Thread: WTF was I doing?

If I were you I really wouldn't attempt WILD it can give you sleep paralysis.

I had sleep paralysis before *sobs* trust meh. You don't want it.

It seems like you are misinformed. WILD does not give you sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis is a condition, and if you have it, you have it, regardless of whether you attempt to WILD or not. (see http://www.dreamviews.com/f157/sleep...lained-136925/ for more details). The things that people describe during a WILD attempt are most probably just normal body sensations that may or may not come up. These include tingling and numbing sensations, as well as hallucinations that come in many forms.


As for the OP's situation. It does seem like you're starting to enter the dream, and having some consciousness while it's happening, which is basically a WILD. You just need to calm down and try to go along with it. Focus on the dream, and do not think about your physical body, doing that usually jolts people awake, and not doing anything at all lets them fall asleep completely. When the dream seems to become vivid or stable, you're most probably in it already, so you can then do some reality checks and enjoy the lucidity!

Good luck

Yeah, a WILD or start of one...i have had a couple like that where I could see but also aware I was in bed.. I have also had thrashing around in dream and FA'ed thinking I was still doing that in my bed, and just knew my wife was going to say 'what the hell are you doing?!!' Fortunatel I did then awake and all was quite.