Another Wild Question...well, Mild Also I Guess

[art vandelay]

ok, ive ben trying WILD for a couple nights now. everywhere i read it always recommends yuo stay awake for a half hour to an hour before going back to bed. now, im not the best sleeper in the world and i absolutely cannot have any light (except for my red light) or i will have trouble falling back asleep. i usualy get up, go to the bathroom, grab a small snack, and spend maybe 10 mins or so straigtening out my mind and focusing on the task ahead. i do not see why it is so stressed that you need to stay awake for an hour or so. i really think if i made myself do this, i will not be able to go back to bed and feel that feeling where your body is completely relaxed like it feels when you're going BACK to bed. i guess for some people its best, but for me i find 15 minutes or so to be sufficient enough to clear my head of grogginess without waking my body up too much. does anyone else experience this?

[megabenman]

Yeah you don't need to full hour, myself I'm wide awake from the moment I get up (unfortuately I can't recreate this when I actually get up for school :? ) so I only take like 5 minutes. Take as long/short as you need.

[towarmforacoat]

Yeah you don't need to full hour, myself I'm wide awake from the moment I get up (unfortuately I can't recreate this when I actually get up for school :? ) so I only take like 5 minutes. Take as long/short as you need. [/b]

Wow, because all of the tutorials said to stay up for one hour to an hour and a half, I never tried WBTB because I could never fit the time into my strict sleep schedule. I usually have a hard time going back to bed after I wake up during the night and doing somthing (Although I haven't tried WBTB, I've had instances of being awake for a time in the middle of the night). Now that I know this, I could easily slip WBTB into my sleep schedule even if it's a schoold night!!!.
Thanks :thanks:

[skywatcher]

Yeah you don't need to full hour, myself I'm wide awake from the moment I get up (unfortuately I can't recreate this when I actually get up for school :? ) so I only take like 5 minutes. Take as long/short as you need.
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Yeah, do what works best for you. I only stay up for 30 min. at the most. More than that and I'm up for hours. Usually it's more like 15 minutes. I'm not positive but I think the whole hour to hour and a half thing has to do with syncing up with your REM cycles.

[SKA]

If that's true, that the Hour awake is important becase it has to do with REM-cycles then you can always do Trance-induction techniques.

There are serveral Topics about Relaxation & getting to sleep fast.
The one that works best for me is the ''Reversed Blinking''-technique: it allows me to fall asleep pretty fast ANYtime. I migh try it tonight while attempting WILD as well :)