Quick question aboud WILD'ing

[Woogie9593]

Hello everyone, i am generally new in this region but have tried lucid dreaming a few months ago for a while but i gave up. i recently decided to start trying again, and a lucid dream would really be a morale booster for me lol. Basically, during the WBTB method, you usually have to sleep a few hours and wake up to the point that your conscious. If you sleep for about 5-6 hours and wake up, is there a time limit in which u have to have to go back to sleep (regarding REM sleep etc.?) Is it possible to sleep for about 5-6 hours, get some stuff done for a few hours, and then rely on an afternoon nap and have a higher chance of attaining lucidity? (even though this could be a surefire way of ending up with sleep deprivation lol)

[Spyguy]

No, there isn't. It's really personal. For some people, 1 minute is enough. Others prefer half an hour. I wouldn't do much more than that if I were you though. If you do that you will be too awake and have a hard time falling asleep (lying still and stuff is ofcourse pointless if you can't fall asleep). I suggest starting with 10 to 15 minutes.

[faceonmars]

If I were to attempt a WBTB I would almost immediately try to fall back to sleep. You don't want those Beta brainwaves to start popping as you will become too awake to fall back asleep quickly.

[Darkmatters]

Naps do work - probably better for some people than others. If I'm tired enough I can get right to sleep after being awake for a few hours, but sometimes I can't. So it sort of depends on how well you're able to fall back to sleep.