I guess meaning I was on the edge of loosing lucidity. I then reach towards my eyes and all of a sudden I pulled my glasses off and I could see. My vision was blue tinted a bit, looking like how people would interet the vision of a dream to look like.

I didn't want to end this so I tried not to overexcite myself and just went along with the flow of things. I then close my eyes and when I opened them, I was in a rocky mountain area. My vision once again was starting to darken, and a few seconds later I lost lucidity. The only thing I could remember was seeing a picture of a book. It was brown and was like those old big heavy books (like spell books).

Even though I didn't do a WILD, I was so glad to finnaly get my first Lucid Dream today. Thanks to the thread and the folks in it, I was determined to achieve any way to have a lucid.

Congrats, Jhony
I'm glad you had your first LD! It's exciting isn't it??

Congrats, the first lucid is always the most exciting.

Originally Posted by AndresLD

Congrats, Jhony
I'm glad you had your first LD! It's exciting isn't it??

I'll say it was something I had to experience and not read from others here.

Originally Posted by Reverie Phantom

Congrats, the first lucid is always the most exciting.

It was. Like I explained, that feeling of just coming alive and realizing you are in a dream is amazing. I would say in dreams you couldn't really connect to yourself, almost feeling like you had no emotions, and then when you become lucid, you feel like yourself in real life, except you now have the power to change everything around you.

Originally Posted by Jhony

It was. Like I explained, that feeling of just coming alive and realizing you are in a dream is amazing. I would say in dreams you couldn't really connect to yourself, almost feeling like you had no emotions, and then when you become lucid, you feel like yourself in real life, except you now have the power to change everything around you.

Oh I know the way I always describe it to people is it's like instead of watching the movie of yourself and not controlling the actions, you can move and say and act however you want. You can explore and dream up all kinds of crazy fantasies, not to mention do fun experiments, like flying and killing people lol. Did you do any reality checks? The first time you do a reality check in a dream is always kind of fun, because in reality you do it and it never works (of course) but when you do it in the dream and you actually breathe with you nose and mouth closed, or put you finger through your hand or something it can really trip you out. Not to mention it feels really strange, especially the breathing one.

Day 9:

This was another fail. But i get to sleep in this weekend, so i'm going to get it this time.

Successful nights: 1 out of 9

Day 11:

1 attempt. Failure again, i feel asleep.

Originally Posted by Reverie Phantom

Oh I know the way I always describe it to people is it's like instead of watching the movie of yourself and not controlling the actions, you can move and say and act however you want. You can explore and dream up all kinds of crazy fantasies, not to mention do fun experiments, like flying and killing people lol. Did you do any reality checks? The first time you do a reality check in a dream is always kind of fun, because in reality you do it and it never works (of course) but when you do it in the dream and you actually breathe with you nose and mouth closed, or put you finger through your hand or something it can really trip you out. Not to mention it feels really strange, especially the breathing one.

Well yeah I did a reality check. Wasn't one of the main ones, like the nose or breathing, but a "reality" reality check. When I said that the crosswalk wasn't there and the car just came by and stop, that somehow triggered me to be lucid.

day 2

no success here. i fell asleep kinda off schedule though and was way worn out from the gym. so its expected i guess.

sleep start: 5:30 AM

wbtb start: 7:30 AM

wbtb length it was only like 5 min. again. I gotta stop being lazy but i was way tired.

LD length:none

LD quality:none

wake time: about 12:30 PM

Day 10:

Set my alarm at 4:30, but either I unconsciously turned it off, or it didn't go off, or I was abducted by aliens sometime between 4:20 and 4:40.

I feel like I should suggest something, I haven't read this whole thread, but anyway.
I suggest setting your alarm for a slightly different time everyday.
Coz if you set it for say 5:00 every day so you can get a couple hours of LD'ing in and get up at 7:00, you might just get used to waking up at 5:00 and not be able to get back to sleep.

The best thing is to get an alarm clock with two alarms. Set one for however many hours after you go to bed, but always keep the second one on the same time.

So for example you could change the first alarm every day, just 30 minutes either way should do it. Or even more depending if you go to sleep later or earlier etc. And just keep the second alarm constantly on 7:00 or whenever you want to wake up.

Good luck with this, I'll be checking in occasionally.

Day 11:

Again, alarm didn't wake me up, WTF...

Day 10:

Success!

I went to bed at about 11 last night. I let my body wake up naturally which was at about 2:30 a.m. I tried to WILD, but fell asleep. I woke up again naturally at about 5:30 a.m. I tried WILD again. I was so sleepy that i didn't think i would be able to stay aware, but i tried to use it to my advantage. I started counting my breaths and the next thing i know; i can't feel my body. I can't remember everything about the about the dream, because in the process of this WILD project; i've been afraid to record dreams in the middle of the night because i might wake up too much. The WILD wasn't as vivid as i would have liked, but at least it was a WILD. I wonder if me being so sleepy caused it to be less vivid. I'll try the same thing again tonight.

