Thread: Having a strange problem in attempting a WILD... involving the urge to swallow

I believe I'd be successful in my next try if it weren't for this one problem...

When I lie on my back for a long enough, and begin to feel my body loosing it's feeling, after a while, the mucas in my nasal area seems to want to drift into the back of my throat, giving me the urge to swallow. I discovered this is the reason we snore when asleep, but deliberately snoring seems uncomfortable.
every time the urge to swallow comes it's unavoidable, and when I do swallow I feel my body awaken slightly.

sleeping on my side eliminated this but for some reason it seems to make wilding much more difficult :/
I'm not sure what kind of help I could really get, but any ideas or shared experiences on the matter would be fine.

I was just going to suggest trying to sleep in a different position, but if your side isn't as comfortable for you, that might not help. Could you try tilting your head one way or the other or maybe raising or lowering it with pillows?

Well, sleeping on my side is the way I've been most comfortable for the last couple years actually, but I was once highly recomended that sleeping on my back somehow helps with dreaming, so that's the method I've been assuming is how I should try to sleep. I'm not exactly sure how this works. I just assumed it was the better way. But I guess I should probably give it a try..
I'll be sure to post weather or not I succeed in a WILD.

If you have the natural urge to swallow, no matter what is causing it, then just do it. It won't affect your WILD attempt if you don't focus on it. Just make sure you don't force the swallow to occur because then you're paying it too much attention.

As for your sleeping position, you should sleep, and WILD, in whatever position is most comfortable to you. I've had 21 decent WILDs now, all from sleeping on my side, so it shouldn't affect your success, or lack thereof.

Wow, well thanks for that, I guess I'll just sleep on my side then. I found the act of having to swallow extremely distracting, and it was difficult not to pay attention to it. But it's not a problem now,
thanks

It's no problem.

Good luck to you, man.

You too bro!