Thread: When attempting a Wild I just fall asleep!

Take some caffeine: Coffee, Red Bull, Cola.

Ok guys, I took on your suggestions and they helped a little. I manged a WID, but not a WILD xD! On waking at 4:00am I stayed awake for 20 minutes doing the usual (going to the toilet, getting a sip of water, sitting in my bed thinking about what I wanted to lucid dream about) then I prepared for the Wild. I used the counting technique, got to about 100 then decided on changing positions as I wasn't feeling very comfortable. Got to about 50 this time 150 the next time, experienced SP but then fell asleep at some time and woke up at about 5:35.

However, my dream was a lot more vivid than ever before, I remember at one point during it thinking to myself "Wow this feels real" without actually twigging that I was dreaming. The problem when I'm counting is that I my imagination still runs wild within the restraints and limitations of relaxing. For example, when I'm counting I'm hearing somebody else's voice counting instead of mine, or echoing what I've said. Concentrating specifically on just counting and nothing else is something I can't seem to do very well.