DILD

Pros


Easy

Because there is no preparation for this technique, it is the easiest technique to do.
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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.


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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.