Fairly often when I attempt WILD I will fall asleep at maybe 5 or 15 minutes into it and then I'll wake up at 30-45 minutes after that. Now here's the problem: It feels as if though my mind just wandered off for a couple seconds and I'll continue counting even though those seconds were actually 30 or more minutes!

I just started becoming suspicious of this happening a couple days ago when it felt like I would instantly remember dreams when I lost track of counting. I'll then look at my clock and get frustrated realizing I probably just slept through REM.

Is this feeling pretty normal? Is the solution as simple as more practice and being more awake during my attempts?