Did i have a WILD?

[psychic]

I was having this interesting dream (non-lucid), after which I woke up. I was still pretty tired so I didn't open my eyes and just kept lying in bed. I was wondering if I could return to that dream and kept picturing it in my mind. After a while the images started to turn more real and soon enough I realized "holy shit I'm back in that dream!" It felt really interesting to enter a dream this way, usually when I'm falling asleep in the morning after waking up my mind just starts wandering and I lose consciousness and start dreaming about random stuff.

[isthisit]

Sounds like a DEILD, which is essentially like WILDing. Well done!

[psychic]

At least this feels like much more reliable way to attain lucidity, with DILD there's always that element of surprise and shock which at least with me almost always de-stabilizes the dream and wakes me up. Although this time I forgot about stabilizing (or was going to wake up anyway) and couldn' keep the dream together very long.

[isthisit]

Yes, I think thats why WILD is sometimes preferred, it is more reliable. But I believe some people find it harder to do, or don't like waking in the night. Each to their own. As you have more LDs you will find it easier to stabilize anyway. Happy dreaming!

[Iapetos]

Yeah I have experienced this too It's an awesome feeling. The technique is called DEILD (Dream Exit Initiated Lucid Dream) and it's form of a WILD. WILD simply means that you go from waking consciousness to the dream without losing awareness, although it's partially wrong because you can be a bit unaware while this happens. But you're aware enough to remember the whole process. So how did it felt for you? My description would be thoughts that goes into a daydream that get's more and more vivid until I suddenly realize that I am in that dream and it's vivid!

[psychic]

So how did it felt for you? My description would be thoughts that goes into a daydream that get's more and more vivid until I suddenly realize that I am in that dream and it's vivid! Yeah, pretty much the same for me. The dream ended when I had walked around the surroundings and was trying to summon a person, should have concentrated on stabilizing and anchoring etc. instead.

[gab]

DEILD is a fantastic technique. If you ready for it, you can link many dreams together by not moving when you wake up from a dream and visualize either your previous or new dream exactly the way you did it. Your dream may have ended, because it was the end of your REM, so don't beat yourself up over it.