Today I attempted my first WILD, and I got extremely close. I felt vibrations throughout my whole body and it was really intense, but the thing I'm wondering about is my breathing got really rapid and my heart rate went through the roof. I kept trying to get through it but when my body had settled down again I was awake.

So I'm curious if anyone else has ever experienced something similar because I haven't heard of anything like it. And I'm also wondering if because I was so aware of my rapid breathing and heart rate, and somewhat unnerved by it, if that could have contributed to why I woke up instead of continuing into my dream.

Any help?