Thread: Concerning WILDS

Anything you want! Get on DV, watch a movie, anything. Just stay awake.

So, basically do whatever you want as long as it isn't too physically stimulating so as to keep your body ready to go to sleep when you go to bed? Also concerning when you're trying to "make your body fall asleep," I find it VERY hard to not swallow for over half an hour, is this ok or is there any way around this?

Originally Posted by ds7592

So, basically do whatever you want as long as it isn't too physically stimulating so as to keep your body ready to go to sleep when you go to bed?

I actually find it better to run, or do something similarly tiring. Your body should fall asleep faster.

Also concerning when you're trying to "make your body fall asleep," I find it VERY hard to not swallow for over half an hour, is this ok or is there any way around this?

Swallow anyways. It wont hurt. Just don't focus on it, and go back to sleep~

Protip: You don't have to stay still to WILD. The idea that you do comes from a misinterpreted line in ETWOLD, where the author mentions his goal was to stay completely still so as not to disturb the machines in his experiment. We move around all the time in our sleep. In DEILD, a species of WILD, you wake up (often move) and slip into a dream within minutes!

As for WBTB, it is highly personal, and you will achieve best results through trial and error. I recommend you read your dream journal, and pick out places where you should have done reality checks.

Originally Posted by Abra

Protip: You don't have to stay still to WILD. The idea that you do comes from a misinterpreted line in ETWOLD, where the author mentions his goal was to stay completely still so as not to disturb the machines in his experiment. We move around all the time in our sleep. In DEILD, a species of WILD, you wake up (often move) and slip into a dream within minutes!

As for WBTB, it is highly personal, and you will achieve best results through trial and error. I recommend you read your dream journal, and pick out places where you should have done reality checks.

Hrm, well, this is another problem, even after keeping a journal for a while my dream recall still isn't too spectacular, I mean I can remember where I was or a few key events but as for details such as when I should have RCed? Not even close.

Originally Posted by ds7592

Hrm, well, this is another problem, even after keeping a journal for a while my dream recall still isn't too spectacular, I mean I can remember where I was or a few key events but as for details such as when I should have RCed? Not even close.

Could you give us an example of a typical entry of yours?

I was in some combination between what looked like a prison, and my grandpa's lake. I was fishing like I do sometimes but then all of a sudden for no reason snakes just started to come out and go everywhere and I had to wrestle to keep them back....then I woke up >.>

Originally Posted by ds7592

I was in some combination between what looked like a prison, and my grandpa's lake. I was fishing like I do sometimes but then all of a sudden for no reason snakes just started to come out and go everywhere and I had to wrestle to keep them back....then I woke up >.>

Good entry! You're luckier than I thought (as far as content goes, your dreams seem pretty conducive to lucid dreaming). There's plenty of room to reality check here. [In bold are dream signs.] During your WBTB, you could read through your entries, and imagine yourself performing a reality check (both mentally asking yourself whether or not you are dreaming, as well as some physical confirmation check) at the points in the dream you saw the dream sign.

If you remember a dream after waking from a WBTB, I highly suggest you do this with the dream you just had, since it is somewhat likely your next dream will contain similar content!

"However, what should I do for this half an hour?"

Don't do anything that gets your adrenalin cranking. You want to foster as serene a mood as possible. Also good to have your attention during that time on dream related stuff.

Try watching Slash112's tutorials. That worked for me early on.
Click on the "Dream Tube" tab at the top of the page.