Quote Originally Posted by Duffles22 View Post
I haven't been doing WBTB. lol. i've been trying WILDing at around 8 pm without any prior sleep before. And before you scream at me and tell me its almost impossible to WILD without sleep before whenever i do do a WILD at around 8 i either fail and stay up or fall asleep and go RIGHT INTO A DREAM. so i don't think its my REM cycle that is screwing it up. The problem is i fall asleep too easily.
It is possible to WILD that way, but it can be much harder. It's very interesting that you go right into REM sleep when you first go to bed. That's pretty unusual. Normally NREM sleep is what you begin with and it dominates for the first half of the night. However, in the very first sleep stages before you totally black out, it is normal to experience some dreamlike images and sounds. Even though you're getting REM right away when you sleep, I'd recommend at least trying WBTB after sleeping 6 hours, or else trying WILD during a nap. If you're falling asleep within ten seconds of laying down, it's going to be an uphill battle to try to WILD in that state. It pretty much means you're too tired. So my advice is try to WILD when you're not quite so exhausted.