Thread: Is it possible to WILD with insomnia

The key is not to be too aware. This sounds strange but I've found the hard way that if you try to WILD and you're constantly repeating mantras there's a 95% chance that you'll just stay awake. If you're tired before hand it's ok, but on nights that we're insomniac-its impossible.

It's much easier to fall asleep than WILD (I guess that's saying something). Try this:

1) Lie on any side and count to 300 (on the out breath). As you exhale feel yourself sink deeper into the bed. This won't put you to sleep, unless you are lucky. If it does put you to sleep (happened to me only once), you'll enter a lucid dream automatically.

2) Once you have counted to 300, you should be feeling heavy. If you are feeling uncomfortable you can just roll over at this stage. I think the biggest misconception with WILD is that you have to stay still. It's not true at all.

3) Now, you should notice vivid hypnagogic imagery. We're not looking for the colourful lights and patterns (schema) here. We're looking for the deeper imagery, where the schema forms actual images. Just watch this.

[If you can't see any imagery then you're going to have to do more counting. It's the easiest way to get to this stage (because the mind is automatically occupied). If you have thoughts popping up like crazy, that's fine too. Listen to them. But don't really 'bother' judging them or interfering with them. Take the mindset that it's too much effort and you're too tired. Surprisingly, it works.]

4) If you watch the imagery then you will find yourself falling asleep. You wont notice it however. At this point, you do want to stay still. Eventually (from 5 minutes to 30 minutes-depending on you) you'll feel "shockwaves." If you have WILDED before you may know what I'm talking about. For me its usually a loud hiss in my ear, like a pulse. This means you are on the right track. Just keep watching the imagery, and keeping absolutely still.

5) If you have strong awareness, you will remain aware and enter a lucid dream. If you don't, that's OK, you'll fall asleep. Either way the insomnia is gone.

Thanks for the tips. I'm definitely going to try this. I have not technically wilded but while doing the ssild cycles I've have vibrations and other strange stuff happen but I can't get past the "stuff and I haven't made the transition into the dream yet.

In my last lucid I did seek out my unconscious and asked it why can't I sleep? Unfortunately I barely got the question out ,when I suddenly woke up. Have you ever sought out information as to why you have insomnia?

can you please help cause i cant get past the images or i hypnagogia i once had one of a man kick me i felt it saw it and heard it but cant get past that what sould i do iam a litttle insomniac