Okay so last night I was determined to attempt lucid dreaming. I laid down on my back and I closed all windows and doors so it was pitch black. I turned on this brainwave entertainment track on YouTube that lasts 90 mins and I close my eyes and attempted the WILD technique. After a little while I started experiencing weird things, I began to twitch a little bit and it felt like I was vibrating briefly. I remember being really excited and thinking my heartbeat was so loud it was all I could hear. I realized I needed to calm down to fall asleep so I keep repeating “I am going to have a lucid dream” over and over for a long time. My body became numb and I couldnt feel my hands, and then I felt really warm and soft and then like there was pressure being pushed down on me but it didn’t hurt. But I was still staring into the blackness. I started to count from 100 to 0 and back to 100 to calm down and get more dreary and I must have done it at least seven times…I felt like I wasn’t in my room anymore or I was like on the brink of dreaming but everything was still black. I didn’t want to loose my progress so I refused to open my eyes and break the process. I kept counting and kept listening to the track and my body was asleep…although my mind still awake. After what seemed for forever…I thought I had to be dreaming because I had been in this state for so long and my memory was fuzzy and I couldnt count anymore I kept forgetting numbers…and then the music stopped…I thought I must be dreaming now, I must have finally entered my dream! It was still black…but I read about the out of body experiences where you are dreaming although think you are in the same place as you fell asleep, so I slowly tried to push my finger through my hand and…it didnt work. I was still awake. I had to go to the bathroom and I was frustrated so I looked at my phone and the music ended because the track ended…I had sat there counting for an hour and a half…I felt terrible. So I sat up, which felt really weir because my body was asleep and it took a little while to gain normal feeling in my limbs. I went to the bathroom and then laid in bed. I woke up this morning, no lucid dreams and in fact I don’t even remember any dreams from last night at all. Disappointed. What am I doing wrong?
I sat there for an hour and a half with no progress
All help is greatly appreciated
-Fallacy