What is this state?

#1

Hi, I’ve had this strange state a couple of times at the end of WBTB. It has happened when I have layed still for a long time. I’m on the edge of falling asleep, my thoughts are strong and dream like. Then I feel my mind crossing a border, it’s like I fall asleep while being awake. Usually my leg starts to rise by itself, or at least that’s what I feel. I feel this odd pressure in my head and may hear some sounds. It’s a sensitive state, I think I can move myself and end it if I want to. Once a dream started to form in front of me. I know about WILD, but haven’t read anything about mind crossing a border. It it just some ordinary phase I haven’t read about?

#2

Yeah, you were experiencing SP and entering into dream from waking state…

#3

I know what you’re talking about with your leg rising by itself. It’s just a feeling. Although one can’t be 100% sure. Once I moved my hand and arm involuntarily, but it snapped me awake. I also know what you mean by “crossing a border”. I have discerned what I call thresholds, two in all, because after the second threshold my breathing starts to become strange and I freak out and break out of it, so I don’t know if there are more. I am not paralysed during this state. It only happens if I try to WILD when first going to bed, and it takes a long time to get there. There can be other strange hallucinations as well. I think that fits pretty much what you described.
I can break out of it just by moving so it does not sounds like SP, but it could be that it is just the beginning of it.

#4

The sounds you hear are HS. They’re quite realistic and vivid, but aren’t real.

#5

Yes… in sleep paralysis I couldn’t be able to move if I have understood it right. But on the other hand this is all so subjective stuff. Very interesting :smile:

#6

I’ve had a feeling like that once. But I’ve never experienced full SP, which bothers me. I always get this weird, numb feeling all over my body, but nothing more. No mattet how long I lay still. Meh, whatever, practise makes perfect!
But yeah, I/we must just learn to cross that border. Good luck! :smile: