Hello everyone. I've been using FILD to try to lucid dream for the past five days, but I've had no luck. I've followed multiple guides but they are typically the same. Wake up after sleeping for awhile, relax, move your fingers in a piano playing motion for a set amount of time, then perform a reality check. Waking up on my own isn't a problem as I tend to do this anyway, getting past the finger motion part is that gets me. I either A.) End up moving my fingers and fall asleep (I notice I nod off and my fingers slowly come to a halt), B.) Move my fingers and can't fall asleep (I've tried moving them a decent amount, hardly moving them at all, adding more or less pressure on the fingers, etc), but as I said I either fall asleep or stay up. The closest I've come is falling asleep and being in a dream but waking up shortly after (I didn't realize I was in a dream until I woke up). Although I experienced something strange yesterday. I can relax after going to sleep, still be conscious, but have this overwhelming feeling over my body. Sort of like a numbness, where I'm being pulled inwards. I was able to move and the numbness went away, so I know I wasn't in sleep paralysis. So am I doing something wrong? Is that numb state supposed to lead somewhere or?