I was just reading in another thread how someone gave up the idea of comfortable sleeping in order to encourage lighter sleep, more recall etc.

I had my first deliberate LD two nights ago while sleeping on the floor and wearing extra clothing.

So, I'm looking at safe ways to add discomfort to my sleeping arrangements. My ideas is, after I wake in the night (I usually wake about 4am with a dream to add to my DJ) I'll make my sleeping arrangements uncomfortable.

It's not just discomfort. I'm also interested in any using ways that may alert your subconscious that something is "a bit different" (this may send subconscious message you intend to LD?)

Any ideas?



- Wear shoes in bed. Tie the laces tighter than normal.

-Wear clothes

-Sleep on your side, place a hot water bottle so that when you roll onto your back, the heat wakes you.

-A couple of ice cubes placed so that you roll on them when changing sleeping position

-Go back to sleep with your head gently pressed against the headboard (ie, you just sleep further up the bed)

-Sleep with your feet dangling off the end of the bed (same again, you just experiment with sleeping further down the bed and try more/less each night)

- Tie a piece of ribbon to a fan so it makes a fluttering noise

-Wear a glove and force two fingers into one glove finger

-Wear a glove and form a 'punch' shape inside so your fingers can't extend

-Tape a glove to your bedside table. Put your hand inside it when you go back to sleep. When you move in your sleep and try to move you will either 1: Wake up a bit, in which case you can try to FILD, or 2 Stir enough to recognise a hand-related dreamsign

-Tie your hands together with either rubberbands or handcuffs (Safety first though, eh? Make sure you can get out of them quickly in emergency and don't cut off your circulation)

-Tilt the bed at an angle

- Sleep in a narrow space that inhibits/prohibits the changing of position in sleep (maybe on the floor, between the bed and the wall)


Why so many?

My theory is that you would become habituated to one, so need a variety of techniques.