Ways to wake during REM

[sk8bordgeek]

Is there any way to train yourself to wake during your REM period? I was thinking maybe hypnotism. I haven't seen any solid topic on this, so I thought I should make one.

[Awhislyle]

While lucid or not lucid? I have found it is very easy to wake myself if lucid through a certain technique. I developed this technique from when I was young and had many nightmares. All one does is blink very fast and deliberately and then start opening and closing your eyes as hard as fast as you can. This causes your waking life eyes to open and therefore you wake up. Very effective and easy to do. As far as waking up during REM without being lucid, I do not know of a way, sorry. What would be the reason to need to wake up?

[KuRoSaKi]

An alarm clock never fails since REM period sets in after about 5 hours so you could set an alarm to go off at that poing. There are also programs you can download to go off in sync with your computer clock. There is the "Fall Asleep With Covers Off" so you get cold at night and that wakes you up and you put em' back on this one works good. There are a lot of things on the forums you just got to look for them.

[imj]

Is there any way to train yourself to wake during your REM period? I was thinking maybe hypnotism. I haven't seen any solid topic on this, so I thought I should make one. Y would U want to wake up during REM period? Isn't that the time when U dream.... IMJ

[sk8bordgeek]

I mean, I've seen people that say they wake up naturally after dreams. Is there any way to train yourself to do so?

[EVIL JOE]

I think I read that people wake up after every dream, but it's usually so short of a time that we go right back to sleep afterwards. In the morning when most people get up (11 AM - 2 PM) I like to keep going back to sleep and sometimes have a few different dreams. I wake up after each one, but sometimes I'm still too tired to actually get up and write it down.

[Xanous]

An alarm clock never fails since REM period sets in after about 5 hours so you could set an alarm to go off at that poing. 5 hours? I wake from dreams after being asleep only 60 to 90 mins or am I just different? Actually I took a nap today and woke from a dream after about 45mins of sleep. Seems like everyone may be a little different. Am I wrong?

[imj]

I mean, I've seen people that say they wake up naturally after dreams. Is there any way to train yourself to do so? Well from experience from the light that goes off at a preset time..I'd say yes. It could be by setting some preset time that something will go off like a light or sound machine embeds the intention to wake up at that time..IMO anyways.... IMJ

[KuRoSaKi]

5 hours? I wake from dreams after being asleep only 60 to 90 mins or am I just different? Actually I took a nap today and woke from a dream after about 45mins of sleep. Seems like everyone may be a little different. Am I wrong? Nope your right I worded it wrong I meant to say An alarm clock never fails if you set it to wake you up in 5 hours REM period will have already set in and you can wake up and do a WILD or WBTB.

[Xanous]

Nope your right I worded it wrong I meant to say An alarm clock never fails if you set it to wake you up in 5 hours REM period will have already set in and you can wake up and do a WILD or WBTB. Oh ok thats for clearing that up

[tekkendreams]

While lucid or not lucid? I have found it is very easy to wake myself if lucid through a certain technique. I developed this technique from when I was young and had many nightmares. All one does is blink very fast and deliberately and then start opening and closing your eyes as hard as fast as you can. This causes your waking life eyes to open and therefore you wake up. Very effective and easy to do. As far as waking up during REM without being lucid, I do not know of a way, sorry. What would be the reason to need to wake up? that is how i exactly wake up from my nightmares to.