Hi,
I'm very new to all this. I have been thinking about how amazing it would be to lucid dream over the past week or so. Have been meaning to do it earlier but things like drinking have got in the way, at uni.

Well last night I set my alarm for around 6am but I kept waking up before the alarm had gone off. I think either because I'm not used to my bed at home yet or I seem to always wake up before any alarm I set whatever time it is. So anyway it was eventually 6am I woke up and my throat was incredible dry and didnt feel in the mood to stay awake for 30 mins or more so I basically just had some water and then proceeded to lay still counting, breathing and saying "am I dreaming?" (in my head). I interchanged this between the 61 point technique of relaxation. I was able to keep my body really still but I had to keep swallowing and as my throat was so dry it took more effort for my throat muscles this kept waking to the "real" world.

Is it best to not even have to move my throat to attempt this?

Ok so eventually I gave up on the WILD and moved my body and quickly fell asleep. I had a few random dreams I cant remember. But then I was having some random terrorist/boat dream and I dived over board into the dark water. Search divers jumped into the water and I frantically tried to grab one (I hate hate dark water, or the sea in that matter) I must have realised it was a dream and made myself spin. I appeared in the sky above carribean islands and was swooping and soaring, it was hard to keep vivid ( rubbed my hands worked well). When I attempted to land the dream ended. (or did it might have been a false one but I cant remember).

Is it quite normal to fail at a WILD and then end up DILD?

cheers

oh sorry thats quite a long first post.