Staying up late affecting dreaming?

**Mascot** · 09-13-2010 06:53 PM

I find when I stay up late my dreaming is nearly impossible to remember. So do you think I should get to sleep earlier? Like 12 or a bit earlier? Would this help my dreaming?

**Cacophony** · 09-13-2010 07:10 PM

I stay up pretty late, normally... I think what is important is getting the right amount of sleep. By that I mean, getting the same amount of sleep you would be getting were you to go to bed at a reasonable hour. Hope this helps!

**Mascot** · 09-13-2010 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by Cacophony

I stay up pretty late, normally... I think what is important is getting the right amount of sleep. By that I mean, getting the same amount of sleep you would be getting were you to go to bed at a reasonable hour. Hope this helps!

Thanks, I see what you mean.

**sisyphus** · 09-13-2010 07:28 PM

Light, sound, and temperature might be a factor when your sleep extends into the morning. I keep a late schedule but I wear a sleep mask and earplugs to sleep. And I programmed my heating/cooling thermostat to maintain the temperature.

**JamesLD** · 09-14-2010 09:56 AM

i have also noticed the later i stay up, sometimes the harder it is for me to recall my dreams, id recommend trying to get to sleep by 12 or earlier.

**Navtyr** · 09-15-2010 01:14 AM

I totaly agree with this. I think i'ts a bit of selfhypnosis (can't find the word but you know what i mean

) though, and i'm starting to get rid of this idea, allthough i have to admit, going to sleep late being all tired really impacts my recall. I'm trying to fix my sleep cycle and start going to bed at 11:00 not around 1 or 2am

Failing atm, since it's 2am, damn it.

**WarBenifit156** · 09-15-2010 04:08 AM

Here's a little trick I learned while looking around this site. If you go to bed like 3 hours earlier than you usually would you wake up multiple times during the night. Say if you go to bed around 11:00PM most of the time, then you went to bed at 8:00PM, you'd wake up multiple times a night. This helps remember your dreams. It might take you an hour to fall asleep but it helps out tremendously dream recall wise, also helps out with DEILD's also.

**Motley** · 09-16-2010 02:53 AM

Oh, wow warbenefit that's a great suggestion. I will try that next time I can get to sleep early.

I say late sleep definitely impacts dreaming and recall. I have been going really late due to homework, and I have zero recall right now. However, when I used to sleep at reasonable hours, I would have good recall and maybe evenn lucid dreams.

**Navtyr** · 09-16-2010 11:31 PM

I recently focused more onto recall after going to bed too late and found out, that i can still recall A LOT and it's mostly (read again MOSTLY) autosuggestion that you will fail at recalling. But that being said, i was still able to sleep for 12 hours, so basicly if you have to wake up early, going to bed early is a must of course. Even if you can sleep late, it's still better to go to bed before midnight. I just wanted to say, that recall is still possible