So, lately I've been doing WILDs successfully in the middle of the night (WBTB). It seems like, I just have to focus on slowing my breathing, and then I start feeling these surges (don't know how else to describe). Then, once those take over enough, come the vibrations, followed by a lucid dream.

Two challenges I've discovered are mouth salivation (and the need to swallow), and itching. These occur before the surges. It seems like with the itching, the closer I am to the vibrations, I will always get an intense itch sensation! If I scratch, I have to start all over, it's as if my body knows now that I am awake. If I don't scratch it, and use willpower, I sink further, until the itch disappears. I honestly think the itch is a "testing mechanism" of sorts to tell whether or not I am really asleep.

Thoughts?