Help with DEILD??

**JayTabes91** · 07-20-2012 06:17 PM

Hey guys,

I started the method DEILD 3 days ago. Each night as I go to bed I use autosuggestion and visualize myself waking up and not moving. Each of the 3 nights I was successful in waking up and not moving. But I haven't been able to enter a dream yet. When I wake up, I can feel slight SP with numb buzzing sensations in my limbs. Then I get this feeling like everything is getting really tense and an extreme urge to move and swallow. I try to fight the urge to swallow but eventually I have to give in. What am I doing wrong? On all the DEILD tutorials it says if you can wake up without moving you are basically guaranteed an LD. I have woken up 3 days in a row, without moving, and have not been able to enter the dream. My concerns are that I wake up at the end of a sleep cycle and I will not be able to reenter REM.

Thanks to anyone who responds.

**DarkSider** · 07-20-2012 09:03 PM

I thinks it's important to wake up at the end of a sleep cycle for DEILD and it shouldn't be a concern. As for the swallowing problem, having more pillows under my head has helped me.
As for feeling slight numb buzzing sensation, I usually experience very strong numbness in my whole body.
Never forget to do a reality check as many DEILDs can be false awakenings

**JayTabes91** · 07-20-2012 10:52 PM

Well I keep reading on DEILD tutorials and forums that if you wake up at the end of a sleep cycle then you can't DEILD because your brain is done with REM for that portion of the night. And the numbness is definitely there, but it is not to the point where I can't feel anything. I always do a reality check afterwards to make sure I didn't have a false awakening.

**faceonmars** · 07-21-2012 12:23 AM

R.E.M. is not required to lucid dream. We also have non-REM dreams that can be just as lucid.

**JayTabes91** · 07-21-2012 12:44 AM

So then how should I enter a dream from SP?

**faceonmars** · 07-21-2012 01:44 AM

When you awaken naturally from a dream in the middle of the night don't move! Simply visualize that dream or a recent one you can recall while assuring yourself you will awaken in a dream.