Not a rant.. i'm just looking for some tips on where i'm going wrong.

I usually try to WILD during an afternoon nap, after school and after i work out so i'm pretty exhausted from the day. It's very easy for me to fall asleep and lose conscious that way. But when I try to stay conscious trying to fall asleep.. it seems like it's almost impossible.

It's like my mouth just loves to water up with saliva everytime I try to wild. When i fall asleep naturally, i wake up to find my mouth pretty dry. Sometimes i'll get to SP stage and my heart feels like it's going a million miles a second- and then i have to swallow because my throat is getting clogged up with saliva and it's uncomfortable, which takes me out of SP. very frustrating.

second, i always lose count when counting my breaths. once i lose count, i'll be like, okay- ill start over. then i would lose count before i even got to 10 from random thoughts and mini-dreams and HI. i know this is an awareness issue- but it just seems like i can't get my body to fall asleep properly if i'm concentrating on counting my breaths.

third, is WILD all about your body not moving? or does it have anything to do with the mind also? for some reason, i have a feeling that if I can lose my conscious just for a bit to get into deep REM, i can catch myself in a dream. In other words- trust myself to know that I'm dreaming as soon as a dream starts. Although i've tried this already and failed, it seems like a better approach for me.

any tips? suggestions?