Night time or day time?

[Mckellion]

So when is the best time for YOU to attain a lucid dream? At Night time or Day time? Personally I find that a rarely have a lucid dream within my normal sleeping hours during the night. (I sleep about 6 or 7 hours at most) Instead I almost always get them when I have a sleep for an hour or 2 during mid day afternoon. For instance I start work at 7am and finish at 12pm I would then goto the gym for an hour and come back home, eat and then Nap for an hour or sometimes maybe 2 hours. But its during this nap time that I actually easily attain a lucid dream. And ALWAYS end up with sleep paralysis. And I will always be lying on my back facing up. Why am I not able to lucid dream at night time does anyone know and how and when is best for you to attain a lucid dream?

[gab]

Naps are great for lucid dreams. Since after whole nights sleep, our body knows, that we just slept, including the deep sleep. So during nap, it gets us almost instantly into REM. And I suspect, if you don't have the nap at same time every day, your mind is used to being awake at those hours, and if you sleep then, it will be more alert because of that. Do you set your intent before your nap?

[Laurelindo]

I'm not sure if this counts as Day or Night, but I tend to become lucid in the early morning, usually around 5 AM. It almost always happens during brief awakenings when I instantly fall asleep again. I have considered testing the WILD technique as well. I have had almost 30 lucid dreams now, so I should be ready for it.

[AnotherDreamer]

I'm not sure why, but my success rate for having LDs during the afternoon is almost 100%. I can't remember the last time I took a nap in the afternoon and failed to become lucid.

[Mckellion]

Good to hear its not just me guys. Yeah I wondered why always happens in the after noon and yeah Gab I do set alarms and intentionally try and lucid dream before and during the nap if thats what you mean.