I know exactly what you mean! I had way more lucid dreams in the summer - all the sleeping in. I often get lucid dreams in naps as well but that's beside the case. To be honest though, I don't think that this HILD technique will ever work for me, maybe I'll just have to use a different one. I just liked the idea of having that sensation of finger tapping be transfered into the dream world and then waking up in bed in the dream as well - so i could get up and do more exploring.. you know? All my other self-induced LDs have been if I wake up for some reason, I just go back to bed and feel like "Ah that was a good dream, I'm gonna go back into it now." and I just think "Now where was I." and I eventually do go back into it. When I go into it a second time I'm aware that it's a dream because, well I woke up. Problem with this is, I'm already in a particular situation and sure, I can control certain things within it, but I've never strayed from it. I've never gone out and started exploring other places.

That's why the HILD technique appealed to me. Because it's pretty much like me waking up in a "Start"like place, as opposed to already being in the game. If that makes sense at all. I'm just too aware though, to be able to fall asleep when I notice myself falling asleep it's silly, maybe I really am just not tired enough. I need to get back into one of those trancelike states as opposed to a "going to bed" state.

Dylan