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(Hi, I'm new to this forum)

I tried the FAT technique last night for dream incubation. It didn't work but there were some odd things that happened. For it, I used my U3 jump drive as the 'anchor' to the real world. I wanted to try hugging a friend because it's a rather simple task and I like to hug. What happened was:

1. I started having twitches. I suppose that's normal (I read about that somewhere in here, I think).

2. Eventually, I got to a point of picturing the jump drive that I acutally saw a faint outline and coloring of it in the darkness of my closed eyes. Then I saw the friend that I wanted to hug.

3. For a couple minutes, the darkness of my closed eyes seemed to gain a depth. It was as though my eyelids were pulled out a little, forming a dark space. It was odd and I felt my heart race.

Is all this normal?

Anyways, I think it didn't work because of a few things. For one, I kept getting a song stuck in my head. When I got started a song was playing itself but as I got more drowsy it went away. Then when I was really into the near-sleep stage, the "Blue Danube Waltz" started. Another thing could have been that I got uncomfortable and had to move from laying on my stomach to being on my left side. Then I moved 180 degrees to my left side. Finally, I don't think I pictured the jump drive glowing green enough.

That whole experience, although unsuccessful, was interesting. If I get any solutions I'll probably try again.