Hey guys, let me get straight to the point of this thread. Although I had no lucids in my life I decided to try WILD as my first technique, because of my low dream recalling abilities, and I am having a little bit of trouble. When I attempt a WILD i get over the itches and get to the point where my whole body is numb. I never had any HI or weird sounds, except for once when I had a rapid heartbeat and a couple of leg spasms and another time when I heard an annoying metal against metal sound. Anyway after the numb part, nothing happens. There is nothing to build a dream form. Dreams won't start by themselves and the only thing I feel is my head swinging back and forth. What am I doing wrong? Note that I am using mantras like: "I am dreaming" which is convenient because it's only 1 word in my language. Do I need to have a good dream recalling ability for WILDS too? Does it have anything to do with initiating a dream or just with remembering it afterwards? I know I may have done several things wrong, I am new to this, but please do point out my mistakes.

As for WBTB, I never remember getting up on my own (except for today which i woke up in the middle of the night and started coughing like hell, guessing it was the end of a dream and I just remember it because I stayed up longer because of the cough) and after waking up from an alarm clock I don't remember any dreams.I usually set my alarm clock 6 hours after sleep, any less and I would be to tired to wake up, any more and I wouldnt have time because of school. The past few days I am also having trouble getting up because I am too tired, or when I do and stay up for half an hour, I am then too tired to WILD.Note that I sleep about 8 hours a night.Any advice would be much appreciated.Sorry for the long post and the long sentences.