When you wake up in the middle of the night to do this should you remain completely still and try this technique or should you move around and then go back to bed and try this?? Also, are there any strange sensations when doing this so we know its working?
For me I don’t move around atall and don’t feel any sensations. When it works for me I open my eyes and it feels like I’m normally awake however then do an rc and find I’m actually in a dream.
Hi, I am new to this forum as you can see this is my first post. I had only one lucid dream in my life when I was 5 years old. Back then I didn’t really cared about it for some reason, and then after a looooooooong period of time I got curious about it so I started to search stuff out etc. I used WILD-C the first time on Friday (the last Friday) I didn’t knew about this topic/thread (WILD-C Amazing technique) as well. And (keep in mind this was my FIRST proper try on WILD) after like 70-90 counts I started to experience hypnagogia, I saw lots of werid shape type of things and then someone (in my head) said something AND IT WAS SOO REALISTIC JUST AMAZING, I know that for “lucid dreaming pros” this might sound like nothing BUT IT SURELY WAS SOMETHING FOR ME, unfortunately I did not had a lucid dream becomes one of my family members walked in to my room(it was my “nap time”, btw), therefore it distracted me and I stopped. Yesterday I also tried WILD-C before I went to bed (I didn’t mixed it with wake back to bed technique mainly cause I wanted to just “train” my mind to stay awake while counting), and then after 186 counts I experienced STRONG FEELING OF PANIC I tried to control it, but it was just out of my control, and then after a while I get out of the bed… What it was? Was it a hypnagogia or I entered a sleep paralysis (I’m not sure because I was so relaxed to the point of not feeling my own body parts, lol). So there it is, keep guys in mind that I’m just starting but so far this technique is fantastic even for a beginner like me. Also sorry for my English it isn’t my first language so if I made any mistakes sorry.
ehhh… I just realised that this topic is 2 years old…
Haha, it’s fine! If anything, your recent post made it so that I came across this awesome technique!
I tried it out last night and let me tell ya: I had my very first WILD!! It was such a thrill ride! I never expected to get it on my first attempt either, though I guess my previous attempts at other lucid techniques made it easier for me last night. Who knows!
Anyway, here’s what happened:
So I tried to do a VILE (visually incubated lucid dream). It didn’t work as I fell asleep rather quickly. I had a dream but I can’t remember it in the slightest.
Then I woke up literally a minute before my alarm went off for 6 am, as I had anticipated the VILE not to work and so I wanted to try a WBTB/WILD (I’m rather surprised my mind knew exactly when to wake up before the alarm! Good brain!)
I got comfy after disabling my alarm, then started counting to 100. I got to 100 a few times. In the later stages my mind started to wander but I was used to it and just started back from the last number I could remember.
I was never successful, however. The only thing counting to 100 served was to sharpen my consciousness.
After about what I felt was an hour of this, I gave up and decided to go to sleep normally.
My mind: HAHAHAHAHAAHA yeah right.
The counting had done a fine job of keeping me conscious, as it was nigh impossible to drift off into a regular slumber.
I was stuck awake.
I unintentionally initiated a few WILDs as I’d occasionally see bright colors and images begin to form, but I’ve never been able to get past this stage due to my excitement (I’ve only first ever experienced HI a couple of nights ago, so I’m still not used to it).
I guess my brain grew tired of my incompetence to calm down during the HI stage, so it decided to skip it entirely.
Suddenly, my entire body began to vibrate and I could feel myself being propelled through some kind of tunnel. I knew immediately what was happening and was surprisingly able to keep my calm through it.
I began to see an image of my room from where I was lying in bed, as if I was still in bed but simply had my eyes open. However the decor was different: my nightstand had some high-tech buttons on it. It just proved what I had strongly suspected.
I concentrated on the image intensely all while constantly imagining my arm moving to press a button on the nightstand.
It didn’t take long until I had completely morphed into the dream and my dream arm moved!
The dream only lasted a couple of minutes, and me being picky and stupid, I spent it all trying to make a mirror bigger for me to fit through to teleport where I really wanted to go. It was only when I decided on a size and was just about to jump in that I woke up. Booooo! 
But I had an amazing experience nonetheless! I’ve only ever been able to induce a lucid dream through a DILD. It was the first time my efforts to WILD truly payed off, and I’m so glad I persisted (even if it costed me an hour or so of sleep).
I’ll definitely be trying this again sometime soon!