Thread: Can my bed help me achieve lucidity?

Originally Posted by shysweetiepie27

I'm wondering if where I sleep exactly on my bed help me get lucid.Just hear me out.A couple of weeks ago,I was about to go to sleep when I decided to sleep the opposite side of where I normally sleep (my head was where my feet are when i sleep).So that's when I had my first near-lucid dream.I was dreaming about having dinner with a family I don't even know of,when a little thought in my head said "hey,im dreaming" when I realized this,I guess I wasn't focused,because soon,I slipped back into the dream.Now,weeks later,I decided to try again.So yesterday I slept on the opposite side again.I did not have a lucid dream,but I did have a very wacky dream,it was different then my normal dreams.Thats why im thinking,that if I sleep on the opposite side of my bed,will i get a lucid dream?

First of all, I think it is really possible that shifting your original sleeping position can help you in achieving LD, though it's still not proven. I think there are 2 posibble answers why you had an LD when you changed your position: It might be just a coincidence or your body was not used to your new position.

Originally Posted by shysweetiepie27

Another question.How can you tell that you are dreaming,even if the dream is giving you cues,like my dream?Because when i dream sometimes I see cues that I know that are out of the ordinary in my mind,but i don't put two and two together,even with ques.how can i learn to recognize the cues completely?

I think recognizing cues really depends on the person. Maybe after sometime you'll be able to get used to recognizing what is real and what's just a dream.
Because you just said that you're used to take out your phone and check the time. I think it might really help changing your wallpaper to something like "You might be Lucid Dreaming" so that when you look at your phone and the wallpapers not that, you're might be dreaming.

If you have question/clarifications, feel free to ask

We usually sleep less deeply and more alerted in new places ( also different positions ). If usually you sleep alone and only sometimes with bed partner - same effects. Generally we seem to me more alerted in dreams when something changes in our daily(or rather nightly) sleep rutine.

As to the cues - dont wory - you will start to recognize them correcly. I had simmilar problem. With practice it will be enaugh to ask your self in a dream is this a dream and you will not need no cues. Thats my case, and opinion.
Good luck !

I doubt your position affects dreaming, unless it alters your breathing. However, a nice comfy mattress puts you into a deeper sleep, which may help you dream.

Thanks for all the answers guys.I do think though that sleeping on the opposite side will help.I tried again yesterday and I think that the dream was giving me clues again.I kept seeing posters and took out my phone once.but my problem now is that i dont put two and two together and realize that im dreaming.can anyone help me stop this

Maybe you need beter tests. The simpler the better - for example : try asking your self "how did i get here" or "what was i doing before".

I think sleeping in a different place and arrangement can certainly help you LD or WILD. We're conditioned into getting into our bed, facing the same way and going to sleep - the reason you get into bed and all of a sudden you feel really sleepy.

By facing the other way you're breaking this conditioning - you're able to completely change the way you fall asleep and the way you dream, especially if you do it with the intent that sleeping that way will attract lucid dreams