WILD is where you attempt to induce an LD immediately after waking from a dream correct? I just want to make sure I’m using the term correctly.
The funny thing is… I woke up and I wasn’t even thinking “Hey im gonna try to WILD” I just began saying to myself “The next thing you see will be a dream, you are dreaming, you are dreaming, etc etc etc”
Then, funniest thing… I think I began my first LD but I can’t be completely sure…
For some reason, everything was black, my body went tingly/numb and I began hearing VERY distinctly… the theme song to loony tunes (LOL) the (yabba dabba that’s all folks! theme song) and i saw the red circles that porky pig pops his head out of… and i saw words at the bottom of it like it was subtitles but i didn’t look down to read them.
Then the entire screen went black and I saw more words and this time I did look down to read them, but then i woke up.
I’m wondering… was I not fully asleep yet or was my mind waiting for me to be the director which explains the blackness? I don’t feel like I really had much control but i wasn’t really TRYING that I can recall
P.S. Very rewarding experience, through DR I feel like you learn a lot about yourself
I’ve got some short lucid dreams, but I never reached a full lucid state. But according to EWLD and other sources I read about lucid dreaming and WILD, perhaps you reached a state between consciousness, dreaming and such.
When you try WILD, you can experience many strange things like weird sounds and images and stuff. Using the WILD technique requires attention towards joining the dream. You have to be guided into the dream, not attempting joining in too fast. I tried WILD several times, but I fell to sleep before reaching a dreaming state - perhaps you’ll take a look inside the “big WILD topic” (use the search function).
WILD is just consciously entering a dream form being awake, it doesn"t matter if you just woke up from a dream or not.
I think you were in the zone between waking and sleeping/dreaming, almost “there” but not 100%, however it’s not clear to me if you managed to get fully IN the dream scene or black void - that would be 100% The black void is normal, I have spent a lot of time flying/swimming in that void
Not exactly. WILD is a technique for inducing LD ‘ where you go from waking state to dreaming without losing conscious awareness.
WILDS are easier to do when you have just awakened out of a dream but, it does not have to be done at that time. You can use the WILD technique anytime.
Sounds like you may have been in the hypnogia which is very close to entering the dream. (You may have even started to actually enter the dream) Keep practicing with it and read the big WILD topic in the quest for lucidity section. You were very close if you did not wake up you may have found yourself in a dream.
Also, I had a WILD experice this morning, and man, if you notice an intruder entering your room, DO NOT GET UP! Lol, I thought it was real the first time hehe. I mean, if you are doing it and you hear your mom, dad, releative, or friend, say hey Speakeasy get up I got something important to show you., Ignore them cause its not really anyone, its your imagination lol.
The black void is normal, I have spent a lot of time flying/swimming in that void 