Welcome to Dreamviews, Revoka!

I was gonna suggest a facemask, but you already figured it out. The eyes twitching or opening happens to some people here, not sure what the reason is, but mask should help.

If you interested in WILDs, please check out the WILD class articles.

When using mantras, I would suggest you use present tense - "My eyes are closed" or anything similar. Our mind understand only "Now" and "some other time, just not now".

Even if you choose WILD as your primary method, you can still practice mantras, RCs and awareness training to get a DILD. And Dream journal is pretty important to help you with dream recall, but also with other things, like finding patterns in your dreams, sleeping habits and such. Please post any questions you have. Happy dreams