Whenever I attempt to WILD, once I get to what I assume is the end-game transition into my dreamscape my breathing gets really shallow. I cannot feel my breathing with any form of regularity and it unnerves me enough to snap me awake every time. I’m not sure if this is a common occurrence for LDers or not, but it got me curious enough to want to run this next question by any members who have sleep apnea and also perform WILDs to attain lucidity.

Assuming you’re not wearing a CPAP mask, could one in theory detect a presence of shortness of breath in the night while lucid? Also for anyone else, do you experience shallow breathing while transitioning into a dream? I’m rather interested in this predicament.