Thread: Sleeping outside the covers might help your awareness level

i think your technique is similar to how the novadreamer works, good idea though

I know what you mean, Big Daddy (tee hee). I woke up at my house because I was cold, sleeping over the covers. When I went back to sleep, it was the closest I had to WILDing, and almost became lucid.

the same thing happened to me the other day. I came home around 2:00 PM and I selpt on my bed fully clothed and I had an LD withing 2 hours of sleeping. I wasn't lucid for very long, but that still counts.

Update: I tried this technique on my days off and found out that even if I slept with the lights and tv off I would still wake up feeling very aware and sort of filled with energy when I slept outside the covers.

This new evidence rules out t.v. and light as definate factors and it appears the lack of comfort, and the breaking of habit, of sleeping outside the covers might be what causes this to happen.

Please feel free to try this someday and hopefully validate my hypothesis. Everyone is different so it would be nice to see if it checks out for more people....

P.S. Set an alarm clock for 5 hours after you fall asleep, in case you don't wake up on your own....

Slept outside covers yesterday.... Well, dreams were VERY interesting, and I went lucid 2 times...

Will try it again today

Heh, you Smith wannabe ! Well, I'm gonna have to try this, since I didn't have a lucid for quite a long time and I'm willing to try anything. Let's hope it'll work Why is "energy" so important to WILD ? If it is you could simply take a shower or wash your face instead of freezing your balls off

lol, he said "fully clothed" so dont worry about ur ballz

Originally posted by Ev
lol, he said \"fully clothed\" so dont worry about ur ballz

Well, Truthbearer, my favourite bearer of truth, I'll buy it. I will try your technique tonight. Clothes on, no covers, lights and TV off. I NEVER sleep above the covers, so this will definitely be a big change for me. I'll let you know tomorrow then how it pans out.

Question: bra on or off?

Originally posted by OpheliaBlue
Question: bra on or off?

I wonder..... naw, I'd probably just dream all night that a boa constrictor had me! =P

Well, Truthbearer, my favourite bearer of truth, I'll buy it. I will try your technique tonight. Clothes on, no covers, lights and TV off. I NEVER sleep above the covers, so this will definitely be a big change for me. I'll let you know tomorrow then how it pans out.

Question: bra on or off?[/b]

Here, Here! This will be my first time sleeping outside the covers also. This sounds like it would work to. As to your question. I would say on, but probably a sports bra

Well crap, I tried it but at some point in the middle of the night I pulled the covers over myself. And not only did I awake with covers over me, but I had zero dream recall! How weird is that?!

Next time, I'll try it with all the blankets and sheets removed and hidden in the closet.

I managed to sleep above my covers, but god that was a horrible night. I was so umcomfortable. It might've been because It was a little hot and I was wearing all my clothes though.

I didn't get any Lucid dreams, but my dream recall went through the roof even though I've been neglecting my dream journal for a while to. I'll try this again tonight.

ack...I have a very thick cover that is as thick as a quilt....oo;....It's hard to sleep without it...But I'll try it tonight..xD.....

In this weather, I would get hypothermia
Thanks but no thanks

Wow!!!! I wrote this thread in May 3rd, and it has just flourished as of now!!!! Happy!!!!

Anyway, I am glad to see some of you are already getting results because of this technique. The other day I fell asleep inside the covers with the T.V on (fell asleep during the second showing of Conan!!! ). Anyway, I also woke up feeling pretty aware. This means that sleeping outside the covers with the t.v on is probably better than just sleeping outside the covers. Of course, it is also harder, but worth a try.

Anyway, keep on posting your results. If we get enough good results and all we might be able to make this an official method!!!! Kind of like something to use in combination with a WBTB method and WILD, for more enhanced and effective results!!!

Well, I've been successful the last two nights in remaining above the covers, but have been unsuccessful at getting to sleep...crap insomnia...

But as soon as my body gives out to exhaustion, I'll be passing out above those covers!

now see? if i hid the covers.. i would hunt them down in my sleep.. literally. If i'm uncomfortable, i usually sleepwalk (or have night terrors, i'm a bit confused between them). Yeah i like to be cool at night to get dreams.. if i'm too warm i have none.

And if i wake up cold, i am fully aware.

By the way opheliablue (is that screenname supposed to be a joke?? get it "I'll feel ya bluee"... nevermind...), truthbearer pmed me and told me he usually slept with his bra on.

This doesn't sound like Truthbearer's regular annoying topics. I'm gonna try this technique but I have a question. I have a bunk bed and I put covers around it to block out sunlight. Should I take that off? And also, fan on or off?

fan should be off.. you will FREEZE if its on, trust me.. not a good thing (insomnia might get ya too)

Originally posted by wasup
By the way opheliablue (is that screenname supposed to be a joke?? get it \"I'll feel ya bluee\"... nevermind...)

Here I'm going to pull a paperdoll trick

Check here: http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Stage/95...elia_frame.html
Note the word 'blue'
Enlightened?

Then look up Ophelia at www.dictionary.com
Further enlightened yet?

If so, look here : http://www.nalasgallery.com/art-prints/ENO-SA127

If so again, then continue to look here : http://scisun.nybg.org:8890/searchdb/owa/w...this_id=4423837

Taking into account the personality of OpheliaBlue, I believe that url number 1 and 3 more accurately explain her choice of internet handle.

[EDIT]
Or is the real reason revealed for us in this url? - http://www.hotgiftscoolgadgets.com/erol.html#7691x0&&
After all, she usually has LDs with sexual connotations

She obviously prefers the blue ones.. harhar 8)

[EDIT #2]
Geez.. if I carry on like this, I'll be an internet stalker... if there is such a thing...

By the way opheliablue (is that screenname supposed to be a joke?? get it \"I'll feel ya bluee\"... nevermind...), [/b]

Har har har, you're punny.....

Taking into account the personality of OpheliaBlue, I believe that url number 1 and 3 more accurately explain her choice of internet handle.[/b]

Hehe Placebo, you said "handle"...........

No but seriously, I can't tell you how thrilled I am to have a possible internet stalker, and well, underwear named after me. Your research is noteworthy and shall not go unrewarded.

Hey, I think I know exactly what you mean about being more aware after sleeping with clothes on and on the cover.
I have never had a LD ( ) so I cant tell if its easier to have one while sleeping on the cover.
I will try this tonight, maybe I will get my first LD?

so placibo is talking about getting sick from the cold? and truthbearer must live somewhere in the southlunds (usa, georgia, florida ect) where i live (washington) its hot in the day (91 deg F as of now) and flippin cold during the night, so, post where you live when you post results...

i will try this tonight

I don't live anywhere near the US...

Anyway, the way I see it, the heat/cold really has nothing to do with it. Sure it might make it more difficult to go to sleep if you're cold, but that still has nothing to do with the awareness level/results...