I had my first WILD tonight!!!
So I went to bed normally and woke up after a dream about 5 hours of being asleep. I got up and stayed up for about 45 minutes with a dip in. (yes I know most people think its gross). I lied back down and repeated to myself that i would become lucid and stay aware for a while and tried counting 1-i'm dreaming, 2-i'm dreaming, etc... with ever multiple of 10 being 10-stay aware. I counted really slow to 100 about 3 times and i still wasnt asleep so i decided i was using my brain too much so i just kinda let it wander while every once in a while reminding myself to stay aware. I eventually kind of just fell asleep and had a weird dream where my family all had x-men powers and we were going to Starbucks but it started storming outside. I woke up after that, keeping my eyes closed, and thought "FUCK I fell asleep!!" I decided to try to WILD from there and in about 15 minutes my dad came into the room (I don't live with my parents) and started yelling at me to mow the yard and I heard my sister yelling at him to let me sleep. I was trying to stay asleep and not move and zone him out because he was keeping me from falling asleep and becoming lucid. (haha crazy how the sleeping brain works) I kind of remembered I didn't live with my dad so when he came back and told me to water the garden I sit up and yell "WHAT DO YOU WANT?" and realized I was in the house I grew up in and was, in fact, dreaming. I ignored my dad and jumped out the window and flew down into the ground through different levels of buildings. My vision went black and I wound up in my bed again. I waited a bit, got up again and walked to my door and said "Megan Fox will be waiting for me behind this door." It turned out to be just the hallway, and got the same result when opening the closet door. Maybe the failure was because I knew where I was very well and it was harder to imagine a different room where something else should be, or I just need more practice. Next time I woke up I flew up and once I cleared the top of the buildings, I somehow ended up flying downward towards a huge city. I dove into the ground and ended up at a cheerleading competition. (I'm a male cheerleader) I really had to pee so i went to the bathroom and asked the DCs how their dreams were going. When I finished my business I decided to try and find a girl. Every time I did all the DCs around me would try and distract me and I tried to yell FREEZE to make them stop in place, but it only worked for a few seconds. I soon woke up in my real bed.
I think staying up 45 mins for a WBTB is too long for me because it takes so long to fall asleep, I lose focus. I'm gonna try half that time tonight to see if i get better results.
