No problems on the late post, Alex. Sorry you got a headache!

Speaking of that, if constantly staring becomes too much of a headache for me in terms of lack of results (0 LDs for more than a couple of days), I have a backup technique in place that I'll try instead. This moves away from SSILD, though.

I'm thinking that getting in the habit of identifying changes while falling asleep might be an effective technique. By changes I mean changes in things like location, thought pattern, emotion, sensation, or anything else. A dream is a change so maybe if one got in the habit of identifying changes in general, he or she would get in the habit of identifying dreams as well. I haven't tried this out yet, by trying it out is my backup plan at the moment is constantly staring isn't right for me, so maybe you guys can try that if staring just gives you a headache.