Thread: WILD - Wake Initiated Lucid Dream

So last night, I attempted a WILD for the 5th time, but something odd happened. Usually, when you see hypnagogic imagery form in the blackness of your eyelids and they slowly form into dreams in front of your eyes, you feel separated from your real body and have this new dream body that you can now control, correct..?
Well, with my attempt last night, something quite unusual occurred. I did not feel separated or detached from my real body at all, I did not feel numb or heavy, no vibrations or hallucinations, or any of the signs that you're undergoing sleep paralysis. Yet, I could see hypnagogic imagery form in front of me and they were becoming more vivid as time went by. Finally, one stayed and continued to form and become a dream scene. I was standing near my friends at school while we were talking. I took a step forward in my dream, and suddenly felt an impact and pain on my foot and the dream was immediately gone. I was in waking life and my foot had slammed into the fan I keep near my bed. I thought I was still dreaming, so I did a few RCs, expecting them to work, but none did.

I tried the WILD again, but the exact same thing happened. I tried moving in my dream, but that body part did the same thing with my real body and my dream stopped when a part of my body collided with something in real life, when in my dream nothing was in the way. Basically, my body was not undergoing sleep paralysis but my dreams were still taking place. I have not heard about this happening anywhere else, and thought it was quite strange.

I will attempt this again tonight since it's Friday and I have nothing to wake up for tomorrow, but this time I will record pay much more attention to what I'm doing and try to see if there's anything I'm doing wrong. Hopefully there's nothing wrong with me

Originally Posted by Purplid

So last night, I attempted a WILD for the 5th time, but something odd happened. Usually, when you see hypnagogic imagery form in the blackness of your eyelids and they slowly form into dreams in front of your eyes, you feel separated from your real body and have this new dream body that you can now control, correct..?
Well, with my attempt last night, something quite unusual occurred. I did not feel separated or detached from my real body at all, I did not feel numb or heavy, no vibrations or hallucinations, or any of the signs that you're undergoing sleep paralysis. Yet, I could see hypnagogic imagery form in front of me and they were becoming more vivid as time went by. Finally, one stayed and continued to form and become a dream scene. I was standing near my friends at school while we were talking. I took a step forward in my dream, and suddenly felt an impact and pain on my foot and the dream was immediately gone. I was in waking life and my foot had slammed into the fan I keep near my bed. I thought I was still dreaming, so I did a few RCs, expecting them to work, but none did.

I tried the WILD again, but the exact same thing happened. I tried moving in my dream, but that body part did the same thing with my real body and my dream stopped when a part of my body collided with something in real life, when in my dream nothing was in the way. Basically, my body was not undergoing sleep paralysis but my dreams were still taking place. I have not heard about this happening anywhere else, and thought it was quite strange.

I will attempt this again tonight since it's Friday and I have nothing to wake up for tomorrow, but this time I will record pay much more attention to what I'm doing and try to see if there's anything I'm doing wrong. Hopefully there's nothing wrong with me

This can be a problem even after many years. You can LD in a state where there is a very very fine line between moving your dream body and your real body. It does not go away, but with practice you can sense when you are at risk for moving your real body. It just will take practice and experience. As far as practical advice, when I sense I am at risk for moving my real body, I float instead of walk. In the dream I can float forward and move objects by imagining the effect I want. That way my real body does not receive any impulses it might react to. Unfortunately you will just need some experience and practice.