I'm new to the concept of lucid dreaming. I've only been trying to achieve lucidity for a week now.

I attempted a WILD, and I think I got pretty far. I reached a state of sleep paralysis or something similar, but after that was unable to have a lucid dream.

I lay in my bed, twitching a little bit, for THREE HOURS.

I suppose I could have moved if I really needed to, but I didn't want to break the state of sleep paralysis and lose my chance to have a lucid dream.

Any advice on completing a WILD and avoiding something like this? I suppose I could try a MILD or something easier, but those haven't been working for me.