Thread: The 90 Days WILD Project

Originally Posted by AndresLD

You should really give WILD a shot, Marcelo

Take it from this guy! I know firsthand!

Day 2:

I went to sleep sometime after 11p.m. I set my alarm for 4 and a half hours later. It woke me up at 3:30a.m. I tried to WILD for about an hour. I only made it to sp. I was lying on my right side when sp hit me. It felt like my knees were lifting into the air, but then it faded away. I fell asleep and woke up at about 5:20 a.m. And tried again this time i WILDed successfully. When i got into the dream, i couldn't open my eyes because when i did; the dream was blurry (like my eyes were watery) and they were really heavy too. I sat up in the bed and rubbed my hands together to stabilize the dream. Eventually i was able to get out of my bed. My walking was a little impaired at first, but it stabilized eventually.

Day 2:

I woke up at 5AM to try to WILD. First, I tried the FILD method and failed after 5 or so minutes (it is supposed to work very quickly). I then went back to my bed and tried to WILD.

I woke up the next morning bummed that I didn't go lucid. Though I was very pleased that I recalled 3 vivid dreams.

Last night was reasonably interesting...

I had a go at the VILD technique without a WBTB, as soon as I went to bed. I don't remember that much about it, I know that I started creating a couple of landscapes. I remember being in some snowy tundra, but I don't think I slipped from that visualisation into a dream.
I did have a small lucid moment though, of me being in darkness and seeing a clock go too fast. Rather random

Day 4:

I woke up at 4am, i didn't get out of bed again (i was suppose to get up for at least a few minutes). I tried to wild, but somehow fell asleep; i did try the 61 point relaxation at night (11pm) and it really did relax your body.
So i'm back to the drawing board, hopefully i'll have success tonight. I'm gonna research some WILD exit techniques tonight, and hopefully i'll succeed tonight.

Mistakes: Either im too awake, or too tired when doing WBTB. I either stay up and cant fall asleep, or im too tired and fall asleep without realizing it.
Solution: I think i need to find that spot where i'm right in between awake and tired. so tonight when i do WBTB im gonna try and get up for a few minutes, but leave any lights etc... off. I also changed the alarm on my cell phone to a more gentle song where the volume raises gradually (i also memorized the buttons so that i can reset it to go off an hour later without looking at the bright screen)

Originally Posted by edge0125

Mistakes: Either im too awake, or too tired when doing WBTB. I either stay up and cant fall asleep, or im too tired and fall asleep without realizing it.

I think i have the same problem. The first time i woke up at 3:30 a.m.; i just couldn't go back to sleep. Most of the time i'm too awake to have a successful WILD. I got lucky later on in the night, but i need to find that sweet spot too. I need to be awake enough to WILD and sleepy enough to sleep. Once we find that balance, i think we'll have alot more WILD's.

If i do a WBTB, i can only stay up for a few minutes, or a will probably be too awake.

Originally Posted by dark_grimmjow

I think i have the same problem. The first time i woke up at 3:30 a.m.; i just couldn't go back to sleep. Most of the time i'm too awake to have a successful WILD. I got lucky later on in the night, but i need to find that sweet spot too. I need to be awake enough to WILD and sleepy enough to sleep. Once we find that balance, i think we'll have alot more WILD's.

If i do a WBTB, i can only stay up for a few minutes, or a will probably be too awake.

Yea i think so too. I'm thinking 1-3 minutes should be good for me, anything more and i feel i'll become too awake.

Day 1

I laid on my back the floor beside my bed before goign to sleep for about 10 min. Then I stood up, and laid on back with my arms by my sides on my bed. I tried to concentrate on my breathing or the sound of the fan. I started feeling twitches and my body numbing. I never entered SP. I think my problem was that i stopped paying attention to my breathing.

My alarm went of at 5 am and i tried the FILD technique. I felt the same sensation of numbness as earlier. After 2 min i did a reality check by pinching my nose but i was still awaken.

Tonight when i start feeling the twitches im gonna start creating images in my mind and hopefully slip into SP.

Originally Posted by AndresLD

You should really give WILD a shot, Marcelo

Yeah Andres!! I want a LD so badly!!

