First of all: I've been practicing the WILD technique for the past few weeks. I can never conciously enter SP because I think I get too excited. When I feel that drastic transition into SP, my mind suddenly wants to be fully aware of whats going on.. thus I feel the SP slip away as soon as it arrives.

As soon as my mind becomes aware that SP is coming on, my breathing usually gets more erradic, it becomes harder to breathe, and sometimes I get an erection. It seems the only way for me to enter SP is to be totally unaware of it.

If I am to WILD without focusing on SP, how will I be able to transition into a dream?

Since the only way to fall asleep when WILDing is to not focus on it at all, I can never tell when I am sleeping. When I become lucid it feels as though I'm dreaming, but still awake. In other words, it feels as though my dream is just a normal thought as I am laying in my bed struggling to sleep. I don't feel submersed in a dream world. When I mistake my dream for a normal thought, I avoid reality checking because that would involve opening my eyes and making sure I am in my bed (thus moving and breaking the WILD attempt).

For example: a couple nights ago I had an LD where I was struggling to fall asleep, thinking about a Judd Apatow film about Ecco the Dolphin starring Seth Rogan. Only after I opened my eyes and looked back on the thoughts did I realize I wasn't thinking, but instead dreaming.

Any words of wisdom?