Attempted LD

Last night, I decided I was going to have a lucid dream. I was in bed, but my mind was very much awake. I got in one position, and I made sure to not move, despite the fact that all of my limbs felt like they had no circulation (as I know this is a side effect of sleep paralysis), and my mouth was getting very dry. Once before had I almost achieved an LD straight from going to bed, but when I began to get very vivid images in my head, I made the mistake of trying to push them out. This time, I couldn't really get any vivid images. When I first closed my eyes and stopped moving, it was about 12:05 AM. After a while, I had gotten nowhere, and my throat was very ticklish, so I decided to just give up and move. As soon as I did, I felt a rush of circulation to my limbs, but my arms still felt a bit dead. The time was about 12:35 AM. I spent a good half hour completely and absolutely motionless, but I couldn't fall asleep. Any ideas about what I did wrong? I tried my best to keep my breathing slow and regular, and at points I started to see some images, but nothing too clear or specific. Overall, I didn't really get anywhere. EDIT: I just remembered, I also did not experience the falling sensation that I experienced the other time, as I mentioned above and described in my other topic a while ago. I didn't even get to that point.

Thoughts? Sorry this was so long, and thanks for reading.

Did you do this immediatly when you first went to bed? If so this may be the problem. Most people find this to be the most difficult time to WILD (the technique you were trying). You will probably have more luck if you try to WILD after 3-4 hours of sleep.

If you did get some sleep and then tried to WILD, it sounds like you did everything right. For many people WILD is the most difficult LD technique. If you are determined to use WILD to become lucid, keep at it. Read the WILD tutorials. They each contain diffrent ideas on how to relax enough to fall asleep but to stay alert enough to keep your mind awake through it all.

Good luck!