Is this a DILD or WILD?

[skitz]

This morning after a big night of drinking I had several lucid dreams back-to-back of extremely vivid quality. The odd thing I noticed though was that they felt like WILDs as I entered the dreams conscious of the fact I was really in bed entering the dreamworld... and there was no moment where I went "AHA! I must be dreaming!" I was already lucid and in control before I entered the dream. But I appeared to have bypassed the feelings of sleep paralysis and did not experience hypnagogic imagery nor auditory hallucinations. I was in complete control, managed to dream-spin and teleport, and wave my hand at things to make them disappear or appear. The visual clarity felt like a previous WILD I had, but there didn't seem to be a sudden moment where the dream scene snapped into fruition like a light switch as WILDs are known to do. I have experienced both DILDs and WILDs before and I could not place which category these particular dreams this morning fall into. Could the alcohol have had some affect? Has anyone ever experienced this where you enter the dream with your mind still awake and very much aware of your consciousness, but while also bypassing the feelings and imagery associated with WILDs? I would love to hear your input...

[skitz]

Just did some quick research, and discovered that this sounds like DEILD. I didn't know about DEILDs before, but it seems to be the most accurate conclusion to my confusion. Am I right in saying this?

[yuriythebest]

if you woke up after a dream and had an LD soon after (without getting out of bed, minimal motion) then it's a DEILD, otherwise if you just fell asleep without consiousness loss then it's a WILD

[Shift]

Sleep Paralysis is just when your body gets paralyzed while you're awake. Hypnagogic hallucinations can, but don't always, accompany SP- these would be the buzzing, falling, shrinking, floating, whatever feelings. The more typical, not usually related to SP HH, like people talking, flashing images, geometric shapes, etc., can occur all on their own without SP, but don't always. So it is entirely possible to WILD without experiencing a single hallucination or finding yourself paralyzed. Your dreams were WILDs.