I've read about how to get sleep paralysis. Usually the technique goes that you have to lay still on your back on the bed. I've tried it hundreds of times but always with no success.

I've tried it with counting, but it perhaps kept me awake (what's the point of that?). I've also tried the one method where you just
think about nothing and wait for the SP symptoms to appear, I always end up laying in my bed for hours and then I just give up.

Should I be sleepy to get SP? Is it possible at all to induce it without sleeping first? I would be so happy if I could do it even occasionally.