Thread: Pretending to be asleep

I've been told that pretending to be asleep is an effective way of actually falling asleep; is this a similar principle to the WILD technique, where you trick your brain into thinking your body is asleep?

Oh gosh! I am confused... I don't have to pretend to be asleep. I fall asleep the minute my cheek makes contact with the pillow, and a few hours later, I am having all those fascinating dreams.

http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...highlight=wild

This is probably the best one to explain it.

Hm... some interesting stuff there!

Sometimes I pretend to be asleep and it tends to work but I do this by relaxing my mind which wouldn't mix too well with WILDing for me. I guess to WILD you do need some level of awareness while letting your body "fall asleep".

I think it's important to make your body act like your asleep just so that your subconscious thinks, "okay, body is asleep, time to start with the dreams!" for a WILD.