Thread: Was I close to SP?

Oooh yeah. You were really close. Was the scream the reason you got up?

what was the imagery that you saw?

It sounds like you were pretty close, yeah. It might've been the early stages of SP. A lot of times, in the early stages you'll feel numb and heavy. This comes just before full blown SP where you can't move at all and you get ringing/roaring noises in your ears and get vibrations. You don't NEED to have vibrations or ringing, but they're telltale signs. So if you can't move and you've been laying there a couple of minutes with no vibrations or whatever, just start trying to visualize yourself seeing your room through your eyelids or something and go into the dream.

BTW, it's really common to hear freaky scary things. A lot of people see or hear scary stuff during SP and if they don't know what SP is they can get really freaked out. So they may end up believing it was an alien abduction or ghost or demon. If you encounter the freaky stuff, just re-affirm that it's your dream and you are in control. You can wake yourself up at any time if it gets too scary.

What time during the night (Or day if napping) were you attempting the WILD? It does sound like the start of sleep paralysis. Numbness and feeling heavy are VERY common when it comes to SP.

Indeed, Yeah, at first, I didn't even notice the screaming though XD

RebelSeven, nothing too vivid, I forgot

Mancon, 3:30 PM

Thanks everyone else for the info! I'll remember that when I WILD again later

OMG! I had a WILD last night without even having to go through sleep paralysis! I was just lying down, letting my mind wander. And suddenly this dreamscape forms in front of me. Sadly, I guess I had to go through sleep paralysis, because when I opened my dream eyes, I opened my RL eyes THAT WAS MY FIRST WILD

Edit Note: That might've been hypnagogic imagery, I'm not sure.

Originally Posted by Amythest444

OMG! I had a WILD last night without even having to go through sleep paralysis! I was just lying down, letting my mind wander. And suddenly this dreamscape forms in front of me. Sadly, I guess I had to go through sleep paralysis, because when I opened my dream eyes, I opened my RL eyes THAT WAS MY FIRST WILD

Edit Note: That might've been hypnagogic imagery, I'm not sure.

It sounds probably like it was just hallucinations but that IS a big step in the WILD process, so either way you've made good progress. You're getting close to keep it up!