WILD dream transitioning help

**Necrotomigauld** · 04-14-2025 08:57 PM

I have basically mastered the set up of WILD. Every night its the same thing, my body falls into sleep paralysis, I get crazy hypnagogia, and my ears ring. I know that I'm basically insanely close fo being lucid because everyone says that's the final step of WILD. The only problem is after that nothing happens. I try to imagine a dream scene, imagine rubbing my hands, rolling out of bed, and basically everything; but I'm still stuck in that body phase. It's annoying because I know I'm so insanely close, but I just can't get into the dream. Anyone know what I should do?

**Gejoh** · 04-17-2025 01:39 AM

does the transition phase get you worked up?
Like heart beating faster and getting excited or anxious?

**Necrotomigauld** · 04-17-2025 03:01 PM

Hmmm yes, now that you mention It I do get a nervous or exciting feeling. As for the heartbeat I wouldn't say it gets faster but I can for sure hear to more to the point where it's pretty prominent even when I'm not paying attention to it.

**Gejoh** · 04-17-2025 06:11 PM

The next time you attempt WILD try thinking about what you might sense, how does it make you feel?
And when you are feeling the hypnogogia remember what you predicted and check in with how you feel.
Example "I hear lots of bursting rining, this makes me feel excited because it means I might have a lucid dream."

Then drop that thought and focus on interpretations of what you're sensing. "The ringing sounds like TV static" or "it feels like I'm flying through the air at high speeds"
Then try to see shapes and blobs and interpret them as well
"The blue blobs look like bubbles"
Try to reach out and touch them.

Basically you need to turn away from reacting emotionally and do more interpretation of what you're sensing.

Feeling too anxious or too excited can wake you up.
There are two different ways, basically of dealing with these emotions.
The negative emotions like anxiety need to be labeled and ignored.That will take their energy away.

If you're feeling a positive emotion though labeling, it doesn't really get rid of it, so you need to basically tell yourself "if I get too excited. I'm not gonna have a lucid dream. And there's nothing to be excited for anymore."
Pretty much reason with yourself why you shouldn't feel that way or feel too excited.

All that being said, it's totally okay to feel emotions during lucid dreams or hypnogogia. It's just during that transition phase, you're not fully asleep yet, and if your body is reacting strongly to whatever you're experiencing, you wake up.

All of this has worked for me, don't be discouraged if it doesnt for you. At the end of the day you need to do the experiment.