Compter/TV Hindering LD Ability?

[Rosewhip137]

I'm not quite sure where I heard it, but I read/heard somewhere that electronics, specifically watching TV or playing a computer can negatively impact your ability to have a LD. I'm not sure why, something about your brain being set to a different frequency after watching TV. Can anyone dispel this as a rumor or confirm it please? Many thanks.

[cygnus]

tv puts your mind into a passive state, but isn't too bad if you skip the commercials... i suppose.. i don't really watch a whole lot. i use my computer to help me with my practice, actually. i've made photo sequences and videos that help out.

[Folqueraine]

I wouldn't think so... I haven't really researched this, but last night I had my first LD in over a year, and I became lucid when I realized that I was in the environment of Oblivion, the videogame I've played a lot recently. I think getting immersed in virtual environments such as a videogame may actually help you recognize the "alternative" state that dreaming is.

[lucidisfree:)]

I'm not quite sure where I heard it, but I read/heard somewhere that electronics, specifically watching TV or playing a computer can negatively impact your ability to have a LD. I'm not sure why, something about your brain being set to a different frequency after watching TV. Can anyone dispel this as a rumor or confirm it please? Many thanks. yep ive read this aswell.. i think i saw it on lucidology 101 on youtube

[IndigoGhost]

Simply put, Anything that makes you go Auto-Pilot is detrimental to improving the consciousness needed to achieve lucidity.

[imj]

I'm not quite sure where I heard it, but I read/heard somewhere that electronics, specifically watching TV or playing a computer can negatively impact your ability to have a LD. I'm not sure why, something about your brain being set to a different frequency after watching TV. Can anyone dispel this as a rumor or confirm it please? Many thanks. My personal opinion is that it has more to do with passive awareness brought on by watching a screen for too long as part of lifestyle. Think about it...your perceptions confined to a square screen with moving images that..'replaces' reality. And reality becomes 'blanked' out from the mind because of the screen....Passive Awareness. IMJ

[Loaf]

BS.

[jcwarrior91]

I heard this somewhere, too. I heard that it changes your brain waves and puts your brain on an alpha wave frequency which causes alertness and does not help you fall asleep.

[Mzzkc]

I pretty much spend my life in front of screens. I can LD just fine.

[Loaf]

I pretty much spend my life in front of screens. I can LD just fine. Me too.

[Xedan]

It could be brain waves. I think Beta is the normal one during the day (although i may be confusing them) and alpha and delta are pretty good for things like LDs