using the body clock = very vivid dreams

[pond weed]

hello all

the other night, i decided to wake my self up for a WBTB using my body clock. as i was going to sleep, i actualy set it.
i remembered the feeling/state of mind, when trying to judge time. used those memories of those feelings to access the part of my brain which judges the passing of time.

i wanted to wake up at 4 in the morning, i woke up at 3:55. whoopie. but that wasnt the amazing thing. what was amazing was i had 3 INCREDIBLY vivid dreams up until i woke up.
in the last dream my best friend died, i went though the funeral, helping his parents, relatives and friends get through the trauma. it wss horrible, it felt so real that when i woke up, i genuinly thought he was actualy dead, it took me about 15 seconds to figue out it was a dream.

setting my body clock must have kept a particular part of the brain active

bottom line. to all you DILDers out there, set your body clock. and you will probably:

-increase the chance of a DILD
-make the DILD more vivid aka FUN


sweet dreams, im of to bed now

[topten35]

Yeah, sometimes that'll work wanting to get up at the time that you do, and then you actually get up at that time. Were they lucid dreams?

[legonut4]

so how do you set a body clock? Do you just tell yourself your gonna wake up at a certain time?

[wet_roof113]

lol at your dream. About 5 years ago I had this dream where My best friends younger bro died. It was probably one of the vividest dreams of my life, there was this guy with a gun holding him hostage, and the dream ended when he was shot in the back twice.

I literally remember laying in bed for a long time thinking about how his death would effect my friendship with his older bro and I felt really said for his family until I finally realized it was a dream :P


Interesting technique. If I can get into the right zone I will try something similar to it tonight.

[topten35]

so how do you set a body clock? Do you just tell yourself your gonna wake up at a certain time?

That's basically it, but you really have to believe i think.

[pond weed]

lets say you are going to bed at 11, and want to wake up at 4. tell yourself you are going to wake up then.

then try to imagine the feeling of five hours passing.

it sounds wierd, and is very hard to describe. but as you lay in bed, just play around with the concept of time, what it feels like, how you interpret it, and you will see what i mean

[mrdeano]

Yes, I do the same thing.
Although, I set my alarm just in case I don't naturally wake up.

I have had my alarm clock for over a year now, and I have only heard it go off three times. I usually wake 5 minutes before the time.

[TJuulsgaard]

I also tell myself to wake up at 3 o'clock and i most often do. I don't get any DILD's to speak of though, so guess that it isn't the same part of the subconsiuos mind that is used for the "internal clock"?!?

[pond weed]

i tried it again last night and i got some very vivid dreams, i did wake half an hour early though.

i have not been trying to DILD, because i dont have time for reality checks during the day, my life just got very busy.
are there any DILDers who could try this, this seems very interesting and I would like to find out more about the effects of using the body clock.

thanks for the reply's all

[Elkfazer]

I also tell myself to wake up at 3 o'clock and i most often do. I don't get any DILD's to speak of though, so guess that it isn't the same part of the subconsiuos mind that is used for the "internal clock"?!?

I find the mind fascinating in this respect that you can suggest something to it and then have the desired result after a while, such as waking up at a specific time of the night. I would say that it could well be the same part of the subconscious that either wakes you up at that particular time or indeed actually makes you aware that you're dreaming, it's all about the power of suggestion, intent or wish-fulfilment, probably a combination of all 3.

Look at it another way, how many of us here at the start of our LD journeys could remember regular dreams at night or remember how many times we woke up and at what time etc, but now, we can remember 2-3 dreams after waking and even try WILDing or DEILDing because we're now aware of what state we're in?

It's a work in-progress for most of us here, but it's still very satisfying even noticing the small improvements along the way :)

[yuriythebest]

the first time I tried using my body clock I intended to wake up at 3am- woke up 2:58 - the accuracy astonished me. Though the night after that I woke up at 4-5 am- since then I always keep a backup alarm

[Souperman22]

I could see this being useful for weekday mornings. Does it feel like being woken up by an alarm when you wouldn't otherwise, or does it feel like you've slept in?

[mrdeano]

I could see this being useful for weekday mornings. Does it feel like being woken up by an alarm when you wouldn't otherwise, or does it feel like you've slept in?

It feels natural.
Like you are suppose to get up.

=] =] try it

[Souperman22]

It feels natural.
Like you are suppose to get up.

=] =] try it

That's amazing. I really do have to try that. So much stuff to try off this site. Too bad night only happens once a day.

[Admiral41]

I've done it before, but not sure if I had vivid dreams. I'll try it and see if I do.

[FlyFree]

I do this quite often but have never made a connection between this and vividness.

I have good recall and very vivid dreams so maybe your on to something.

[Tranquil Toad]

I don't see how this has anything to do with vivid dreams, how would waking up by your internal clock help the vividness of dreams you had before waking?