And there it is... My first WILD!

I finally, after long attempts, were able to do this. Disappoined because.. It happened by mistake!
A relief after failed attempts over the last few weeks of practicing this technique.

I was staying up studying for my math exam. I got very tired and decided to go to sleep, i went down fully intending to fall asleep, with a slight idea that my worry about the exam could keep me awake.. I couldn't sleep right away, but It took about 30 minutes until i got in the pre-dream state in which:

- I felt like my body was flying around.
- I heard random noises.
- I felt a strange sensation with my body.
- I were unable to move.

No visual things that i notice, besides being able to open my eyes, which i didn't do fully because who knows what creepy stuff will i see? :paranoid:
I suddenly got inside a false awakening in my room. It was extremely short and blurry though. After that i obviously woke up and then was able to sleep normally.

I don't care about the quality of the dream i had, it was called for since i weren't in REM anyways. The most important thing is that i actually did it, which is a confidence booster.

One thing that i have noticed happening several times:
My body drags itself into SP/HI forcefully when i go to bed in a very tired but aware state, like coming back from the finals exams and trying to sleep.

Hey nice one :) you went further than me with HI and SP sensations. So your body and your mind are perfectly capable to do it. Sounds like you awaken yourself too much during a WBTB, perhaps try to use that tiredness when you just alarm yourself out of sleep for WBTB and don't really get up. I just go to pee in the dark, do some simple math in my head on the way and go back to sleep. Works best for me. If I get up and do something, even if it is very relaxed and not too involving, I have trouble falling asleep after that.

In the state you describe my go-to technique is FILD, the one with the finger movements. Works like a charm for me. Even just really imagining how it would feel to clap sometimes works if I am *really* tired.
But this technique, for me, skips the whole "vibrations" part. I straight out transition from being sleepy and tired in bed to lucid. The tricky part is to notice it. I don't want to know how many minutes I already spent inside a LD, while thinking I am still trying to fall asleep aware...