[WILD] Tips for concentrating and keeping the mind awake?

Quest for Lucidity
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I’ve been trying to get a LD through the WILD technique for some time now …

I’m doing it by trying to count my breaths while sleeping, but when I get to 650 or so, I always just can’t count anymore because I’m so tired and I fall asleep!

Are there any tips for concentrating and keeping my mind awake?

EDIT: Oops. I completely missed out on the big WILD topic. Sorry. :bored:

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I can’t merge your topic into the BIG WILD topic, it’s too late, it would disappear amongts other posts. There is no better tip for concentrating IMO than the counting technique. By the way, it’s a good thing that you fall asleep. It’s better than not being able to fall asleep.

Thus two possibilities: you keep up and try to focus a little bit more; or you try WILD when you’re less tired.

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So true! When I do WILD, I get such a blockade that I’m not even able to fall asleep (or LD) when I’m tired. I don’t know what to concentrate my thoughts on. Trying to “turn off” my mind doesn’t help, watching my thoughts wander off to some random things doesn’t help, after some time I just notice that I been thinking a lot, but still didn’t come more close to the dream state. I guess that are the people that aren’t made for WILD. But then again, it could just be too much excitement, or doubt that gives one a blockade, but I haven’t found a technique to defeat this yet.