Hey DV, I have an issue that's been plaguing all of my LD's since my first WILD.

Last week or so I had a WILD I woke up in my room but I knew I was dreaming. I proceeded to do a reality check, and it was confirmed. So I went to get up, thinking about what I was going to do, when all of a sudden I couldn't move. I struggled to but I just couldn't, then I felt the dream de-stabilize and I woke up.

Today I took a nap and three separate times I had an LD, the first and second I believe were V-WILDs (I was imagining some scene of me doing something, and it started to feel realer and realer and eventually it took control and I was 'pulled in there'). Each one didn't last longer then a few seconds, and each one didn't stabilize despite me trying different things.

The first simply ended without me even doing anything. I was in my history class (I was thinking about school) in front of a couple people I know, and when I was about to say something it went black and I woke up.

The second time I was thinking about team fortress 2 before I fell asleep, imagining myself play a game. Next thing I know I'm crawling down an unfamiliar hallway when I believe I hear a sentry beeping around the corner. Then I felt the dream start to fade away and instead of fighting it, I tried to relax and concentrate on the dream, including look at my hand and the floor. Unfortunately that didn't work. My hand wasn't there on the floor where I felt it, either.

The third time I don't even think was a WILD or anything but all I remember was standing in my room and having paralysis again. I did manage to bring my hand up in front of my face and I looked at it, concentrating on the detail in the hope it would anchor me into the dream. To my surprise (and I was very surprised, I truly believed it was working), everything went black and I woke up.

Am I doing something wrong? Last night I only slept for 6 hours, so shouldn't I have plenty of REM time to experience an LD in?

Could it possibly be my subconscious forcing me out? I met him in my first WILD, and I might have made him somewhat uncomfortable with the dreaming me (I hugged him, which he didn't seem ready for, because I was so thrilled I had WILD'd, plus I did a lot of dumb shit lol). Or am I thinking of him as too independent of me, when he really is me? I'm not sure what to think, because he seemed to have a mind of his own when I met him.