FILD help

**NightSpy2** · 04-17-2011 11:27 AM

Hey guys, you know how when you do FILD, you should only be doing it for about 20-50 seconds before you fall asleep? If you do it for longer, e.g. 5 min, does that decrease your chance of having a lucid dream? Or does that just mean that it will take you heaps longer to get to sleep?
Thanks.

**Brandon Heat** · 04-22-2011 09:08 AM

I don't know if the term or definition of FILD has changed since I've been gone, but it incorporates finger movement correct? From my experience as long as you are not moving your finger too much (I usually make it twitch barely) you should be fine seeing as how your body twitches in various places while you are sleeping. If the movement is too much you interfere with your body going to sleep and then it becomes detrimental.

Another thing to note would be keeping in your thoughts that your finger is moving until you fall asleep that tends to help a bit.

**NightSpy2** · 04-23-2011 08:57 AM

Yes it incorporates slight finger movement.

From my experience as long as you are not moving your finger too much (I usually make it twitch barely) you should be fine seeing as how your body twitches in various places while you are sleeping

So it doesnt matter if I do it for like, 5 min.. It just means it will take me longer to get to sleep?