A long time ago when I first began trying to work WILD I would constantly - every time - talk to myself inside of my head while waiting for something to happen. Very seldom had I ever succeeded this way. Inner monologues would keep me much more aware than I should have been. They didn’t always stop me from getting it once in a while, but I have no memory of talking to myself before SP the times when I did hit WILD.
And then one night in a Hotel I decided to not talk to myself, and just try to maintain a focus. And it worked better than I expected that night. And now I think that just overall, talking to oneself during WILD is a mistake. Do it a little bit maybe to affirm your goals, but before you decide to go through with the attempt seriously I think it needs to be dropped.
I don’t know what other people have experienced with their inner monologues. Maybe they help some people; I’m curious. What do you guys think about the inner monologue?
I’ve noticed something similar when I use MILD. It’s almost as if using the technique wakes me up too much, and I can’t get back to sleep. Or, if I do go back to sleep, it takes me so long that I forget about my intention to have a lucid dream.
I have had success with counting to myself however. I’ll just count like this: “One…I’m dreaming…two…I’m dreaming…” etc. Sometimes, when I’m in the dream, I’m sill counting to myself and saying that I’m dreaming, and I become lucid. Or, sometimes I’m just counting, which is enough to make me question why I am counting. Then I remember my intention to have a lucid dream.
Inner monologue? When I’m trying to get a WILD, sometimes I hear something talking. It’s always nonsense and I don’t ever remember it. I’m guessing it’s HH.
I don’t usually talk to myself when WILDing. But when I do, I usually just go on a train of thought until I fall asleep.
it seems like I cannot perform WILD / MILD or any of the technique… (except for DIELD)
because I cannot hit that balance between falling asleep and staying awake… either one or the other.
but usually inner monologues actually take me to sleep. by having inner monologues i remember things I did during the day, which forms my “daydreams” and I fall asleep when it gets deep enough