Ok well I've attempted my first WILD, and personally I'm kind of proud with what I achieved; I got through more than I thought. I have a few questions though. I performed this before going to bed in the night, which despite being harder, I still tried. I'll start by describing my experience:

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I started in a simple position laying on my back with arms by my side, and essentially just lay there waiting for the onset of SP. Not long after being relaxed, I decided to do some breathing exercises, counting, inhaling and exhaling. After what didn't seem to be too long, I got the occasional tingling feeling (especially in my right hand) until it spread along my whole body like electricity. It was a curious feeling, not entirely dis-pleasant, but somewhat frightening. This seemed to linger for a little more, and I had to struggle to keep myself from smiling - I thought I had perhaps reached SP. However, without ever experiencing it before, it was difficult to tell. And as I had not yet moved, I was not going to risk moving and therefore disrupting my journey to SP in order to test if I really was paralysed. Still, after the tingling I felt my body start to vibrate too, almost swaying in my bed, like someone was rocking it. Throughout the most of the rest of the process, particularly in the 61-point technique, I felt small parts of this tingling sensation, before it usually faded away. Perhaps I focused on it too much?

However this soon faded and I felt almost as I did when I begun, except my body felt quite heavier, and my eyes were watering as they are prone to. Expecting some hypnagogic imagery or some form of 'stimulation', I guess, I attempted to be aware without focusing TOO intently. Still, there was hardly any, excluding the occasional dull light at some parts of my eye I'm not even sure I can't just attribute to my desire to want to see something. When my mind started to wander though, I adopted a variation of the 61-point relaxation technique (I think I finished at 66...) and was totally relaxed. However, nothing happened soon after, and as my mental state seemed hardly different to the initial stages I thought I may of failed.

After that though, while my real body's position seemed hard for my body to determine, I sort of tried to think of a previous dream I had with a dog and my friend in my backyard, and visualised moving. I sort of thought of my hand moving side to side in a wave motion, for example, and practically felt it. But it seemed to take full concentration, and I was still aware of the blackness of my eyes, or rather, position in the worldly room. A little frustrated I started counting my breaths again, but after a few creaks of the wall that seemed to jolt me a little, I couldn't focus, and tried to pull out of it to attempt another night.
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I'm just wondering if anyone can offer any tips for my future WILDing experiences. Is there anything I should focus more/less on? Anything else I should do? Any other general advice? And what I experienced, was it actual Sleep Paralysis? At later stages, during my frustration, I noticed the feel of some of the real world against my fingers and sensed I was coming out of it; had I tried to take too much conscious control of myself? I'm scared if I let go more I'll end up unconscious. How close was I to actual dream transition, though?

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated, and I thankyou in advance. I think I'm also going to wear earplugs from now on, and attempt the sequence later on in my dream cycle.