Thread: WILD or DILD?

It sounds like your experiences were DILDs, caused by your time meditating before sleep. That is almost like autosuggestion, or even MILD (Mnemonic ILD). For a true WILD, you need to pass directly from wakefulness into a dream. The transition is often very messy, with hallucinations, body distortions, paralysis, or "Out of Body" type stuff. It doesn't have to be messy, but it is for a lot of people. Also, it is very difficult to WILD when you first go to sleep at night. You are just not close to a solid dreaming cycle. Try to go through your normal routine after a few hours of sleep and a WBTB. I bet something wacky will happen.

Welcome to Dreamviews! I believe Robot Butler is correct in classifying your LD as a DILD. A WILD is when you pass directly from the waking state to the dream state without ever losing consciousness/awareness. A WBTB is a form of WILD, that has a much higher success rate than the traditional WILD. With a WBTB you are hitting your REM cycles later into the sleep period, so they generally last longer and are easier to hit (directly enter into REM). I also like to WILD during naps, a good target time for a nap WILD is 1-6 hours after waking in the morning. For WBTBs, I would suggest 4-7 hours after falling asleep. The most popular time seems to be 6 hours after sleep. Good Luck in your future efforts!