are there 2 different types of WILDs?

**redstockings** · 12-31-2010 05:40 AM

hi, this is my first time posting, although I have been having & reading up on LDs since September of this year. My question is: are there 2 different types of WILDs?

Initially, my LDs were all DILDs, where I spontaneously became lucid within dreams. Since then, I began concentrating on having LDs before falling asleep (often using MILD technique), and developed the ability to have WILDs. Mostly, I would watch the hynagogic imagery go by and listen to my tinnitus (quite loud, as I’ve played in rock bands for much of my life), and then I would experience the intense feeling of SP. This was almost always accompanied by intense visuals, an unbearable noise and a disturbing sinking feeling in my torso. It felt as though my consciousness was being dragged through my brain until suddenly I would appear within a dreamscape. And I’d be lucid.

Lately, I’ve experienced a different type of WILD. I’ve heard other LDers say that sometimes after waking from a dream, that they would try to immediately visualize themselves being back in that dreamscape, and often they would re-enter dream, only this time lucidly. I’ve begun doing this with some success. On a couple occasions, after waking from dream, I’ve tried to specifically visualize myself being in certain settings (in one case, a church, in another, a hospital) and was able to enter a new dream in that setting lucidly.

The funny thing is, when I try this visualization technique, I don’t experience the noises or SP feelings that I do with other WILDs. I am wondering why not? Is this a second type of WILD? or a different technique that leads to the same end result?

curiously yours, -j.

**AAA20** · 12-31-2010 07:28 AM

DEILD?

DEILD Tutorial - Dreamviews Lucid Dreaming Community & Resource

Maybe this is what your talking about its a form of WILD.

**dakotahnok** · 12-31-2010 07:36 AM

There are two tyoes of lucid dreams. One that happens when your asleep and dreaming. And one that hapens when you are awake and going to sleep and into a dream. Shortened they are DILD and WILD. Then there is sub techniques like

DILD=MILD,V-MILD,CAT, And i think FILD will go here.

WILD=DEILD,V-WILD, and many others that people make up.

**redstockings** · 12-31-2010 06:09 PM

I hadn't heard the term DEILD before, but I am sure that's what they were. I didn't move at all before attempting to visualize/re-enter the dream, so that explains why I did not experience SP (i.e., because I was still officially in REM sleep). Thanks for the tip!

**AURON** · 12-31-2010 06:18 PM

Moved to WILD section.

Originally Posted by dakotahnok

There are two tyoes of lucid dreams. One that happens when your asleep and dreaming. And one that hapens when you are awake and going to sleep and into a dream. Shortened they are DILD and WILD. Then there is sub techniques like

DILD=MILD,V-MILD,CAT, And i think FILD will go here.

WILD=DEILD,V-WILD, and many others that people make up.

FILD is a type of WILD....other than that, you're spot on dakotahnok. @OP, You're not experiencing all of that stuff as much because the transaction is a lot quicker than your average WILD attempt. It's still possible to have them, but in a lot of cases, it's not as intense.

**dakotahnok** · 12-31-2010 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by Akono

Moved to WILD section.

FILD is a type of WILD....other than that, you're spot on dakotahnok. @OP, You're not experiencing all of that stuff as much because the transaction is a lot quicker than your average WILD attempt. It's still possible to have them, but in a lot of cases, it's not as intense.

Lol thanks. And yeah I wasn't to sure about FILD. I haven't read anything about it. Bad guess though lol.

**redstockings** · 01-01-2011 01:13 AM

question: what exactly is a "FILD"? I did a quick search, but all the threads I read simply mentioned "FILDs" without explaining what it is. if you have a link to a thread that defines/describes it more fully, I'd really appreciate it!

**cmind** · 01-01-2011 01:59 AM

FILD is a method for accelerating the onset of SP using small amplitude muscle contractions. More controversially, it's also touted to be a transition from SP to dream.

**AURON** · 01-01-2011 10:47 PM

It's just a WILD with finger minute finger movements. From my personal experience, it's a good alternative to a DEILD if that person has problems staying aware during the transition back to sleep.