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Paralysis
#518 - IDWILD - 2:30PM I guess by now these In-Dream-Wake-Initiated-Lucid-Dreams should not really surprise me (a bit of an oxymoron I suppose). I am sure I have said this before, but I feel they more closely fit the category of DILD or <PERSON> because, I probably am already dreaming when I start them. However, sometimes I really do not recall what started them so it is hard to say, but it always feels like a real WILD. Usually I have a non lucid dram sequence with some kind of back story, but other times, like last night, I have no recall of what triggered it. Are they random or are they intentionally started after a brief awaking? Perhaps, it is linked to my history of waking in sleep paralysis that I have so often turned into a gateway. Sometimes I just do not know. I do not have a lot of LD's these days for lack of effort, but I have not abandoned the practice completely so, I take what I get. Anyway, I am hesitant to try to start a new term, but IDWILD really seems to be a thing for me so I am calling it that for now.This dream could have been awesome, but unfortunately, when you share a bed, there are external factors at play. I find myself in a typical WILD transition. I have separated easily but it is dark. I try clapping my hands repeatedly and the effort and feeling of it makes the dream more vivid. The lights come on and I float around my bedroom and house shouting with excitement to be having another lucid dream after such a long period of time. I start to settled down and decide what to do, but a noise wakes me up. I tap my wife to stop snoring and intend to make an entry in my DJ but I falsely do it in another jumbled dream sequence. I wake again note the time. I roll over and pass out for good. At this point I am not even sure if my wife even snored of if it was a FA. I forgot the tricky nature of these altered states of consciousness and dreaming. Maybe next time I will be more vigilant.
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the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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