Hey, I first came on here with my "quest" to get a WILD about 2 months ago, and I've pretty much given up on that because it failed horribly every time I tried. Instead I'm having DILDs (had 8 now so far).

I heard people say and write that WILDs are way more realistic and clear than normal lucid dreams, but when I have to compare it with my own experience - I could hardly believe it'd be any clearer than it already is. Guess I'm lucky with that. My DILDs just seem so clear, detailed and realistic that I can hardly differ them from real life (actually, I can't.)

I especially noticed this in my last one (and longest one yet) where I was just walking through a city looking at everything. It had a clear blue sky and a cathedral of which I've never seen them in such detail. Including seeing people's faces and bodies perfectly clear.

Just there I was also surprised at how incredible dreams actually are, I mean how my mind can make all those things and make them look extremely real. I saw people walking all over the place in a sort of market, canals in the city, people picknicking & eating at restaurants, lots of beautifully decorated houses and monuments, and a clear blue sky with birds flying overhead. What baffled me the most though was the cathedral. Some kind of notre damme with russian influences and an insane amount of decoration. To top it all off; I really wasn't able to say it was a dream by just looking at it. Too real.

Reality checks really don't work for me, the only way I manage to enter a lucid dream so far is if something "strange" happens such as in my last dream someone introducing me to the female version of myself . So far that has also been the funniest and strangest experience in my dreams.