WILDs and DILDs: Pros and Cons

[gsoldi]

Can anyone with experience tell me, in their opinion, the pros and cons of WILDs and DILDs...specially, which one happens more often. Thanks!

[Hermes|]

Haven't been here long but I am pretty sure that DILD happen more often and are easier. WILD's take dedication and a lot of time.

[Banana]

DILD Pros Easy Because there is no preparation for this technique, it is the easiest technique to do. . No Loss of Sleep Unlike the WILD technique, for a DILD you do not have to wake up in the middle of the night so there is no loss of sleep. This makes this technique perfect for those with 9-5 jobs or school, for which losing sleep is not a good idea. Cons. Random Traditional DILDs are not incubated, they just occur when the dreamer realizes that he or she is dreaming. This makes them occur at random time so the dreamer never knows when they will have their next lucid dream. _____________________________________- WILD Pros. Logical Whenever you wake up, the logic center of the brain turns on. This makes any type of technique where you wake up first far more logical and detailed than a DILD. This can be especially true for WILDs that take place during afternoon naps. . Recall Getting up in the middle of the night allows you to remember the dream that you were having previous to that. This can give you memory of a dream that you may have otherwise forgotten. . Length Because of where you should be in you sleep cycle and the fact that you are going directly into a dream and not waiting for a signal, you have an extended REM period, and every bit of it is lucid. The average WILD is usually much longer than the average DILD. Cons. Difficult to Learn Some find that learning to transition from the waking state to the dreaming state is difficult to learn. There are a lot of sensations and hallucinations that you are not used to feeling / seeing. This tends to make you nervous or excited as well as distract you from what you should be doing. This takes time and practice to get right. . False Awakenings With any kind of WILD technique, false awakenings as you enter the dream are very common. Most WILDers report that a good number of their WILDs begin with a false awakening, so be aware of WILD attempts that you think are failures. . Loss of Sleep Because you are waking up in the middle of the night and staying up, you are losing sleep. Because of this it is recommended that you not WILD when you have to wake up early. It makes it difficult for students as well as those with 9-5 jobs. . Can be Scary The onset of sleep paralysis varies from WILD to WILD and from person to person. Sometimes sleep paralysis isn't even felt, but on occasions it can feel very violent and cause a dreamer to want to break off the WILD attempt.

[Bizarre Jester]

Banana pretty much said it all. As for what will happen more, that will depend on you. If you don't make any attempt to lucid dream at all. All of the LDs you do have will be DILDs. You'll get wild more, if you do wild more.