Thread: Can someone tell me what just happened?

Hi, I'm new to this site, just joined 2 mins ago actually.

I've known about lucid dreams for awhile now, but have never really tried to have one. Last night, I think I had one, that or I'm going crazy.

I was sleeping, but then I woke up but not fully. I couldn't move, but I could see my room. At the same time I could 'see' my dream, but not with my eyes. I could also hear my dream. There were some loud banging sounds, and a faint shouting. The shouting was too quiet to be from my roommate or neighbors. Finally, I was able to move and sat in my bed terrified I was going crazy.

For the past week, I've been having a lot of, well i guess one could call them lucid, I know I'm dreaming and I feel..sluggish, drugged, but I can't control what happens in the dream.

I'm going to try and learn to control my dreams, but if anyone has any idea as to what the hell went on last night, please enlighten me.

Hi, i would say you had some sleep paralysis, which you don't have to worry about as its not dangerous and is natural. If you read on this site about WILDs. which are waking initiated lucid dreams, you will see that people try and force this sleep paralysis, so their brain stays awake and they can have a lucid dream.

So i would advice you look in the tutorials section and you will see describes some of the things you experienced, like the images and sounds.

This is completely normal, you actually go through that on a regular basis its just that your asleep when your body goes into Sleep Paralysis, how you said that you could both see your dream and your room is probably just hypangogic imagery which is pretty much just hallucinations that you have shortly before you enter a dream but most the time you'll be asleep for them...

Anyways strangely enough I think you could work this Sleep Paralysis to your advantage, its basically as if you wake up and your already halfway through a WILD and don't worry at all about Sleep Paralysis it is completely normal and can't harm you in anyway, nor can any of the hallucinations you see...

Well I hope this has been a comfort of some sort I've personally never experienced SP(sleep paralysis) but I would imagine it would be quite scary..

It is what every body said SP I'v had one best thing to do is not freak out. If you come down you should just be able to move again.[Though the first time it happend to me I screamed till I woke up ]

This is quite normal. i have not experienced it myself, but i have done alot of research on this subject. your body is not sure where it is. this is normal. generally you should perform a reality check in this situation. it may be hard to do this in the state that you were in but that is why you must practice this. i would try to wbtb every night and everyting you wake up perform a check. this will make you a custom to this, and will better help you in the next sitiuation like the one you experienced. however some people like achieving this sensation as a type of High. when this happens i suggest do not fight it. enjoy it =) good luck

I'm a bit of a newbee with ld and that stuff so what does wtbt stand for?

Originally Posted by Darklight45

I'm a bit of a newbee with ld and that stuff so what does wtbt stand for?

WBTB = Wake Back to Bed

I've had that experience of seeing both my dream and my room, both simultaneously, hard to explain but i think i know what you experienced.

A while back, before I used to even know about lucid dreaming. i almost fell asleep then i guess my body freaked out and I woke up and everything spun around me, i couldn't move or speak, and everything was a blur. It was kinda of scary, but when i woke up i thought it was thrilling so I wanted to try it again.

it took me a few nights but i tried to tell myself to wake up just before i go to sleep. Eventually, my body was on the "defensive" i guess, because when i was about to go to sleep my mind reacted to it as if it was threat or something and freaked out. Thus, i did it again.

I’ve actually done it three times i believe now, the third time i thought it was a ghost encounter.

but now I’ve recently learned of lucid dreaming. So, because i know how to do what seems to be sleep paralysis, which lucid technique should i use? Or does it matter?

Originally Posted by MEGA1080

but now I’ve recently learned of lucid dreaming. So, because i know how to do what seems to be sleep paralysis, which lucid technique should i use? Or does it matter?

I don't think it really matters, though you may have an easier time with some techniques than others.

You should go through the Tutorials and read a couple of them to see what you might try!

Best way to learn is through trial and error.

Ah, although. I recommend learning dream recall first if you haven't already. Even if you're good at SP now, it won't do you any good later if you can't do anything else because you can't remember what you dreamed and improve on it. Plus, it doesn't take long to learn dream recall - once you have remembered about a dream a day you should be good to go for LD. At least that's what I've read.

Originally Posted by Kryzzz

Hi, I'm new to this site, just joined 2 mins ago actually.

I've known about lucid dreams for awhile now, but have never really tried to have one. Last night, I think I had one, that or I'm going crazy.

I was sleeping, but then I woke up but not fully. I couldn't move, but I could see my room. At the same time I could 'see' my dream, but not with my eyes. I could also hear my dream. There were some loud banging sounds, and a faint shouting. The shouting was too quiet to be from my roommate or neighbors. Finally, I was able to move and sat in my bed terrified I was going crazy.

For the past week, I've been having a lot of, well i guess one could call them lucid, I know I'm dreaming and I feel..sluggish, drugged, but I can't control what happens in the dream.

I'm going to try and learn to control my dreams, but if anyone has any idea as to what the hell went on last night, please enlighten me.

OMG!!! i had the same experience just a few days ago. I woke up and my stomack hurt. i could still see my dream though! i dont know why. i saw soldiers running and training and i saw a person there who i knew was me, but i couldn't make out the faces. i felt sick from all the running and tried to change my dream, but it kept going back, like it was forcing me to watch it! so i went back to sleep again and woke up normally next day. (btw i also did the hand through palm reality check, according to it i was awake)