Quote Originally Posted by Naiya View Post
how many of us knew what SP was before we ever had our first episode?). Humans have a deep fear of the unknown. Waking up unable to move in itself is pretty damn scary, and of course once we feel fear and begin thinking scary thoughts, we manifest scary hallucinations.
I woke up in SP several times before I knew what it was. I have experience SP 5-6 times. Two of the times I actually tried to get there. Nothing scary about it. After felling like I kind of sunk into my bed, images floated by be, and I forgot I was in SP while I was watching the images. I didn't feel or hear anything, I was just watching the images go by. Then one of them stopped in front of me and grew bigger and bigger untill I was in it. I forgot I was WILDing and was in SP, so I entered a regular non-lucid dream
Same with the other time I tried to get to SP, I forgot I was WILDing and enter a ragular dream...Jeeze, I have to start getting better at remembering.
Three of the other 4 times I woke up into SP from a nightmare. Now that WAS freaky. I didn't know what was going on, and then my nightmare started to fade in. The other time, when I knew about SP, I woke up in a nightmare. I was still scared, and got myself out of it, but not as much, since I at least knew what was going on. After I got out of it I was VERY annoyed at myself for chickening out. I could of just changed my nightmare.
So, waking up in SP is freaky, usually terrifying, because I don't figure out what is happening for a minute. But, if you try to get to SP, I don't think it is freaky at all. I did it at 4 in the morning in pitch black. Just got the images, no sounds or something touching me. I was laying on my side, so I didn't get the feeling of someone pressing down on your chest, which I did get the first time I got to SP while laying on my back. People say you get to SP faster on your back, but I got to it in 30 seconds laying on my side after I woke up at 4AM. It wasn't a DEILD, because I sat up to look at my clock. So if you are WILDing, there is nothing to be afraid of. Just count your breaths. Say in your head the number you are at as you inhale, and say "I'm dreaming" as you exhale.
-FreakyDreamer