Thread: Just a really quick question.

Last night, in my eyes, I had success with a number of things. First, I know how my environment needs to be so that I am comfortable. I switched up the norm, thinking I'd be more comfortable if I could move around freely, but no, I'm the kind of person that likes to be bundled, like in a sleeping bag.

Second, MILD will never work for me, simply because when I affirm anything before or while going to sleep, it draws me right the hell out of everything. And for some odd reason, I actually was doing both WILD and MILD (or attempting to accidentally) at the same time. I started off with the WILD, then somehow I got lost in my own mind and started doing affirmations, or mantras, which pulled me out quickly.

Third, after I remembered the steps of WILD (don't know why they were hard to remember), I easily got into SP and it felt like all I needed was a little boost and I would've popped out of my body, on many occasions, but I couldn't get the boost. Then, I saw a large chain coming up from the floor and going to my ceiling, it was moving upward, so I reached out and grabbed it, I could feel the texture, temperature of the chain, but the second I touched it, it stopped moving. And I mean I saw my hand come out of my physical hand to grab it, except I didn't see the tattoos I have on my hand. But once the chain stopped, I let go, and I could've swore that I was in the dream world. But then I opened my damn eyes! I even had to do two reality checks to make sure because it was like I still couldn't hear anything like my sound machine, my Dad's TV, nothing, but I was awake, and once I did the reality checks, everything came back to normal.

Fourth, when I finally went to sleep, I felt like I had the longest dream I have ever had, followed by another. Both were long, but the first was the longest, it seriously seemed like it was at least an hour inside the dream world. And, for once, both dreams were completely out of the ordinary, and I mean really out of the ordinary, at least for me. I like the first one the most though.

Fifth, my dream recall is damn good now. Since October 28, I have anywhere from two long entries, to five a night. There are two days where I couldn't remember anything, and then one night where there was only one dream, but that was also a night where my sleep was really bad.

I just gotta keep trying with the WILD, I feel like it's the best way for me, and I just need to learn a little more on it, even though I literally roamed this site all day yesterday, soaking it all in. Hell I never even turned on my TV yesterday.

Also, this is the WILD method I used, I think I got it from YoshiKing.
1. Flex and relax my muscles starting from my toes up. (this helped out a lot)
2. Focused on my breathing without thinking, letting any thoughts come and go without any focus on the thoughts until they stopped.
3. Reverse blinked until my eyes stayed closed. (didn't take any time at all really)
4. Became aware that my whole body felt numb. Swallowing didn't really bother me, it took me out of it for a brief moment, but then I got right back in once I swallowed.
5. Imagined my room as it is, seeing the posters, the TV, stereo, speakers, carpet, walls, etc., in a rotating fashion. This is where I started picturing things and this is where the chain came from, and this is where I felt like I could easily escape my physical body.

It wasn't until after this failed by me opening my eyes that I either got confused or excited and for some reason added mantras to the WILD technique, which is what ruined it for me I'm sure of.