I used the term, having read it somewhere and it seemed to fit. It’s an unknown amount of time with no dream and no wakefullness. (I think it was like 10 minutes real time) No consciousness at all, just black, but not like the time that passes until a ND or LD starts from the beginning of the night.
I suspected WILD, since DILDs are very distinct.
WOW GUYS! Got my 1st real WILD last night! 
I’ve tried this numeous times and only to get into SP part of it then get too scared. I used to think I saw demons for about 4 years before i researched LDs. so it was a big achievment to do this.
I used the WILD method and the WBTB method combined, (all i did was wake up get a drink, go to the bathroom then go back to bed) but i didnt get any vibrations etc! I was laying there concentrating on my breathing and trying to see anything that my imagination, no matter how slight it was, would randomly produce.
Soon I got HI it became like a basketball court w/ 2 teams playings. (I’ve been watching NBA playoffs) Then I was floating above my body in my room that was totally dark and the window in my room was glowing w/ an unearthly white light that was very strong and eerie. I was getting scared at this point and very excited! I tried to make my body float to the window but this was proving to be very difficult! It took me a long time get to it and i could not move my body around but i could float slowly in the direction of my glowing window. The feeling while this was happening was so crazy!! I got closer to the window and went through it then BAM I was in the dreamworld. 
This was the most vivid LD I’ve ever had by far, and I’ve been able to do it since a kid! The level of detail was just like real life! I caught myself getting too excited and paused and got a grip. Then began examining objects up close. to find they still looked like real life!
This dream lasted a few minutes longer than most of my LDs but that was the only problem with it, it still only lasted about 6-8 minutes. 
Can anyone confirm that this was indeed an LD and not AP? and point out any differences there would have been between the two
Woot, had my first first successful WILD this morning which was also my first LD ever!! 
But I’m not sure, how exactly I got into it, maybe it wasn’t a WILD at all. Usually when I try to do WILD, I get HI after 20 minutes or so. This time, I tried it about four times in a row, but always just normally fell asleep again. At some point I opened my eyes, looked out of the window, closed them again, lay on my side and then I almost immediately heard a “Whooom” in my head an automatically rolled out of my bed (think, this was a false WILD?).
I got up and walked around, looked out of the window and was so daaaamn impressed! 
I walked down, out of my house and it was dark. I though “No, bright is better” and it got bright outside.
I’ll tell details later, but I think it was quite good for the first time. Just one question: Is it normal that you somehow are not sure if you were really lucid, when you wake up, although you’ve been very sure inside your dream? That was a bit strange, but else just great!
Hey, congratulations! 
That’s completely normal, nothing to worry about. Even if I haven’t been here for long, I have still seen many questions like this one. I think that if you practice your dream recall even more, your memories start getting more vivid and easier to recall.
Good luck in your future travels to the dreamworld! 
this has probably been asked qute a few times, but…
i can get SP but i cant go any further. i dont know what to do once i actually get SP. ive heard about rolling into the dream (i dont get HI so i cant enter the dream through the HI method). if i want to roll into it…how long do i have to have SP for before i can do that. i know that if i try to move shortly after SP i lose my SP
Congrats! It’s really cool that WILD was your 1st technique to induce a LD. For alot of ppl including myself, this is not the easiest one to be succesful with. I tried again last night and got close but had a false WILD where I was slightly lucid. After I did this one two nights ago the other methods suddenly don’t seem nearly as cool. The level of realism and lucidity in LDs from DILD and others is unmatched in my experience when compared to WILD. So good luck in the future! 
Congratulations on your LD!
It’s nice to have a good WILD, but I’ve had DILD’s with just as high of lucidity. The nice part of a WILD is that you get instant results. With a DILD, you sleep for a bit before the fun starts. I’m impatient too, I want to have constant WILD’s and if they fade, jump right back into a DILD. 
I’ve tried and tried WILD and never had any success. I get to the point where my body gets very numb, but I never get any HI or HS, no matter how long I wait.
For me breathing is a big part of inducing WILDs. If you've had any experience w/ meditation it's practically the same. Are you breathing slowly and through your stomach? If so are you taking full breaths all the way down to your hara? (the place right above your pelvis) Try breathing in w/ your nose and exhaling slowly w/ your mouth. Once you've concentrated on your breathing enough the small colors/patterns you see when your eyes are closed will develop to pictures. (alot of times they will still be indistiguishable but will become more detailed) At this time I make sure to not have any words going through my mind and only pictures. Before you know it HI will begin. I hope this helps. Please give any feedback.
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