Thread: using the body clock = very vivid dreams

hello all

the other night, i decided to wake my self up for a WBTB using my body clock. as i was going to sleep, i actualy set it.
i remembered the feeling/state of mind, when trying to judge time. used those memories of those feelings to access the part of my brain which judges the passing of time.

i wanted to wake up at 4 in the morning, i woke up at 3:55. whoopie. but that wasnt the amazing thing. what was amazing was i had 3 INCREDIBLY vivid dreams up until i woke up.
in the last dream my best friend died, i went though the funeral, helping his parents, relatives and friends get through the trauma. it wss horrible, it felt so real that when i woke up, i genuinly thought he was actualy dead, it took me about 15 seconds to figue out it was a dream.

setting my body clock must have kept a particular part of the brain active

bottom line. to all you DILDers out there, set your body clock. and you will probably:

-increase the chance of a DILD
-make the DILD more vivid aka FUN


sweet dreams, im of to bed now

Yeah, sometimes that'll work wanting to get up at the time that you do, and then you actually get up at that time. Were they lucid dreams?

so how do you set a body clock? Do you just tell yourself your gonna wake up at a certain time?

lol at your dream. About 5 years ago I had this dream where My best friends younger bro died. It was probably one of the vividest dreams of my life, there was this guy with a gun holding him hostage, and the dream ended when he was shot in the back twice.

I literally remember laying in bed for a long time thinking about how his death would effect my friendship with his older bro and I felt really said for his family until I finally realized it was a dream


Interesting technique. If I can get into the right zone I will try something similar to it tonight.

Originally Posted by legonut4

so how do you set a body clock? Do you just tell yourself your gonna wake up at a certain time?

That's basically it, but you really have to believe i think.

lets say you are going to bed at 11, and want to wake up at 4. tell yourself you are going to wake up then.

then try to imagine the feeling of five hours passing.

it sounds wierd, and is very hard to describe. but as you lay in bed, just play around with the concept of time, what it feels like, how you interpret it, and you will see what i mean

Yes, I do the same thing.
Although, I set my alarm just in case I don't naturally wake up.

I have had my alarm clock for over a year now, and I have only heard it go off three times. I usually wake 5 minutes before the time.

I could see this being useful for weekday mornings. Does it feel like being woken up by an alarm when you wouldn't otherwise, or does it feel like you've slept in?

Originally Posted by Souperman22

I could see this being useful for weekday mornings. Does it feel like being woken up by an alarm when you wouldn't otherwise, or does it feel like you've slept in?

It feels natural.
Like you are suppose to get up.

=] =] try it

Originally Posted by mrdeano

It feels natural.
Like you are suppose to get up.

=] =] try it

That's amazing. I really do have to try that. So much stuff to try off this site. Too bad night only happens once a day.

I've done it before, but not sure if I had vivid dreams. I'll try it and see if I do.

I do this quite often but have never made a connection between this and vividness.

I have good recall and very vivid dreams so maybe your on to something.