The ticking of the clock....Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock...

It is incredibly, INCREDIBLY distracting for me, when I'm trying to induce a Lucid Dream.

Every time I try, at some point, my mind thinks "I wonder how long I've been doing this?" and then my mind will IMMEDIATELY focus on the clock, and it's near to IMPOSSIBLE to get my mind off of that clock, and each tick seems to get louder and it's REALLY annoying.

But then I don't want to take out the battery of my clock because then when I wake up I won't know what the time is and it would be a horrible hassle to have to reset my clock every single morning.

Anybody else have similar problems?

Anybody else have a way to stop my mind from focusing on the sounds within my room? Because it always happens when I feel that I'm on the very threshold of becoming lucid. :(:(:(

And if it's not the clock, it'll be the whining of the fans within my PC, or it'll be the clock from my brother's room (yes, I actually can hear it in the night) or it'll be the creaking of the window, or it'll be the cars driving past, and there always seems to be something distracting me, and the very second my mind focuses on something, that's it, I might aswell give up for that day because I'll never regain my focus.

I don't have earplugs.

Assuming your method is WILD...

It's hard to ignore stuff, especially when it's already caused so many problems. What's wrong with going out and buying a $2 pair of earplugs? That's what I suggest. Either that, or eliminate the cause. Unplug your computer, put the clock in another room. And if you can't manage that for whatever reason, then I suggest something a bit different... (Come to think of it, it might just work!)

Listen to the ticking. Just try it. With each tick, you know you are closer to your lucid dream. Tell yourself that. Also, I'd start earlier in the morning, as it seems you are too awake to WILD, by your description of symptoms. But yeah, like I said, try listening to the ticking. Go ahead, concentrate on it. It'll give you the exact same effect as concentrating on your breathing. It'll keep your logical mind awake as you fall asleep. Not to mention you'd think the rhythm itself would help you enter that state...

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Originally Posted by Abra

Assuming your method is WILD...

It's hard to ignore stuff, especially when it's already caused so many problems. What's wrong with going out and buying a $2 pair of earplugs? That's what I suggest. Either that, or eliminate the cause. Unplug your computer, put the clock in another room. And if you can't manage that for whatever reason, then I suggest something a bit different... (Come to think of it, it might just work!)

Listen to the ticking. Just try it. With each tick, you know you are closer to your lucid dream. Tell yourself that. Also, I'd start earlier in the morning, as it seems you are too awake to WILD, by your description of symptoms. But yeah, like I said, try listening to the ticking. Go ahead, concentrate on it. It'll give you the exact same effect as concentrating on your breathing. It'll keep your logical mind awake as you fall asleep. Not to mention you'd think the rhythm itself would help you enter that state...

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I see...interesting idea, I'll have to try that.

It might just work. :banana:

Hi, get rid of the clock...use a watch..:).

IMJ

The two places I've had the most success with LDs - my living room couch here and the living room at our place up north - both have ticking clocks. I've wondered whether that isn't a factor in it for me.

i tried to enter sp at my grandparents but their clock jsut ticks and ticks. its so loud.