Hello everyone! I'm new to dreamviews as a member, but I've been browsing the site for weeks trying out some new methods. I've decided to jump right into the WILD zone, skipping over the 'newbie zone' for a few tips and tricks, without all the basic stuff. Below is my method I currently use to achieve lucidicy, and I would like your feedback as experts.

I try to WILD more than MILD or other methods because it seems more direct and controllable, while other methods seem to be up to chance, no matter how good you are at them. Correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that a MILD is when you realize you are dreaming in a dream to become lucid, while a WILD is where you go into a dream with your mind awake from the start.

Here's my method. First I get a day that I know I won't have to wake up for anything early, (school, etc.), and try to make sure nobody will wake me for other reasons. I set my alarm to wake me about 6 hours after I go to bed. Then, I go to sleep normally, which usually takes no longer than 15-25 minutes, (although occasionally it does take hours, and in those cases I shut off the alarm and give up for that night.) If all goes to plan, I wake up during the REM phase of sleep, and quickly shut off the alarm; (won't stop beeping until you shut it off, I've tested.) Then I get out of bed, do a few stretches to relax my muscles, and then lie down in bed again. (A problem here is that I am a morning person, so I can wake up very early and just stay up without being very tired or longing to get back to bed.)

I get as comfortable as possible, and lay on my back with my arms at my side. I then close my eyes, and begin counting my breaths. On the inward breath, I count ONE, and on the outward breath, I think to myself 'I am dreaming'. As I count, I try to relax my muscles, especially my jaw and shoulders, (tense muscle hotspots,) while trying to think about nothing. Here's where the problems start. Sometimes I simply fall asleep without remaining conscious; an embarrasing failure indeed after getting this far. Sometimes I will not get anywhere after counting for what seems like too long, and give up, rolling over into a more natural sleeping position where I will let my thoughts wonder into unconscious sleep. (Once I realized that this was my body's roll over test to see if I was awake or not, and thoroughly hated myself the next day for it.)

Twice, however, I THINK I got past this part. I was lying still, when suddenly my entire body started vibrating at an intense rate. I saw a wierd, greenish looking eyeball that really didn't look like an eyeball, but I knew it was. The pupil then ruptured, oozing out a little. It wasn't gross at the time, just bizzare. I felt like I couldn't breath, and after getting nowhere for a few moments, I brought myself out of the state a bit shaken I must say. To this date I have never had any other sort of SP sensations, like the ever creepy sounds you can hear or alleged demons that come into your room. The other time the vibrations were much more managable, and lasted only a moment. I thought to myself, 'this is it!' and got really excited. Now I think this might have been more of an OBE than a WILD, (the two, from my understanding, are virtually identical up to the final phase.) Anyhow, I got up out of my bed/body, and started doing stabilization techniques. I rubbed my hands together, and then picked up a cup, which was wierd because I don't have one in my room. I then looked over at myself sleeping for some reason, and everything was 'fuzzy' and not quite clear. I wasn't really looking through my own eyes either, it was more of a 3rd person control. I then lost lucidicy, and went on to have a deam about the bathroom door being broken.

Other times that I realize that I am dreaming mid dream without doing a WILD I end up not knowing what to do, and fail to mainting lucidicy through any/all stabilization techniques I know; (rubbing hands, spinning, pick up and feel objects, feel floor/walls/own body, etc.) That bit right there might be off topic, but the meat this post is about my attempts to WILD above anything else.

That being said, do you have any advice on how I can refine my technique? Stabilization and/or control techniques would be helpful too. I must probably sound like a newb to an expert here, and expect many responses detailling obvious mistakes I am making. I might even get this thread moved to the newbie zone by a moderator before the day is done, who knows!

Anyhow, the wall of text is over. Sorry if I didn't put enough spacing in, I've had compliants before; (well deserved ones too.) So please comment on my method; don't worry, I'm good at taking critisim!