Printable View
I usually attain lucidity by WILDing; pretty much going to sleep and being completely aware as I enter the dream stage. I never do reality checks. I've had a lot of success doing this in REM mode, but is it possible to do it right when I go to sleep at night? Has anyone ever tried to stay completely aware when they enter the dream stage at the beginning of the night?
I've only had WILDing work once at the beginning of the night, and it usually takes me over an hour just to try and fail. It is so much easier to WILD in the middle of the night. That's my two cents on the subject.
My friend has done this before and yes I have done this before, but it is super hard. So unless the best technique in the world get's invented then I think we have to use WBTB to have any reliable success. Also we do dream during non-REM, however it is really strange and very hard to remeber dreaming in non-REM.
Never having tried this myself, I'm only speculating.
It would probably take much longer than waking in the middle of the night and preforming the technique, or, you would have to stay up for a long time until you were really close to falling asleep and then preform the necessary steps to attaining lucidity. I feel it would be better to simply stick with how it is.
well I never succeeded a WILD because when I set my alarmclock to go off 5 hours after having fallen asleep I usually sleep way to deep to really wake up by it. I either swith it off half consciously or sleep right through it. I don't know.
In order to test my awareness I have tried to stay conscious longer before falling asleep at night. It did end up in me experiencing some VERY strange sensations, sounds and visions.
But if I am correct the 5 stages of sleep make it ''pretty much'' impossible to consciously enter a dream at night. First 4 stages of the 5 stages are spent in a very deep sleep, where awareness in really low. It takes about 90 minutes after the first sleepcycle has started for you to start going into REM-sleep where Dreams are more Consciously experienced and therefor remembered.
An experience unremembered is an experience lost. I truely believe I've had Lucid Dreams and couldn't recall. An indication is when I sleep for a rediculously short amount of time, like only 2 or 3 hours and wake up feeling very refreshed and wellrested anywayz. I recently had such a night, remember very vivid dreaming but no details, and feeling completely rested after only 2 hours of sleep.
I actually just learned about this in a psychology class. It's nearly impossible but you could but your risking getting the correct sleep cycle. First your mind needs to enter a very deep sleep before it goes into the first REM cycle. You might just be more tired in the morning if you are able to enter straight into a dream at night.