VILD without LD?

[Italian11]

So last night i decided to try VILD. I'm sort of an artist so visualizing things comes a little easier to me than others so i tried it. So i started VILDing and everything was working perfectly. I could see and feel everything like it was real and i could feel myself slipping away from waking life. The next thing i know, i woke up and remembered a very detailed dream which was wat i was visualizing. The only problem is that i never became lucid. It was like a visualy induced normal dream. Any help is appreciated as to y this happened.

[ninja9578]

Keep practicing. If you can visualize well you should be able to walk right into your dream quickly.

[Italian11]

but y did i feel myself sliding into a dream that i was creating but not become lucid in it wen it was previously in my mind that i was gonna dream bout the certain subject?

[ninja9578]

In any WILD variation you're supposed to enter the dream lucidly. You must have fallen asleep. Remind yourself over and over again while visualizing that everything isn't real.

[Italian11]

hmmm....i guess that's wat happened....so do u notice all the sudden "Hey, I'm not visualizing this anymore, I'm in the dream."?...i'm just trying to know wat to expect so it will b easier.