Thread: I can't get into sleep paralysis

Hello guys! So yesterday I found this page and it gave a little tutorial on how to lucid dream using sleep paralysis. I can't find the link to the page but it was something like this. Lay down comfortably in bed than just close your eyes and don't move a thing. Count backwards from 100 and take deep breaths. I did excatly what it said. I did not move a thing, everything was quite and i counted backwards i was in bed for like 30 minutes until i decided to give up. My body was really really really relaxed. In the tutorial it said if i opened my eyes i would see scary stuff but i guess i wasn't in that stage cause nothing happened when i gave up and opened my eyes. I also tried this again in afternoon like 3 times. First try nothing happened wasted 40 minutes just relaxed but nothing. second time same thing so as third time. Any suggestions?

Welcome to Dreamviews!

Unfortunately, the tutorial you read was wrong. SP is a sleep disorder, you can't induce it at will. SP has no business in lucid dreaming process.

Here is a great tutorial WILD (sageous). Good luck and please post your questions.

Originally Posted by gab

Unfortunately, the tutorial you read was wrong. SP is a sleep disorder, you can't induce it at will. SP has no business in lucid dreaming process.

Should that tutorial even be present on the wiki? It has loads of false information. Or user tutorials aren't subject to review by staff?

Originally Posted by zoth00

Should that tutorial even be present on the wiki? It has loads of false information. Or user tutorials aren't subject to review by staff?

We are working on it. But I'm pretty sure OP didn't read it here on DV. The link in his post was automatically generated when he wrote keywords how to lucid dream. (just as it generated a link for my post) He just joined and can't link yet. The Billybobs tutorial it links to doesn't talk about SP.

You don't need SP to induce lucid dream. I'm doing WILD for 8 months now and I never got into sleep paralysis.

What they said.
I've only had SP twice, in my lifetime of lucid dreaming.

Then don't get into sleep paralysis. As for your problems, you are not falling asleep (key word being 'fall' not 'paralyzed') because you are too focussed. You should be doing whatever you usually do to fall asleep, except retain a little bit of awareness through all of it. The more a WILD seems like how you normally fall asleep, the better it was done. Just a little heads up, sleep on your side not your back. I've found that it makes you less conscious of your body, therefore inhibiting hypnagogia (which is the correct term for what you call sleep paralysis). Hope this helps.