In all honesty I don’t see why even SOME people are afraid of the WILD technique. I mean, I can see people who have a fear of being helpless (speaking of which, is there a scientific definition for this? I tried looking up the word, but couldn’t find it anywhere, I just keep getting a bunch of links surrounding agoraphobia, and that’s nowhere near this fear) being afraid of sleep paralysis, but come on now.
Sleep paralysis is a natural thing that happens every night of your life, if your afraid of it, you might as well be afraid of dreaming itself. Or being awake for that matter. Or drinking water, or anything else that you do every single day.
And if you find yourself even remotely afraid of something, you need to question it in its’ entirety before you can even be sure it’s worth being afraid of! In this case, it’s a natural thing that happens every night you fall asleep. Nothing to be afraid of there. And for that matter, drinking water. It’s a natural thing, but even aquaphobics drink water (at least…I’ve never HEARD of an aquaphobic not drinking water because they were afraid of it). So why even have this form of somniphobia? (even though you say you want to try it)
See what I mean?
As for the feeling behind lucid dreaming, I used to be able to tell I was dreaming because of the feeling in the air, almost as if the air world I was in during the current moment had a heavier aura surrounding it. So, I did a reality check, and sure enough, I was dreaming.
It’s a bit hard to explain. It’s almost as if the surrounding environment reflects the feeling your having in the present moment. In a normal surrounding, everything is incredibly calming. The air around me almost feels surreal, and no matter what I do I don’t exactly feel tired, it’s incredible (that bit’s normal in a dream, but the feeling of the dream pairs with it so nicely). However, in dire situations, the air around me reflects this. The mood of the surrounding feels almost hectic, and screams to be released from its’ current state, to end whatever it is going on that’s causing the dream to be that insane.
At least, that’s what it feels like in my dreams. Which is why even in uneventful lucid dreams, I’m glad I had them. It accompanies the events that go on within so well
Whenever you do have a lucid dream, pay attention to the mood of the dream itself. Not as in a summary of the dream, the actual mood of the air within it. Ask yourself, “does the world I’m in make me seem more calm than the environment I face IRL?”
And better yet, does anyone else see this in their dreams as well? I’ve never heard anyone actually describing the environment’s mood in their dreams before. Only ever the events that went on within