Thread: New _ILD technique?

I actually fell into this from laziness this morning. But to my delight, it worked!

See, I fell asleep at about 1-1:20 AM, and set my alarm for 5:30 AM with the intentions of doing a WBTB. When I woke up from my deep sleep at 5:30, I had no recollections of any dreams. All I knew what that I was super-tired, in no mood to get up and try sleeping somewhere else or anything. So, after only moving my arm a foot or two to shut off the alarm, and maybe roll over a bit, I went back to sleep, not expecting to become lucid in whatever dreams were to come.

Well at first, I wasn't. But I did have a pretty vivid, 10ish minute dream. Then, the next thing I remember, I'm laying in my bed, thinking about sleep paralysis. But I moved my arm. Luckily, for some reason, I was convinced I was dreaming. I plugged my nose and was still breathing. Just to make sure, I tried it again, and could still breathe through it. I had a nice, 2 minute long lucid dream, easily the best I have achieved to date, in about a month of really trying.

So all this babbling aside, my theorized technique, which I will test again tonight, is as follows. (Note - this may not be very revolutionary or even original or anything but it has got me excited.)

Step 1 - Set your alarm for sometime in the middle of the night. I could be a lot smarter when it comes to your REM periods/cycles/whatnot, but the point is, your sleep should be INTERRUPTED, and when you wake, the only thing you should want is more shut-eye.

Step 2 - DON'T MOVE. Don't get out of bed. Don't move away to the couch or anything. Just remember why you set the alarm, and what you intend to do when you become lucid. (This may also be a good time to set a quick VILD scene) My point is, that you should keep most of your body still asleep, only switching your "mindset."

Step 3 - Drift back to sleep within moments, while hopefully remembering what just occurred during your dream, then performing an RC.

I have trouble getting back to sleep if I record a dream in my journal or try to think about what I want to dream about. It gets me too anxious. My thinking here is that you should be able to get to sleep quickly while also keeping a lucid mindset. Maybe a WILD would be easier? I don't know.

Thanks for reading.