No, this won't affect your ability to become lucid. |
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Hi everyone. I'm new here and while I had a couple lucid dreams in my childhood I haven't had one since. I was wondering: I wake up two or three times every night to go to the rest room. Will this effect my ability to become lucid? I am trying the MILD technique, but I think I may try a WBTB tonight. |
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No, this won't affect your ability to become lucid. |
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I would argue that it should actually help you to become lucid, especially if you set intent to have a lucid dream or do a more involved practice during the time that you are up and awake…basically turning it into a WBTB like you are considering doing tonight. Good luck! |
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Something important for every newbie: http://www.dreamviews.com/general-lu...-read-imo.html
Listen while you work or before bed? http://www.dreamviews.com/dreamviews-podcast/
More great audio: http://www.dreamviews.com/dreamviews-audio/
My lucid dreaming journey: http://www.dreamviews.com/members/fo...boutme#aboutme
Thank you dolphin and fogelbise, that's a relief off my mind. I'm not sure I'd be able to try to sleep through the night. Fogelbise, I love the idea of using the wake ups to initiate a WBTB. I usually go right back to sleep after I have done my business, but maybe I could stay up, wake up a bit, then try a WBTB. |
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Waking up naturally during the night is incredibly helpful! It gives you many additional opportunities to remember dreams and to observe the processes of falling asleep and waking up, all of which are helpful for getting lucid. Motivation and planning is needed to make the best use of these opportunities, though. It's all too easy to just get up, use the bathroom, and go back to sleep without any real intention or awareness. |
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"You have to play the game to find out why you're playing the game." —eXistenZ (1999)
Thank you Verre. I tried the WBTB last night. No luck. But I'll be patient. I had a particularly vivid dream before I tried. Except I didn't want to use it because it was a dream about bees invading my home and trying to sting out my eardrum! Not sure whether that would be a good setting for my first lucid. Thank you for your advice, this is really helpful. With waking up naturally I don't have to set my alarm, which I hate. I can just use one of my bathroom breaks for the WBTB. |
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After I read this I noticed that your profile picture is also a bee! I wonder if seeing it while you were using DV unconsciously primed you for the dream about bees. If so, maybe the dream was trying to remind you to get lucid! It's funny how our intentions sometimes manifest in our dreams in strange ways. |
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"You have to play the game to find out why you're playing the game." —eXistenZ (1999)
The picture is of a bumblebee I took in my front yard several years ago. Yes, I think you are right and my mind was trying to get me lucid. I went lucid last night, so my consciousness was on the tipping point. I don't mind waiting a night if it means I didn't go lucid in the bee stinging dream! |
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