Thread: Why WILD is uncertain method

^^ I agree, Sageous, it really doesn't matter what the label is. But I *am* curious to experience the whole thing consciously! And, the TTWBGSODDILD (Tried To WILD But Got Start-Of-Dream DILD) is not always guaranteed. Sometimes the result is insomnia, sometimes non-lucid dreaming, and sometimes that in-between state (maybe this is the Nfri REM barrier?) where I feel like I've fallen asleep, felt the sensations, I feel "different" in my brain, sort of a "lucid" feeling, yet there is no dream there, which (always for me) ends in full wakefulness and lost sleep and no LD (at that time).

Hmm. This could be a quiet new technique that has emerged unwittingly among WILDer's, one that might prove useful: Dreamers attempting WILD's could actually build the possibility of accidental sleep into their WILD plan, but with that sleep seen as contingency, and not failure. In other words, keeping their minds ready for a dream whether they fall asleep or not. That way they are ready for the DILD, probably resulting in more LD's, less wake-ups, and a whole lot fewer FA's. And perfecting the technique might amount to little more than simply being honest with yourself, as you were, FryingMan.

Well this has happened some number of times. Tried to WILD, and ended up with a start-of-dream DILD where my awareness kicks in just as the dream image is forming or just thereafter. We could call it the FMWASODD (FryingMan's WILD attempt Start-of-dream-DILD) or something