Quote Originally Posted by ThreeCat View Post
Hi, Jesslet. I have some questions:

1.). Are you doing any day work aimed st attaining DILDs? I ask because it sounds like you are working hard, and I would love for something to pay off for you soon.
I am, I do some reality checks every time I can think about it and I have something of a dream to write down every day.
2.). Are you able to determine whether or not you've fallen asleep during these transitions?
I'm not sure. It crossed my mind that I might actually be asleep already but the extremely loud noise/pressure in my ears makes it really hard to focus on anything so I haven't been able to stay in that state for long.
3.). If you ARE awake, what happens next? Do you give up and fall asleep? Get up and do something else?

It sounds like you have either transitioned, and may think you are awake but are actually dreaming, or (and probably more likely) you are not falling asleep entirely. So maybe loosen up a bit, and relax the quality of your focus some (so that you CAN fall asleep).
Well when I get the exploding head thing I always try to tough it out but I can only stand like 10 seconds of that before I have to move or something to break it. At this point I try again usually, and once I begin to feel utterly relaxed again the pressure/noise begins quietly then gets louder as I lay there until I can't take it anymore. Repeat again or just lay there until I realize I'm too awake to try again.

Thanks a lot for your reply, I'll definitely take some of your advice and I'll try to not focus quite as hard! Hopefully I'll have an LD soon