Thread: A method for WILD

Spring break? It's almost summer... I have a semi-relevant fact though that I don't really remember. Someone may have to verify or correct me.

In the early morning hours, right as it transitions from dark to light out, that's when you have the most seratonin (or melatonin I forget which) in your body. There is a correlation between (seratonin or melatonin) and the vividness of dreams? So, going to bed then would be the optimal time to attempt a WILD, based on that metric.

Are you aware of going right into a deep sleep? That may hinder your effort.

I dont know about that, DistantClone, but I do know that near the end of a night of sleep, your REM periods get longer and closser together. So your best chance for a WBTB happens about 2-3 hours before you normally awake.

I dont think that staying up all night would induce lucid dreams. For me personally, I rarely have dreams if I stay up all night

I would reccommend going to bed at your usual time

I think that if staying up causes you to want to go to sleep more, than it would help along with WILD to induce LDs. You would hopefully still be conscious enough to stay focused yet sleepy enough as well, which should be your key factors to WILDing.

I recommend just going to bed at your usual time or not much later. A good nights sleep (8.5+ hours for me) leads to good recall for me. This way when you WILD after 5-6 hours of sleep you will be reasonably tired, but not enough to fall asleep naturally (hopefully). I haven't actualy tried WILDing, but from what I understand, if you are too tired, then it is very difficult to find the right balance and go into a lucid dream.

Update!
I've been stuck with a cold since friday, and sunday I decided to stay up as long as possible since I thought lucids would be out of reach until I recovered. I stayed up until 5:30 p.m. Monday until I wanted to try WILD. That was an utter failure. When I woke up at like 4:30 a.m. today , I wanted to sleep but couldn't. Then around seven, I remembered that if you turn the volume down really low, just above comprehensible, it could help LD. I did so, (this happened 15 minutes ago. still fresh) and when my eyes were closed for a time, I could feel a twitch in my mind. I sort of had HI but I wasn't sure. Then it happened; All in my eyes went grey/green and I heard in a robotic voice saying "your dreaming" over and over. So I started counting trying to transition. I pictured a ledge, and a green claw suddenly was on it. I didn't reach lucidity though, as I snapped out of it. I tried to hold my breath hoping it was a false awakening, but it wasn't. Well progress is progress.