Thread: Bored during WBTB!

whenever I try a WBTB method, I always find myself finished reading dream related tutorials after about 20 minutes. What can I do, that wont compromise my WBTB performance? can listening to music or watching a movie (not necessarily dream related) or even playing my guitar for 30 mins before, then read tutorials for 30mins before going back to bed stand any chance of working?

I guess with WILD being awake is more important than having a head full of thoughts of dreams, which you need for MILD? am I right?

anyone got any advice, cuz I usually just end up going back to bed early and tired and falling asleep.

Try this when you wake up don't move or even open your eyes and get back to sleep and see how that works. This has a 100% success rate with me.

wouldnt you be so tired you just fall right back to sleep, unaware? how do you combat this? do you sleep closer to 6 hours not 5?

I find that a good way to keep yourself active is to imagine what you intend to do in the lucid, it keeps you in a good state of mind and you have things fresh on your mind for when becoming lucid, you can plan things to how you want them.

Originally Posted by james_jlc

wouldnt you be so tired you just fall right back to sleep, unaware? how do you combat this? do you sleep closer to 6 hours not 5?

Originally Posted by Lucid Seeker

I find that a good way to keep yourself active is to imagine what you intend to do in the lucid, it keeps you in a good state of mind and you have things fresh on your mind for when becoming lucid, you can plan things to how you want them.

To first quote No, if you noticed that you have woken up focus on a dream or a dream you just had this will keep you aware and accomponied with your extreme drowsiness from having woken up seconds ago you will fall back to sleep extremely quickly allowing another dream that will most likely be lucid to follow suite.

I also agree with Lucid Seeker's statement.

I think reading a book can be helpful, and it doesn't have to be LD related. I think that by reading a book you're exercising your imagination and that should help.

I have been trying to just lay in bed when I wake up without getting up because I'm not a fan of staying up for 30-60-90 minutes in the middle of the night. I feel sooooooo tired though and I don't stay conscious. It didn't work yesterday when I tried this, but it did give me some freaky dreams.

Originally Posted by Brandon Heat

Try this when you wake up don't move or even open your eyes and get back to sleep and see how that works. This has a 100% success rate with me.

but make sure you keep your mind focused on lucid dreaming and try to see the dream, dont just forget it and fall back asleep

I'm sure 20 minutes would be enough, but then again it's different for everyone. I had a lucid last night and I was only up during WBTB for about 10 minutes. I would say go ahead and listen to music or whatever you want to, but the last thing you do before you fall asleep should be lucid dream related, so maybe the last 10 or 20 minutes of your being awake could be reading tutorials