Last night I meditated before bed, and that calmed me enough to start breaking the (terrible) habit of checking my phone before I fall asleep. I was lying on my back and letting myself fall into sleep, but also letting my mind wander. I've never really tried WILD too much, as I've always preferred to perform reality checks and gain lucidity by assuming control of my dream directly. Still, this is difficult when you don't remember a lot of your dreams, or just don't have a good sleep schedule.

But as I was lying on my bed, my eyes sort of... opened. The room was dark, so it didn't look too different, but I was looking forward towards the end of my bed like my head was propped up by a bigger pillow (but I was actually facing the ceiling). I knew that my eyes were still closed, so I knew I was in between a dream and being awake. I really didn't know what to do, because I didn't want to think about it too much and regain bodily awareness. Way back, I used to be interested in out-of-body experiences, and I've read up on how to induce them (which I believe is actually just the same thing as WILD, except the dream is more grounded in your perceptions of your current surroundings). One technique was to actually try to get up while laying down, and if sleep paralysis has set in, you will actually get up out of your body because your mind doesn't realize.

I tried this technique cautiously, but then I regained my conscious hearing and heard my housemate walking around, and that became too distracting. So I ended up waking myself up, and it was a little disorienting at first because I expected to open my eyes and be looking forward again, but I actually was looking at the ceiling.

So I want to ask, what should I do next time in this situation?