When I first started Lucid Dreaming, I decided to do it through WILD techniques. Cause hey, I was good at lying still for long periods of time.

Well, it didn't work. No matter what position I stayed in, after about 10 minutes my arms became painful. It was almost impossible not to swallow, there would always be a glob of saliva at the back of my throat. If I actually managed to resist the reflex reactions not to move a single muscle, then breathing became almost impossible - like my lungs won't inflate properly. And no matter what I do, I just do not get hypnagogic hallucinations. Ever.

Not entirely sure what I'm soon wrong, maybe I'm panicking too much? Anyway, a few days ago I tried the WBTB method, with much better results. In fact, the first time I did it I didn't realise any sort of transition between the waking and dreaming state, I didn't actually believe I was dreaming. Until I woke up, almost in exactly the same position.

The second time though, I could tell the difference. I seem to get better if I start the dream with my eyes shut. Since apparently, I'm terrible at the visual aspect of dreams. remember rocking from side to side... And then literally falling into the dream. Like I fell off a chair, or something. Again, I started out in my room... But that only lasted about two seconds, since my phone vibrated right next to my ear, waking me up that'll teach me to turn it on silent next time....

Anyway, I was wondering if I should try this again in the afternoon, or will that muck up my sleeping patterns? And why won't WILD work with me?