Successful nights: 2 out of 10

Andres, try setting it 5 hours in, you'll land right in the middle of REM. Sort of like a DEILD, but WILD. I sleep 9.5 hours and this works. It also works for 8 hour schedules.

Originally Posted by jarrhead

Andres, try setting it 5 hours in, you'll land right in the middle of REM. Sort of like a DEILD, but WILD. I sleep 9.5 hours and this works. It also works for 8 hour schedules.

Yeah now what I think about it, 5 hours makes a lot of sense! I'll try that tonight, but I'll put the alarm clock (well cell phone) in a tricky place to reach, because in the last 2 nights I unconsciously turned it off (I kept it right beside my pillow).

Every time I've tried to WILD or WBTB when I set my alarm and go to bed I'm always too excited to fall asleep, which can mess up how many hours you've slept when you wake up to attempt the WILD. If you set the alarm for 5 hours but it takes a full hour to fall asleep, then you'll be waking up after only 4 hours of sleep, right in between REM periods. If you have a similar problem then try to compensate for the falling asleep time.

Day 12:

I woke up at 8am, i attempted to wild but failed.

Day 11:

It was a fail for me this time. I went to bed at about 11:00 p.m., but probably didn't fall asleep to well after 1:30 a.m. The first time i woke up naturally wasn't far enough into the night to try WILD. I tried the second time that i woke up naturally, which was at about 6 a.m. I was starting to get somewhere because i could feel something in my chest when i breathed (it's something that i can't really explain, but i feel every time i get to sp or close to it). Then i started noticing traffic on the highway again. I tried to ignore it, but couldn't. I got up and went to the bathroom. When i came back, i put some earplugs in and tried again. It probably took me an hour and a half to fall back asleep. Guess i'll try the same thing again tonight. Except this time i won't drink a full throttle at 8:00 p.m.

Successful nights: 2 out of 11

Day 12:

Went to bed at 3:30, so I didn't give it a try

Originally Posted by AndresLD

Yeah now what I think about it, 5 hours makes a lot of sense! I'll try that tonight, but I'll put the alarm clock (well cell phone) in a tricky place to reach, because in the last 2 nights I unconsciously turned it off (I kept it right beside my pillow).

I do this all the time. last night I forgot to log my dreams, but I remember three. I remembered two upon waking in the middle of the night, which I still remember.

Just put paper and pencil by your bed. If you're dedicated, you'll write down keywords like "snow, fake corners, fight, bunker" (referring to my "fake guns" dream.)

It should get you conscious, barely.

Originally Posted by jarrhead

Andres, try setting it 5 hours in, you'll land right in the middle of REM. Sort of like a DEILD, but WILD. I sleep 9.5 hours and this works. It also works for 8 hour schedules.

Is that chart true for everyone? I'd like to use that as a reference to find the best times for me to try to get my own WILD.

Sticking with my plan to limit my posts within this thread, here are my last few logs for the past week:

Day 4: 1.27.10-1.28.10
Before: Gonna try WILDing off-handedly tonight, gonna try to see if I can do it without being so concerned with lights and times. Bed at midnight, woke at 3:30AM.
After: Went to bed without attempting. XD Better luck tonight I suppose. I want to try getting extra sleep instead of trying to wake after 5.5/7 hours - I've only LDed with getting 10+ hours sleep.

Day 5: 1.28.10 - 1.29.10
I don't recall making an attempt.

Day 6: 1.29.10 - 1.30.10
Made some attempt at a WILD at a friend's house, but it was just as I went to bed instead of WBTB. I recall feeling SP and I think I had an audible hypnagogic halluciation of a door closing, 'cause there was no door in the house where I heard it.

Day 7: 1.30.10-1.31.10
No attempt.

Originally Posted by speedoman

Ive never had a lucid dream before, im thinking what i need is just dedication, and this sounds like a good task. Im gonna join you guys today.

Yeah im gonna try to do it too! I just made an account here but ive been following this thread for days. im want to do it but im scared to. hallutionations, SP , False awakenings are scary to me. I LD alot but never on purpose. And i get SP sometimes (last night) and I know wats going on but i just dont like it!!!! But i want to do it soo much!!!!!! but im kinda scared. I wake up in the night ALOT! maybe about 2-5 times every night an LD a good amount of times but never on purpose! I want to tho but.........

I guess i might try but like I said its scary

Day 13:

I attempted to wild, but again fell asleep.

I'm starting to slowly see what i'm doing wrong. in the past 3 days i've really been testing a few things (trial and error).