Thread: Tinnitus Jet engine but no take off!

CANWILD is like a way to DEILD, right?

I’ve had a few DEILDs and some near ones…the ones that failed were due to the fact that I brought my mind too much back to reality in the brief moment after waking up (also the reason I’ve woken up early from DILDs; I accidentally thought too much about reality as I was worrying about staying lucid). So what I would say is:

When you are using something like tinnitus (or any other anchor like visualization etc.), it would be better to use it as a passive tool for awareness rather than being overly-focused on it. Just like with traditional WILD, too much focus on an anchor will most likely keep you awake. Instead you need to keep a quiet mind and if you are going to focus on something as you stay passively aware, make it a confident anticipation of the LD you will have, or even “continue” your last dream in your mind as you wait out the few seconds until it happens. Also don’t get too caught up in “separating”. As you fall asleep this should happen on its own, trying to influence falling asleep will most likely work against you.