Day 3: Not a sucess.

While I was able to wake up at 4:00 just from my internal clock, I wasn't able to WILD or get SP. After what seemed like minutes of struggling to get up to use the bathroom (I was very tired), I went and used the bathroom, and came back to bed. It seemed like the moment I got into a comfortable spot I passed out and woke up to go to school.

I do remember at least counting to get SP, but I don't know.

Originally Posted by jarrhead

Take it from this guy! I know firsthand!

You know it jarrhead

Originally Posted by speedoman

Yeah Andres!! I want a LD so badly!!

Don't worry, just keep trying and it will come




Day 3:
Well, set up my alarm to wake me up at 5:00 AM, but either it didn't go off, I unconsciously turned it off, or aliens abducted be between 4:45 and 5:15 so I didn't hear it.
Anyways, then I woke up at 7:20, and since I didn't have school today I tried to WILD, but I was too lazy to get up, so I fell asleep.

Tomorrow morning: I'll put 2 alarms, one at 5:00, and one at 5:05, I WILL get out of bed this time.

Day 3:

I went to sleep some time after midnight. I set an alarm to go off at 4:30 a.m. Before the alarm woke me up, i had a short DILD. When the alarm went off i made a mistake. I'm using my itouch as an alarm. So first i have to hit the snooze button to get the alarm to stop making noise, but then i'm supposed to turn it off completely after that. I forgot to turn it off completely. While i was trying to do WILD, my alarm went off again. It woke me up way too much, to the point where i was too awake to do WILD. Next time i'll remember to be more careful. At least i had a DILD. I'm going to try 4 and a half hours again next time.

I have found that while it is fun when I successfully WILD, I rarely do. I don't think I can do this project. Although, I will be attempting to WILD every night. On top of my VOSSA technique.

Day 4

Went to bed at 1:30, set my alarm to wake me up at 6:00. I woke up, got out of my bed, 30 seconds later went back to bed. I was counting my breaths and at about 50 I decided to stop because I was too tired, basically I gave up and went to sleep.

Tomorrow morning: KEEP COUNTING MY BREATHS.

Day 4: No dice.

I wasn't able to achieve a WILD but I was able to remember 3 dreams in one night where I was on a cold spell of remembering dreams for like a month or two.

Same scedule, I went to bed around 10:00 and relied on my internal clock to wake my body up. Successful so far, my body woke itself up around 5:00 and since it was a weeked I was sure enought to have time to try WILD. Struggled again to get up, but after I did I went to bed determined to WILD.

Instead of the breathing method, I went for the counting, which helped loads. This was where I had trouble, I couldn't enter SP. I would keep counting to around 50-60 and I would wander off until I would remember and count over agian. It was then that I drifted off on and off. I would sleep and wake up like 20 minutes later, try the counting method, and fall asleep again. I remember one time my arm was tingling, but that was it. My whole body also felt like it wasn't there at times, but it never lasted any longer than until I realized it.

While I faild at WILD, I see I need to find a way to enter SP. At least I got 3 dreams out of it, which will help me remember my WILD when I acheive it.

Day 5:

I woke up at 5am, i was extremely tired so i didn't get up, i just laid in bed and tried to become somewhat more aware and awake. Then like 3 mins later i start hearing hypnagogic sounds, i then felt like a wave of vibrations throughout my entire body.
Everything was still dark, there was no images or anything. So i thought i was asleep still, i then remember opening my eyes slightly and i remember seeing my door open. So i decided to lay for a few more minutes to see what happens.
I then wake up at around 7am, first thing i did was look around and i saw that my door was closed (i always sleep with my door closed.). So i'm pretty sure that earlier i experienced a false awakening of some sort.
I then tried to wild again. i did the 60 point relaxation technique and my entire body felt really heavy and numb; at this point i think i was too awake, i probably laid there for a good 30 mins and nothing happened.

Originally Posted by edge0125

Day 5:

I then wake up at around 7am, first thing i did was look around and i saw that my door was closed (i always sleep with my door closed.). So i'm pretty sure that earlier i experienced a false awakening of some sort.

You were really close!! Next time, do a RC .

i will join you guys even though i am a few days late. I have never WILDed and have only had very vague DILDs. Wish me luck, im starting tonight.

