Stupid Swallowing Reflex

**ExtraSour** · 12-09-2012 09:08 PM

Does anyone know how to stop the urge to swallow while trying to WILD? Like ill be laying in bed trying to be completely still and to not send back a rollover signal and then the urge to swallow comes. once that urge comes there's no stopping it. So does anyone know a way to keep that urge from happening?

**ybm** · 12-09-2012 09:20 PM

From what I understand, you have to fight that urge just the same as fighting the reflex to rollover. It's just part of the process.

**~~MasterMind~~** · 12-09-2012 09:22 PM

Yeah.

By stopping worrying about it, to swallow while doing your attempt is only a bad thing when you worry about it. Because you are by then going to get nervous or stressed out over it and becuase of that you are not relaxing your body to your fullest potential. You both swallow and flick your eyes all the time when you sleep normally so why it would be a problem otherwise is a mystery to me.

Although I used to have the same worry as you do now, and get frustrated of swallowing saliva all the time, but when I realized that it didn't matter, I stopped focusing on it and it gradually decreased and if it does happen I know that it doesn't matter and I just continue to focus on relaxing as much as possible.

And yeah that's about it.

Don't worry be happy ^-^

**ExtraSour** · 12-09-2012 09:30 PM

Its just sometimes the urge gets so bad that my body just automatically does it it without my say in it or not. Like it will just do it no matter what, It just gets kind of frustrating thats all

**gab** · 12-09-2012 09:37 PM

It should not be frustrating. After all, you just trying to fall asleep, right? And it doesn't get frustrating, when you going to sleep normally, right? You should do it the same way. Swalloving is a reflex, you can't fight it. If you do, you point your attention to your body, and that's exactly where your attention should not be when WILDing.

So swallow, scratch, move the same as when you going to sleep normally. If you don't pay attention to it, it will not harm your WILD.

**Mancon** · 12-09-2012 10:15 PM

You are allowed to swallow! If you focus all your attention on not swallowing then you won't be able to WILD successfully. Just relax. Take a deep breathe. Like Gab said, don't focus on your physical body. You should be focusing on the dream you are about to go in or just be aware of your thoughts. You are basically just falling asleep like you normally would, just stay aware. Good luck!

**dutchraptor** · 12-09-2012 10:18 PM

Sleep with your head slightly inclined so that your chin is closer to your chest, allowing the saliva to run down normally. Also you shouldn't be focusing on any part of your body, we want to lose focus of our physical self and surrounds. That doesn't mean you have to actively try not feel your body, just let it be without thinking about it.