Quote Originally Posted by Kveldulf View Post
Indeed, I agree. This maintaining just the right balance of consciousness is the main issue in attempting the WILDs. Like I said the dreams only happened at all because the WILD failed (or I failed the WILD). After an hour or so I'm still laying there awake. Frustrated I roll over and crash and DILD for a couple seconds. When I go back over my notes I've been attempting my WILDs all in this 8hr area thinking it would give me more time to play with, even though I more routinely wake naturally at about 6hrs. So i'll start trying to WILD from there. It will take much more diligence because I'm definitely groggier at that point but may be a better choice in the long run. Good advice Travis E, thank you.
Just a thought that occurred to me reading that; not sure if it applies, but:

If you had LDs at all, I'd say it counts regardless of whether it was from WILD or DILD. It wasn't accidental. You had an intention to have a LD, and even though you didn't make it through the WILD, that intention allowed you to still remember after losing consciousness that you wanted to recognize you were dreaming, and it worked. So I would call those WILD attempts totally worthwhile, even though they “failed”. If you continue to get LDs that way, that's probably a good technique for you to use.

People often consider WILDs as yielding more vivid/more stable/otherwise “better” dreams than DILDs. While a successful, properly-done WILD might have a little bit of an advantage, I'm not sure there's really that much of a difference over an “ordinary” DILD in the big picture. I see no reason why DILDs can't be just as good, and they often are. To me, the LD itself should be the ultimate goal, not so much whether the strategy I had in mind went exactly as I intended.