I've been attempting a wild every night for the past week now. Every attempt ends the same way: I wake up 5 hrs after I initially go to sleep, I attempt to keep my mind active while my body goes to sleep, but I end up falling asleep. I'm also not really sure what I should be focusing on during the first stage of a WILD.

I actually used to be really good at keeping my mind awake until my body went into sleep paralysis. I would inadvertently keep thinking about stuff and at some point I would feel sleep paralysis starting to come on. This doesn't seem to be the case anymore.

Any tips for how to keep my mind awake while my body goes to sleep?