I think there’s a fine line between a WILD and a DILD and in the end I suppose it doesn’t matter which you class it as as long as you’re becoming lucid after a short period of time after the dream begins.

From my own experience WILDs seem to occur in two different ways. The kind where “dreamlets” appear and disappear which you describe I usually find these lead to the dream starting without my knowledge. I quickly realise I have entered the dream afterwards but I don’t notice the transition. These are the hardest to classify as you cross that fine line and it could have been a WILD or a quick DILD but it’s hard to tell for sure which category it truly lands in. I tend to lean towards calling these DILDs only because I can never be sure if I kept full awareness the whole time.

The second type of WILD I have experienced is where you go straight from laying in bed through some strong auditory and vibrating hypnagogia (The Noise) and feel as if you’re been sucked directly into the dream through a portal of some kind. The dream then forms around you and I usually have reduced visibility at first. This is what I believe is the more “traditional” definition of a WILD experience but both are valid.

That’s just my own experience though. As mentioned every WILD is different and I’m sure it varies greatly from person to person.

We went into great depth in this thread about achieving WILDs if you’re interested. Got some great advice from fellow members and it lead to my first two successful WILDs (the second kind I described).

https://www.dreamviews.com/attaining...wild-help.html