Mancon's In Depth WILD Guide

**Mancon** · 09-26-2011 02:13 AM

Originally Posted by cyberetah

At the moment, my problem doesn't appear to be the transition; I'm almost certain I haven't even reached SP yet. I know myself well enough to know that once I reach SP, I'll get a massive confidence boost towards it and focus on the transition itself; As it stands, I'm still trying to get into SP and atleast see hypnogagic imagery. After that, I'm going to be focusing on the transition.

But, as a note, I tried WILDing yesterday again. I got a fair amount, but I noticed something that I can now confirm has been happening a bit recently. I'm counting from 1-10, with my breaths, and I HAVE to count manually. (If I'm counting my breaths, then I have to time them with it, so it's manual) So what I noticed is that sometimes, I drift off for a bit, and when I remember to count my breaths, I'll notice that I'm snoring. And the moment I notice that, I go back to manual breathing, and that stops. So I don't know if this has any relevance, but do I need to stop this, or what should I do with it? Is that drifting off too far anyways? Any help is appreciated.

I would recommend just focusing on being aware, and not drifting off. Maybe you could try something other then counting to keep you aware.

**cyberetah** · 09-26-2011 02:41 AM

Originally Posted by Mancon

I would recommend just focusing on being aware, and not drifting off. Maybe you could try something other then counting to keep you aware.

Well, I can easily just stay focused and aware if I want to, but I thought if I try and stay aware then my mind won't fall asleep and I can't WILD?

**Mancon** · 09-26-2011 02:43 AM

Originally Posted by cyberetah

Well, I can easily just stay focused and aware if I want to, but I thought if I try and stay aware then my mind won't fall asleep and I can't WILD?

Well the trick is to stay aware enough so you don't dose off, but not too aware that you stay awake. You want to be really relaxed, and act like your sleeping but still be aware of things happening.

**cyberetah** · 09-26-2011 03:43 AM

Originally Posted by Mancon

Well the trick is to stay aware enough so you don't dose off, but not too aware that you stay awake. You want to be really relaxed, and act like your sleeping but still be aware of things happening.

Alright, I can try that. Gonna keep practicing... Sadly, school has caused some big issues in the WILD department, as I have to consistently change my sleeping schedule now, so lots of problems have arisen

Anyhow, wish me luck. I'm at the stage where I feel a bit of vibrations for a 10 second period before it wears off (I don't focus on it or change what I'm doing, it just comes and goes), so from what I understand I just have to go through a few of those before sleep paralysis kicks in and I'm set to dream. I should have that down by summer, which means summer will be very happy indeed

**Mancon** · 09-26-2011 03:44 AM

Originally Posted by cyberetah

Alright, I can try that. Gonna keep practicing... Sadly, school has caused some big issues in the WILD department, as I have to consistently change my sleeping schedule now, so lots of problems have arisen

Anyhow, wish me luck. I'm at the stage where I feel a bit of vibrations for a 10 second period before it wears off (I don't focus on it or change what I'm doing, it just comes and goes), so from what I understand I just have to go through a few of those before sleep paralysis kicks in and I'm set to dream. I should have that down by summer, which means summer will be very happy indeed

Yeah, school has affected my WILDs as well. Good luck!