Thread: Stuck in REM Stage

You're not in REM and you're not even close to being asleep.

Originally Posted by cmind

You're not in REM.

So if its not REM what is it then?

Originally Posted by cmind

You're not even close to being asleep.

Do you think i didn't invest enough time in it?

It sounds like you're just not falling asleep. Don't forget, it's essential to fall asleep in order for WILD to succeed. Might be obvious, but really your main goal should be to fall asleep, closely followed by maintaining consciousness. It's better to risk falling asleep and maybe have a DILD instead of not falling asleep at all and have no DILD nor WILD. Just don't "wait" for something to happen, because if you're waiting for something, you're not going to fall asleep.

If you need any info on WILD, I suggest you read Sageous' WILD posts. They're very helpful.

Originally Posted by mimihigurashi

It sounds like you're just not falling asleep. Don't forget, it's essential to fall asleep in order for WILD to succeed. Might be obvious, but really your main goal should be to fall asleep, closely followed by maintaining consciousness. It's better to risk falling asleep and maybe have a DILD instead of not falling asleep at all and have no DILD nor WILD. Just don't "wait" for something to happen, because if you're waiting for something, you're not going to fall asleep.

Couldn't have said it better myself. If you're doing WILD correctly, your failure will result in being asleep, not wide awake.

Originally Posted by Abdulla

Hey there.

Let me make this simple and straight to the point:
So after lying still and reaching the REM stage of the WILD i starting seeing purple colors while my eyes are moving rapidly i sit there waiting for images to appear but without luck, after the REM is over i keep lying still but its still not working.

Any ideas why am i stuck in this part?

You're not suppose to be aware of your body or eye movements if you were in REM. When you delve in to a REM period you will be in a dream. It would've been better to say you're stuck in the stages of trying to fall asleep. Try to lose the intention of wilding in the beginning of when you're trying to fall asleep. Act natural and try to fall asleep naturally. Then when you catch yourself drifting off, should be the accurate time to remain focus to hold on to the little awareness you have at that time. You'll find the process will be much easier at that prior time, rather than having the intention in the beginning.

Originally Posted by mimihigurashi

It sounds like you're just not falling asleep. Don't forget, it's essential to fall asleep in order for WILD to succeed. Might be obvious, but really your main goal should be to fall asleep, closely followed by maintaining consciousness. It's better to risk falling asleep and maybe have a DILD instead of not falling asleep at all and have no DILD nor WILD. Just don't "wait" for something to happen, because if you're waiting for something, you're not going to fall asleep.

Oh thanks that makes sense, so my WILD attempt was successful after giving up i went to sleep after that i got SP and then into a dream i became lucid after preforming a reality check it was a short lucid dream maybe 30 seconds?
I thought i preformed DILD but in the end it was both WILD and DILD I might be wrong.

I always thought you must be awake while entering into a dream(without sleeping) for some reason.

Thanks again!

Originally Posted by ViIe

You're not suppose to be aware of your body or eye movements if you were in REM. When you delve in to a REM period you will be in a dream. It would've been better to say you're stuck in the stages of trying to fall asleep. Try to lose the intention of wilding in the beginning of when you're trying to fall asleep. Act natural and try to fall asleep naturally. Then when you catch yourself drifting off, should be the accurate time to remain focus to hold on to the little awareness you have at that time. You'll find the process will be much easier at that prior time, rather than having the intention in the beginning.

Yeah i wasn't allowing my self to fall asleep that was the problem but now i understand thanks.

Originally Posted by Abdulla

Oh thanks that makes sense, so my WILD attempt was successful after giving up i went to sleep after that i got SP and then into a dream i became lucid after preforming a reality check it was a short lucid dream maybe 30 seconds?
I thought i preformed DILD but in the end it was both WILD and DILD I might be wrong.

I always thought you must be awake while entering into a dream(without sleeping) for some reason.

Thanks again!

You're welcome. But I highly doubt that was a WILD. Many WILDs are actually DILDs. Like you said, you performed a reality check in order to become lucid, that's a DILD. Whereas with a true WILD, you would maintain lucidity from waking life into the dream. But hey, a LD is a LD, how you get it is not too important.

True that.