Thread: Theory about WBTB / WILD

I've been struggling to get any consistency with LD'ing. It just won't "click".
But I have a thery about why my attempts to WILD have been so difficult.

I tend to wake breifly after every REM epoisode, which is quite good for dream recall.
However, if I try to WBTB, I ususally end up trying for ages, and then just falling asleep, only waking after the next REM cycle, if I'm lucky.

Anyway, my theory is that waking just after a REM cycle is no good, because the next REM cycle could be 60-90 minutes away,so doing a WILD is really difficult then.

What is needed is to wake just before the REM cycle begins.

Not sure how to do that, except by setting an alarm clock just after I wake to go off again in maybe an hours' time.

Do people think that would work?