Does this always happen?

So I was doing WILD, and I got pretty far. I could feel myself falling asleep, and I was seeing spontaneous bursts of colors and stuff, but then I started feeling like I was being poked with needles in my hands and feet, and they got really heavy like they were falling asleep (like how it feels when a foot falls asleep) and it was kind of uncomfortable. I tried to go through it and stuff but I felt like I had been laying there for a long time so I moved, and it was really hard to move them at first..Two questions. Was I close to WILD and does this always happen?

I remember before my only successful WILD so far I felt my feet going a bit numb, but it was not really uncomfortable at all, and I did not then try to move them, I lay still. Then after i felt my feet numb a bit i switched to concentrating on my vision behind my closed eyelids and focused on the images there instead. However, I have been trying to replicate this, and have never been able to yet.

for me personally Xvaluer no, but people experience many different symptoms during a transition to dreaming. you are without a doubt describing sleep paralysis symptoms so to your answer your question "was i close to WILD?" well, you are definitely on your way to it. you are feeling your body fall asleep but this almost sounds like you were sleeping uncomfortably and possibly cutting off blood circulation. the idea is to get as comfortable as possible. if you feel uncomfortable don't be afraid to adjust. once you get this technique down you will realize it's not about forcing yourself to go to sleep in an unnatural way. the goal is to fall asleep. the trick is to maintain your awareness while you do it.

Sounds like you were close, you have reached hypnogogic state and from that you just had to fully fall asleep while being aware. The sensations you are describing might be either normal sensations of falling asleep, which often vary from person to person, or maybe your position is uncomfortable. For how long your attempt lasted?

Not sleep paralysis symptoms, it's exactly what you said it felt like Xvaiuer, you're getting pins and needles in your legs from not moving them. The only trick is to completely ignore it because it has nothing to do WILD.

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Originally Posted by Ctharlhie

Not sleep paralysis symptoms, it's exactly what you said it felt like Xvaiuer, you're getting pins and needles in your legs from not moving them. The only trick is to completely ignore it because it has nothing to do WILD.

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I thought WILD will only be successful if one is comfortable and relaxed, not when one tries to ignore discomfort?

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Originally Posted by Checker666

Sounds like you were close, you have reached hypnogogic state and from that you just had to fully fall asleep while being aware. The sensations you are describing might be either normal sensations of falling asleep, which often vary from person to person, or maybe your position is uncomfortable. For how long your attempt lasted?

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I did three attempts. All of them were around 30 minutes, and I got this feeling every time, and that would be what caused me to stop. I did different positions everytime too, and they were comfortable.

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Originally Posted by JoannaB

I thought WILD will only be successful if one is comfortable and relaxed, not when one tries to ignore discomfort?

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Certain things are unavoidable, if you are going to lie still for any length of time you will start experiencing some form of ataxia in your limbs, there are sensations that you will feel simply by virtue of being privy to the process of falling asleep.

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Originally Posted by Xvaiuer

I did three attempts. All of them were around 30 minutes, and I got this feeling every time, and that would be what caused me to stop. I did different positions everytime too, and they were comfortable.

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30 minutes is pretty long to fall asleep, sounds like you were not sleepy enough or were not in REM. Though if positions were comfortable it indeed sounds like you were feeling falling asleep sensations, you could try not to stop next time. Still, you could also experiment with WBTB time, amount of activity before it and how you fall asleep to find a good state to fall asleep quickly(30 min is pretty long as far as i know), while still being able to keep awareness. :zzz:

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Originally Posted by Checker666

30 minutes is pretty long to fall asleep, sounds like you were not sleepy enough or were not in REM. Though if positions were comfortable it indeed sounds like you were feeling falling asleep sensations, you could try not to stop next time. Still, you could also experiment with WBTB time, amount of activity before it and how you fall asleep to find a good state to fall asleep quickly(30 min is pretty long as far as i know), while still being able to keep awareness. :zzz:

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I think I was not in REM. It was about 5:00 whenever I did it, and that's not far from when I usually wake up.