If you were to fall asleep/unconscious and then realize that you're dreaming, that's a DILD. The goal of a WILD is to stay conscious through the whole thing, starting with sleep paralysis, then the dream formation. In other words, you're supposed to stay "awake", but that's probably not the right word. You actually want your body to fall asleep, but keep your mind awake by ignoring all aspects of your physical body and relaxing as much as you can. If you end up in a location different than your bed, you probably won't even need to do an RC because you're aware of the fact that you just tried a WILD. You might also end up in your bed, in a dream, and think you've failed, but that's why it's important to do a reality check.
Be sure to try your WILDs after sleeping for 4-6 hours, instead of right when you get into bed - if you try it before sleeping, it's next to impossible because you're not in REM, the period of sleep when dreams are formed. You can also try during a nap, 4-6 hours after waking up in the morning. Everyone's different, so you'll have to find the time that's right for you, in terms of how frequently you can get into sleep paralysis at a given time. For me, I can't ever get sleep paralysis at night, but it's easy during a nap in the daytime.
Hope that cleared some things up; if you have any other questions, don't hesitate to ask.
Oh, and welcome to the Dreamviews forum!
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