The art of WILD is something I really want to learn; if one can get past the massive starting hurdles, it seems WILD would be a very consistent way to LD. It also seems to me that WILD would be more effective with somebody having difficulty falling asleep. However, much advice about WILD, at least to me, seems to contradict itself. Maybe that's just because different techniques work for different people, but still...

I've read that is is extremely difficult to WILD in bed at night, but works pretty well after waking in the morning (WBTB). However, I've also read (Lucidity Institute) that it is possible to WILD during an afternoon nap, after hours of being awake, and in fact is fairly effective! How can this work for afternoon naps but not at night?

Hypnotic Imagery puzzles me as well. I've tried to WILD and have felt the "numbness" often described and maybe even a little paralysis, but not once have I seen HI. I dunno if this is normal or if I'm doing something wrong...

I don't wish to ask a bunch of noobie questions, but these are questions I have after reading and trying the tutorials on WILD. Can somebody help?