Quote Originally Posted by Fruityowl View Post
I understand in WILDs, you enter a dream by like, hypnotizing yourself(?) But I wasn’t even meditating (ADD prevents me from that). I just saw images, started spinning through limbo, and “landed” on my kitchen floor. That’s never happened to me before. Usually my brain is like “screw that, I don’t like this channel” and stops me from entering dreamland.
What you describe is exactly the way I personally experience WILDs when I do them successfully. Spinning around, some images floating by, then landing in the dream. I use a simplified technique: "fall asleep normally but wait for the falling feeling and then go with it instead of waking up out of surprise". Others use a more involved process; it's all about what works best for you.


Quote Originally Posted by Fruityowl View Post
If I use the same technique too many times, does my mind just get too used to it, and that’s why it stops working? Cause I was really on top of it a few nights ago but still didn’t recognize my FA.
In theory reality checks should lead to a higher success rate the more you practice it because you're building and reinforcing a habit. When the habit's strong you'll more naturally think in the way you trained yourself to. That said, it's human nature to be a bit more excited about starting a new habit early on and then see that interest wane after a while, leaving the habit slightly weaker relative to when you were feeling more enthusiastic. Another thing with RCs I've noticed is that even when I'm doing them just as often as before, my dreams will become more and more vivid and realistic on average after a period of paying extra attention to them, journaling to increase recall, trying to get lucids etc. That's a good thing, but a side effect is that my RCs and thought process while performing them have to be more thorough or else I get tricked into thinking I'm awake. Vague dreams with loopy physics make it easier to question what's happening in the first place as well as easier to confirm that things are indeed wonky.