Do you think energy or lack thereof affects how long you are able to stay lucid

**BlueApple** · 08-18-2014 01:35 AM

It occurred to me today that perhaps the more tired you are the easier it is to stay lucid for a lengthier amount of time. I say this because often people mention they get so excited when they realize they're lucid dreaming that they wake up.

When you're tired, however, waking up is more of a challenge.

I recently had a lucid dream when I was rather exhausted, and it was the longest one I've ever had. So I'm just wondering:

What do you think? Do you think how sleepy you are has any overall affect on how long you remain lucid?

**LucidityMaster** · 08-18-2014 01:39 AM

Well, as a lucid dreaming master, all of my lucid dreams occur in long chains that last up to an hour.

This happens regardless of how tired I am. But that's just me. Let's hear what others have to say.

**OneUp** · 08-18-2014 02:18 AM

You know what, this may be true. Although, either way, if you can contain your emotions you could stay in an LD as long as you want- but thats without mentioning things such as stabilization and such. So really I think this may be true to a point. Specifically, if I am mentally tired, I lose lucidity more easily. On the other hand, when Im mentally prepared and not tired, my lucids seem to be longer, but I'm not sure.

**Yumnش** · 08-18-2014 06:26 AM

I do think it is an option however I believe more factors play in on how long a person stays asleep and how long a lucid dream last. With decent control on maintaining calm during a lucid dream a person can prolong it to how long they can manage. Though when someone isn't great at control chances are they'll wake up faster like people who just had their first lucid dream, they aren't use to it or know how to control it so they wake up so quickly despite their physical conditions in waking life. It's very true that a person must remain calm when asleep regardless if it's a lucid dream or not as when someone is experiencing a nightmare in a dream they start to panic and quickly wake up or experience an FA. But overall my opinion I think it does add a benefit to how long a person stays asleep when they are tired because when someone is the opposite of tired they do not only have a hard time falling asleep but they wake up with in 2 hours or less from sleep ( From my own experiences ).

**MisakaMikoto** · 08-18-2014 08:57 AM

Yeah, remaining calm and peaceful in dream might actually replace stabilization techniques job for some people
Same goes for low lucidity dreams

**Laurelindo** · 08-18-2014 11:29 AM

I think that being very tired can have a negative effect on your dream recall, so that even if you technically had a long lucid dream you might not remember very much of it.

I think it's more important to be deeply relaxed when you fall asleep, rather than "very tired".
Personally I find it easiest to become lucid when I feel at ease and slightly tired in a pleasant and peaceful way, and have gone to bed early.