Thread: This.. Is strange

I tried WILDing last night, and Im pretty sure I woke myself up at a good time, because I was dreaming when my alarm clock went off.

So I hit my alarm clock, and I kept falling asleep. So I got up, stretched a little bit, and I was almost fully awake, but my body was still tired

Then I laid in my bed for a really long time, and I never went into SP, but what DID happen was very weird.

I dont know if this happens to everyone, so just go with it.
I went into a sort of awake-trance-dream, where your having the sort of images of a dream, but your still awake. I did this a few times, and one time when I became aware, I counldn't remember where I was, so I filled in the blanks by myself (My eyes were still closed) and I felt like I was floating. Then I remember I was in my bed, and I felt that again

*sigh* I feel like theres no way a WILD will work for me, because I can't even get into SP. Am I doing something wrong?

I generally suck at WILDs. I either just fall right to sleep, or more commonly I never fall asleep and just lay there for hours.

However, neither seem to be your problem. From my experience there are two ways to enter a WILD dream. Either staying awake as you enter the dream, which is the ideal way. Or falling asleep then waking up a moment after having entered the dream.

I think its fairly common to start dreaming, and fade in and out while attempting a WILD. It sounds like you were dreaming, it just wasn't a very deep sleep.

Originally Posted by FuzzyWuzzy

I tried WILDing last night, and Im pretty sure I woke myself up at a good time, because I was dreaming when my alarm clock went off.

So I hit my alarm clock, and I kept falling asleep. So I got up, stretched a little bit, and I was almost fully awake, but my body was still tired

Then I laid in my bed for a really long time, and I never went into SP, but what DID happen was very weird.

I dont know if this happens to everyone, so just go with it.
I went into a sort of awake-trance-dream, where your having the sort of images of a dream, but your still awake. I did this a few times, and one time when I became aware, I counldn't remember where I was, so I filled in the blanks by myself (My eyes were still closed) and I felt like I was floating. Then I remember I was in my bed, and I felt that again

*sigh* I feel like theres no way a WILD will work for me, because I can't even get into SP. Am I doing something wrong?

It's called hypnogogia, and it's perfectly normal. Your on the right track, just keep working. Your farther than I've ever gotten!

Originally Posted by Noogah

It's called hypnogogia, and it's perfectly normal. Your on the right track, just keep working. Your farther than I've ever gotten!

I wasn't in SP, seeing as I could move as soon as I became aware I was in bed.

Hypnogogia and sleep paralysis can happen independently of one another. Keep working, you'll get it.

You can enter a dream without feeling Sleep Paralysis [to me it's uncommon, but there is times that i enter a dream without feeling the SP...]