So today I woke up at around 8.30am and then I decided to give WILD a try at around 12.30pm.
Well after awhile, like 5-8 minutes. I had started to see alot of colours swirling and flashing (mostly blue) and they were coming in and out. Well this is my 2nd WILD attempt and both this WILD attempt and my last one this had also happened.
I never saw any images or any dream scenes. Also I had to like swallow like crazy, accept I held it in and after I stopped trying my mouth was full of saliva hehe.
I stopped trying after 10-15 minutes because I got interupted by my brother. Sigh.
So what can I do next time to improve my chances of a successful WILD?
Hey, Mahdii!
The swirling colours you mentioned could be hypnogogic imagery. I think you just had to wait a bit longer while you focus on those colours and patterns for the images to appear. Quite close, I should say. And I heard swallowing saliva actually affects the chances of WILDing successfully because we’re not supposed to move. I know it’s quite disturbing, I can’t help swallowing. But once you reach sleep paralysis it’s okay to swallow since your body is already paralysed. Hope this helps.
What might help is if you pick times during the day when you’re lest likely to be disturbed. For instance, I usually go to bed at around 23:00. That means I’ll have fallen asleep at around midnight. I know that at 6:00, no one will be up yet, so that’s a perfect time for me to try to WILD.
About the swallowing, if I were you I’d pick a position to lie down in where you don’t have to swallow so much. I don’t usually have that problem.
Otherwise you’re doing everything else fine.
One important thing is that when you get to the transition stage (you’ll KNOW when this is), don’t freak out. You may or may not feel some sensations in your body, like vibrations or extreme heaviness. That’s normal. Also, sleep paralysis can set on without you realizing it, so don’t go around waiting for that. More often than not I don’t even notice it. Good luck!
Question, I thought your supossed to lie down on your back?
and I don’t usually swallow when I try to go to sleep normally, but when I try WILDing, the thought of swallowing is constantly In my head and my mouth fills up with saliva and then I have to swallow or else my bed will be full of drool. LOL.
Mahdiii, you don’t have to be on our back I think all my WILD’s were on my side. I try on my back sometimes anyway.
try on your side, that usually helps the swallowing, or put another pillow so your head is tilted forwards a bit mor. This way the saliva wont bother you so much, I believe.
This is my rule- if its more vivid than what your minds eye can produce when youre awake then its HI. And I find that its okay to swallow. It doesnt hinder my WILD proccess at all. Also, what I do to increase my chances of a WILD is I have a clock, and I hear it ticking, and when youre really close to having a WILD you stop hearing with your physical ears, so when I stop hearing the clock I know Im close. Hope that helped.
I think all my WILD’s were on my side. I try on my back sometimes anyway.