Originally Posted by AndresLD

You were really close!! Next time, do a RC .

i know, i was so bummed out. I will definitely do a RC next time.

Originally Posted by deathxel

i will join you guys even though i am a few days late. I have never WILDed and have only had very vague DILDs. Wish me luck, im starting tonight.

Hey deathxel, im glad your joining us.

I've found that it's easier to WILD when i wake up at certain 90 minute intervals, by doing this, you can usually hit near the beginning of a REM cycle. Look towards the end of this article: http://www.spiritual.com.au/articles...-rem-sleep.htm

It seems to help to stick to 90 minute intervals when waking to do the WILD. Like i've been trying 4hrs. 30mins. (90mins. + 90mins. + 90mins.). I would like to wake up after 6hrs. of sleep because i would have a longer REM period, which means if i have a successful WILD; i'll have a longer, more vivid ld. I would say the minimum would be 3hrs. after first going to bed, because you would only be in the 2nd REM cycle of the night. I hope some people find this helpful. If you try this, try waking up at 3hrs., 4hrs. 30mins., 6hrs., or even 7hrs. 30mins after first going to bed. Later REM cycles are supposed to be longer and more vivid. I find that if i try after 6hrs. that i'm too awake to WILD, but just try whatever works best for you. I've probably only WILD'ed a total of 10 or so times, so i'm definitely no expert. This is just what seems to work for me. Good luck to everybody! I'm going to try 4hrs. 30mins. again tonight. I just have to remember to cut my alarm off completely this time.

Originally Posted by dark_grimmjow

I've found that it's easier to WILD when i wake up at certain 90 minute intervals, by doing this, you can usually hit near the beginning of a REM cycle. Look towards the end of this article: http://www.spiritual.com.au/articles...-rem-sleep.htm

It seems to help to stick to 90 minute intervals when waking to do the WILD. Like i've been trying 4hrs. 30mins. (90mins. + 90mins. + 90mins.). I would like to wake up after 6hrs. of sleep because i would have a longer REM period, which means if i have a successful WILD; i'll have a longer, more vivid ld. I would say the minimum would be 3hrs. after first going to bed, because you would only be in the 2nd REM cycle of the night. I hope some people find this helpful. If you try this, try waking up at 3hrs., 4hrs. 30mins., 6hrs., or even 7hrs. 30mins after first going to bed. Later REM cycles are supposed to be longer and more vivid. I find that if i try after 6hrs. that i'm too awake to WILD, but just try whatever works best for you. I've probably only WILD'ed a total of 10 or so times, so i'm definitely no expert. This is just what seems to work for me. Good luck to everybody! I'm going to try 4hrs. 30mins. again tonight. I just have to remember to cut my alarm off completely this time.

I will definitely try this tonight

I had lucidity tonight! Excellent!

I was trying the VILD technique, and placed myself in a forest landscape. It wasn't very 'well-made'; I found it quite difficult to hold everything together. I tried to start walking in the environment because I was worried that I would lose the visualisation if I just left it steady. I had an odd thought (not sure where this came from...) that there might be a monster I'd created called the 'Melster' in the forest, so I headed for the edge of the trees.

This was the odd bit. I was expecting the environment to steadily get more realistic as I fell nearer sleep. What actually happened was there was this sudden 'shift', which turned everything far more clear, and there wasn't a problem with keeping everything steady in my head. I realised that this must be what a proper dream looks like rather than just imagination. There was a big grassy hill down from the forest; I jumped off the top and tried to fly. (It was more sort of gentle gliding rather than proper flight).

I must have lost lucidity later on in the dream; I can't remember that much of it apart from the beginning. I'm still happy the technique worked


I did this after waking up naturally very soon after I went to sleep (I'm sure it was only an hour or two after I fell asleep for the first time). I did try the technique the first time I went to sleep, creating a sort of icy tower, but I didn't experience the 'shift' I did the second time.

TL;DR
WILDed successfully

Ok I woke up 5 minutes ago (4.5 hours into my sleep), went to the washroom for a sip of water. Now I'm in bed and will try to WILD, wish me luck