Hi Everyone. I'm new to dream views and lucid dreaming, (discovered it about 4 days ago), and i have a question about a possible lucid dream I had.

A couple of days ago, I tried the WILD technique at about 5:00 in the morning. I experienced what was probably signs of SP (loud ringing sound in ears, hearing some voices and a slight tingling everywhere). After these stopped, I continued to lay motionless in bed.

After what felt like staying still for 10 min with nothing happening, I decided to do a reality check. (the one where you hold your nose and see if you can still breathe through it). I found I was able to breathe through my nose while holding it. Immediately after i did that, I heard the loud ringing sound I witnessed before in SP. This then stopped after about 5 seconds. (I assume this was the part where I woke from the possible dream, as I performed the same RC and found it didn't work).

My questions are:

1. Could i have been in a dream (false awakening dream) the whole time i was lying there after my SP?

2. How long can people stay in a false awakenings without realizing there dreaming?

I hope someone could help me as it has been bugging me for the past couple of days. Thanks.