First successful attempt at WILDing and the happiness it brings

After 23 days of practising, trying to wake up at 4:30 AM and failing, I have finally succeeded in WILD.

The partial reason of it is that I woke up naturally several minutes before my alrm went off. I stayed awake for 40 minutes and went back to bed. I wasn't sleepy anymore and it took me some time to find the right position , but in the end I started hearing vague noise around me . Then it seemed the noise was transformed into something else , and I felt that long awaited feeling of sinking. My heart started pounding like crazy .

The dream didn't last long enough, but it's okay. Whenever I have normal dreams, all the enviroment is familiar, but in this dream I was in a place I've never seen before , and it was beautiful. I saw a very tall building and decided to jump from the top of it.

The problem with my lucid dreaming is that I instantly know it is a dream, but it takes so much more to be in control. I was afraid I wouldn't want to jump once i was at the top of the building. It was a very parisian hotel of some sorts. There was a long staircase and I climbed it up (it was illogical because my journey was too short compared to the height of that building) and then I was on the top. It was a very sunny day, I could see a park and a lot of buildings. I looked down. I was in a ridiculous height. Then I went to the opposite side of the roof and ran . Falling down was such a good feeling, nothing bad happened when I reached the ground, it was as if it softly embraced me. I giggled and wanted to do that again but I couldn't find the staircase when I went back to the hotel and then I woke up.

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Congrats!! :) feels good doesn't it, lol.

I want more !

I envy you wish I could realize I am dreaming like you do. But.....am getting there and :(I just have to be patience. Congrats though

Keep at it! What do you think you did differently this time as opposed to the other times? I need to really train myself to go to bed at the same time and wake up at the same time like you do.

I don't know how to explain, I just succeeded in WILD method. Funny how the very first time I tried to lucid dream I succeeded and got terribly scared. After that it took me nearly a month to make WILD happen.

I think you just need to find the right schedule of sleeping, I'd go to bed at 00:00 and wake up at 4:30 AM . I must say it's much better when you develop a habit to wake up naturally at that time .

What methods do you use?

Well actually I just bought a sleeping mask and really good ear plugs today. This will definitely help me in general when it comes to LDing I think. I'm going to try and WILD at around 4 hours after I go to sleep. I'll use a computer alarm clock that will hopefully help, go back to sleep and reverse blink if I have to. All I gotta worry about is swallowing.

Last night I tried to WILD when I went to sleep and I was sure I was in the theta stage. There were subtle noises but I know I'm close because my body had this urge to move. I resisted long and hard but it became too much. I won't give up! haha

Most importantly, don't give up and don't care too much about it at the same time.
Oh and i know the urge to move is usually unbearable, it just really depends what is your favorite sleeping position. When I lay on my back I get those urges so intense that the uncomfortable feeling becomes pain-like sensation . I sleep in a freefaller position (what's up with those names?haha) although I don't think it's healthy.

Free faller position? What's that? Also, what's your avatar from? Sleeping on my back was not how I was raised to sleep. My momma always put me on my belly :^p so it's extra hard to wild like that.

I wish people understood that it's okay to move during a WILD. You're gonna keep yourself awake by being uncomfortable like that.


Why is it that everyone assumes they have to stay painfully still?? Where does that shit come from?? Staying still is A way to WILD, not THE way to WILD.

Free faller position is sleeping on your belly. Funny how you don't find it comfortable whereas I think it's the least annoying sleeping position.

And yeah,I think swallowing is okay, it's not as distracting as moving/rolling over/changing your position. But you have to be still, and it will be neither painful nor uncomfortable if you relax.

Oh, and my avatar is (obviously) a gif of Bob Dylan taken from a documentary, perhaps? I'm not too sure. It could be Don't Look Back.