So last night after waking up at about 2:30 I tried FILD. I waited until I felt like I could easily fall asleep and then I started to move my fingers. I concentrated on this, and let myself continue to fall asleep. I didn’t feel anything for a little while, but after about a minute my eyelids involuntarily clenched up really tightly and started tearing up. This lasted for about fifteen seconds, then I felt my body falling asleep. My limbs got numb after about another thirty seconds, and it seemed like I was close to crossing over. However, after that not much changed. I did a reality check by biting my tongue, and I found I was still awake.
I laid there for a while and then stopped moving my fingers and tried to do WILD, but my body wouldn’t fall asleep any more than that. The hypnogogic imagery was fairly weak and there was no indication I was anywhere close to falling asleep. Eventually I just went to sleep.
I’m going to try this again tonight, so if anyone has some tips on what I should be doing or if you need any more information, please let me know. Thanks for your help.