Last night was the closest I have ever came to a WILD. It started out at 12:00 Midnight. I tired a quick WILD with the blinds shut and my alarm clock playing ocean sounds. I got a little bit of SP at around 12:45, but my eyes began to spasm from holding them shut and my blanket made me feel warm and feverish so I had to restart. I kept the ocean sounds on and put on a sleeping mask (Unfortunately it was padded and felt a little uncomfortable, but it was the only way to keep my eyes shut). I spent about 4 hours lying prone, gradually letting the SP set in. I tried everything from rapidly moving my eyes underneath my eyelide (hoping to trick my body into thinking I was in REM, thus inducing SP faster) I got to the point where I had to make a large effort to move and had occaisional spasms. I made the mistake of trying to get up into my dream (foolishly thinking I had reached it) and I just lost a crapload of SP. I decided to turn of my Ocean sounds (still trying to keep remaining Sp) but I did it in such a fashion that I basically woke my body up. It was 5:00 AM.

I realize I should have done WBTB, as it has helped me with DILDs in the past, but I got greedy and just messed everything up. Does anybody have any tips for me?