So, what the hell happened to me?

Quest for Lucidity
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Yeah. Created a topic yesterday. Something odd happened to me.

So iv’e decided to follow a guide i read somewhere around here which pointed out the importance in increasing dream vividness before using any techniques. Last night I decided to go for a MILD though, since my dreams the night before where very vivid.

Now here’s the thing. I went to bed, and started to repeat my “mantra” in Swedish, something like "I am going to dream. I am in a dream. I am aware that im dreaming. Then i pictured myself becoming Lucid. After a while, i had trouble with repeating my mantra in correct order. I didnt really loose control, I just started to repeat “im dreaming” instead. And things started to happen before my eyes. (tbh, it kinda freaked me out)

Coloured shades, mostly, but also single very clear images flashed if only for a second. I saw a colored window (looked like the ones you find in churchs) and a metal man, kinda like a statue in a sitting position. Then, I started to feel like i was going through a tunnel. This part is really hard to describe, since i never visually saw a tunnel, only the feeling and again, “shades”. Before I knew it my eyes started flickering insanely fast, and i had trouble keeping one of my eyes open. I stopped repeating my mantra when this happened, and opened my eyes.

Alot of willpower was needed when i wanted to move, however, after a couple of seconds, I seized control over my body again.

Now I’ve been reading a bit about all the methods to reach lucidity and while this doesnt look like a proper WILD, I must ask what you believe - was I on my way reaching that hypagnognic state (spelling?)

I was looking for a MILD, and this was, well, frightening. And definietly not what I expected from that method. Must’ve gotten something wrong, I guess.

Thank you for your patience, LD4.
DC

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It sounds like you started to WILD while doing MILD, which happens to me sometimes.

What happened was pretty much textbook WILD, and while it can be scary, it’s all completely harmless and happens every night when you fall asleep. Since you got that far on accident, maybe you should do WBTB and try it again. You might be a natural WILDer!

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Hey there, thanks for getting through my boring wall of text.

I was planning on doing WBTB tonight, even though my main focus is to improve my dreamjournal, it cant hurt to atleast try the methods. I was planning on trying to use MILD, however, it might be interesting to try a WILD. To be honest, even though it might be kinda silly, I am quite frightened of the thought of getting there again. Equally exited and interested though. I think Im going to try that.

Again, thanks for your reply!

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Not silly at all! A lot of people feel that way. Some really crazy and weird stuff can happen during WILD, but you just have to stay calm and remember none of it’s real. It’s completely natural and you’re simply drifting off to sleep.

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I just realised that i forgot to add in my first post what freaked me out the most; I saw faces. Very small ones, but still, It was pretty obvious that It was faces floating around in front of my eyes. Other than that, I guess i need to keep that its natural in mind to avoid being scared, haha.