One night, actually three in a row, I woke up in sleep paralysis and it totally freaked me out like most since I had no idea what was going on. Figures and the whole 9. After the second night I googled it and stumbled upon lucid dreaming. So glad I did! The third night it happened nothing scary was there since I knew what was taking place. I decided to get out of my body and it worked and I ended up flying around a world like Avatar for a while. So obviously, I decided to get really into this.

This was only 2 weeks ago and I'm having a problem with getting past the vibrating, whirlwind part of the WILD. I feel like every time I do, it lasts only a couple of seconds and then it's dead silent. According to all I've read, I should be in my dream, but I'm anything but. I'm super conscious and I can move (even though I only try a finger) Maybe I'm dreaming of moving my finger, but I really feel awake. Could I try opening my eyes? When it happened unwillingly before, the vibrating whirlwind happened the whole time I was trying to get out of my physical body and just like Luscidology anticipated, my dreams were very blurry and I was stumbling around after I got out.

Even after waking in the am, it takes me a very long time to get to the vibrating part of the WILD.

Any suggestions? Thanks!