Can someone shed some light on what I'm experiencing?

Quest for Lucidity
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Last week I woke up at about 6am, watched TV for an hour then went back to sleep. However I became aware, I knew where I was but couldn’t move or speak, there was a weird sort of rushing sound and a sensation of moving almost floating from my body. I paniced and woke up fully.

I had heard of sleep paralysis before so did some research which led me to lucid dreaming. I came to the assumption maybe this was the way into a lucid dream.

I tried this again this morning, getting up for an hour then going back to sleep with the intention of becoming aware I was dreaming. I began to dream seeing a cityscape in my mind, I told myself I was dreaming and immediately the same experience I had had previously began, the rushing sound and the paralysis. I half paniced, half got excited and woke up.

I then went back to sleep and again experienced this, it was almost if my house became a train and was hurtling along a train track, there was noise and this time I attempted to remain calm, It felt like I lifted and flipped out of my body to a standing position but my eyes were still closed and at this point I paniced and reigned myself in and woke up.

Can anyone shed any light on this?, maybe relate to this or give me some advice how I can use this to achieve lucidity. I would like to become lucid but have no desire to have a real out of body experience, if there is a difference between them and OBEs aren’t just lucid dreams where the dreamer expects themselves to be at home in their bedroom seeing themselves in bed.

Thanks.

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What you’re experiencing sounds indeed like Sleep Paralysis, which is a common feeling one has when inducing a lucid dream with WILD. What you should do is not panic but actually think for yourself that you are entering a dream, and knowing it.

What I do (used to do :sad: ) is roll out of my physical body and stand up in my LD :smile:

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You were very close to entering a lucid dream. I in fact envy how easily you are able to get that far. It can be a wild ride but you’ll get used to it if you experience it often. For me it’s a rare occurance and it takes me by surprise, It wouldn’t be a problem if it wasn’t for my breathing getting weird.

As for OBEs, I’m not a believer but even if I was I’d tell you to not worry. What you described is what happens when you WILD and unless you have a distinct notion that you are out of your body for real I don’t think it qualifies. And even if it would be, It’s perfectly safe.