Thread: No LDs! How do you know you are progressing?

Originally Posted by DarkestDarkness

I did want to ask something to those here who mentioned WBTB and mid-sleep alarms, etc.

Do you have a partner/significant other with whom you sleep with? If you do, how do you deal with that aspect when setting an alarm for doing WBTBs? The main reason I haven't done these in years (which I did find effective in some senses) is that I can't reliably wake myself up without waking my partner up; even without an alarm, whenever one of us becomes awake, the other tends to become awake too.

My partner is not into dreaming in the same way that I am, so interruptions to their sleep are not as welcome. I haven't done a WBTB in over five years as a result of this, anyway.

I think the best method is to start with an alarm. Maybe sleep on the couch? After a few days, you should be in the habit, and will wake up at that time automatically. Another option is to drink a lot of water before bed, then whenever you wake up to go to the bathroom, drink more. This will get you in the cycle of waking up after every dream to use the bathroom. Bonus - you'll have excellent hydration levels.