Thread: Why You Fail at WILDs

This afternoon I took a nap... before I got comfortable, I said to myself, "I'm going to WILD, but I'm going to fall asleep normally." Well, I did. I think the WILD failed, but that's okay because it turned into a DILD like WILDs always seem to do.

Originally Posted by Elucive

Mzzkc if you're reading this, I hope one day you do make that big comprehensive guide, lol.

I'll see if I can work it in on a day my homework schedule is fairly lax. Since I do work from 10PM-2AM every day, even weekends, it shouldn't be too hard, as long as I keep up with it.

Originally Posted by jguitar

this helped me a ton! i had a clear line drawn between wild and sleep in my head. like aware sleep and sleep are two different halves of a whole. i was directed to this thread and bam i can do it. or get to sp at least. what do i do when i reach sp? im gonna try in an afternoon nap today.

After you hit SP, just keep doing what you were doing before. No need to change the game up, since your body was already falling asleep to begin with. The biggest mistake people can make during SP is to do something that would prevent them from falling asleep, like get excited or focus too much on the sensations. Really, whatever got you to SP will be enough to get you into the dream. That said, you can change it up if you feel the need to. Just be warned that doing so doesn't always yield the results you want, and it takes some experience to know what will work and what won't in any given situation.

Strange, i always thought since i sleep on the side, wilding on my back would bring more success. I think i fall asleep too fast and without awareness in my normal postiion, while lying on my back gets me into SP quite fast, i just need to drift away to sleep without being too aware about it. I may try sleeping in my normal position, but i have no idea how to keep me aware enough so i don't just doze off.
ALSO, nice of you to mention that you need 8 hours of sleep before wilding, that gives me a wide range of testing to see what suits me, since i usualy went for 4 to 5 houts.
Nice tutorial as everyone already stated btw.

Remember when I said I accidentially WILDed? Well, it happened again!

I had just gotten home from an appointment, and I was really tired, so I stayed in the passenger seat and closed my eyes. A while later, I felt the same pulsing as before. Every now and then it would fade, but then I'd relax a little and I would come back. This happened a few times, but I eventually went into the dream. I'm not sure what, but something happened and the dream transitioned to me on the couch trying to WILD (I'd lost awareness). Then somehow the dream transitioned back to me in the car, and now I knew it was a dream, or at least suspected it. This is the most irritating part: I wanted to reality check, but I couldn't move, just like before! I tried verbally commanding my hands to move, but it didn't work, and then I woke up. Able to move again, I reality checked, and I was awake.

I'm about to take a nap without focusing on WILDing to see if it'll happen again. How do I overcome the in-dream paralysis?