First experience

**TomN7** · 07-15-2012 05:37 PM

So last night I read a bit about lucid dreaming on 9gag (a random silly stuff page). Anyway I decided I'd never try lucid dreaming because in order to achieve it you have to go through sleep paralysis, but I accidentally tried to wake up at the same time I realized I was dreaming and tried to not wake up. The result was sleep paralysis, a shady robust humanoid form standing next to me, I panicked for a second then stayed calm I could close my eyes back because I tried almost instantly after opening them. So then I tried to get back to sleep, felt the figure go the other way around the bed standing there for a second and then it was gone. Since the worst was over I decided to give lucid dreaming a shot so all I had to do was move my body, and then the magic happened.

I will try to describe this as best I can. I was out of my body, I knew I was dreaming but I couldn't control all aspects of my dream. For some reason I had a baseball bat in my hands, I tried to make it on fire, but nothing happened. Next thing I tried was hitting my body sleeping in the bed next to me to see what would happened, I succeeded but felt nothing, so I moved to the hallway and saw the bathroom door opened so I tried to make it explode, it didn't work so I moved it with my mind instead, that worked. After that I went into my roommate's bedroom she was awake so I tried to show her what I could do by closing the door from afar. She didn't seem to fully understand so I started chocking her like Darth Vader from Star Wars. And there I realized I was waking up, I tried to remain in the dream by asking myself "What am I doing?" but by the time I could answer I was in sleep paralysis with my eyes closed again. This time I knew better and decided it was time to wake up so I moved my arm first and then after, and only after then opened my eyes.

Sorry for the long post but it's my first experience and I'd like opinions and advice to be able to achieve it again. Thank you!

**lukass** · 07-15-2012 05:47 PM

you go through sleep paralysis even if non lucid.you just dont notice it..if you get used to SP, it will be like normal thing

(atleast im like yay not ewww

) read some WILD tutorials on this site, there are many ways to achieve it

**Crashyy** · 07-15-2012 06:39 PM

You don't have to go through sleep paralysis in order to start lucid dreaming. WILD and DEILD both involves sleep paralysis. But if you use techniques such as MILD or DILD, you won't experience sleep paralysis. You should look up some guides for MILD/DILD on dreamviews.

**Crashyy** · 07-15-2012 06:45 PM

I forgot; When your dream is about to end. Just rub your hands together or spin around. If you do this, it'll make your dream longer

**TomN7** · 07-15-2012 07:52 PM

Well, aside from the trick to make your dream longer. I have no idea what you're talking about hahahaha

**Mancon** · 07-16-2012 08:46 AM

Hey, welcome to Dreamviews!

First of all, you do NOT have to go through sleep paralysis to lucid dream! That is just one technique called WILD. Please read this list of techniques. It has some of the main methods you can use to get lucid again! I also suggest you read this Beginner's Guide to Lucid Dreaming. It will clear a few things up and get you started!

Don't worry about not being able to control your first lucid. It can take some time to develop control. As you increase your dream recall and get more lucids, the dream vividness will also increase. Just check out the wiki and other tutorials around the forum, and you will get it! If you have any questions, just PM me.

Lakass is partially right. Every dream you have your body gets paralyzed to keep you from acting out your dreams. This is called REM atonia. Sleep Paralysis is when you are awake while in it. You can have hallucinations while in SP. Some people report it to be scary, but it isn't as bad as most people say. You can have a few bad experiences, but just tell yourself it isn't real and you will be fine.

GOOD LUCK!