Thread: Sozu's Workbook

For real, my dream recall have been awesome the previous days. Every day I have woke up with new recalls.
Today morning I recalled 2 vivid dreams.

Sick thing is that when I woke up I really thought that what I had in my dream, were realistic. Happends quite often, even that I asked my girlfriend about it. And then the dream in fact wasn't very realistic, unless you can really do magic and push a button to make a whole room clean up by itself

I am now on track with my dream journal again. However, I only note down my dreams now in mornings.
Before I were writing down times I gone to bed, which in fact wasted lots of papers when I didn't have any recall, so now I only write when I recall something so I don't end up with empty papers.
My sleep schedule is quite random, it's not always I go bed at the same time and same place.

When I were in Norway it were very different, some days had to go bed like 9pm, while then at home going bed between 11pm and 3am (but mostly been around 11pm to 1am).

Time has now passed 11pm and I will head to the gym in an hour or so. So I wont be sleeping before 2am or something like that.

Woa... 1.5 months of not tracking dreams >.<
Well, I decided today to do so, did decide for some week ago when I created my new website/blog.
Got one at Emil Niemi were I am writing general stuffs, art (graphic design and photography mostly), dream journal (I will write it in there) and fitness.

You know what? I got 2 sleep paralysis this morning.
First thought I had in my mind was "what am I gonna do?", it really felt scary and I didn't dare to try go lucid dream. Instead I fighted my way awake so I could move my body, and I success do that. Then almost instantly I went bed again and had in mind to just sleep.. but then it once again happened again so I fighted it again.
I regret actually that I didn't just try go lucid >.<

"Hej" LonelyCloud, I know a little broken Svenska by the way. I have been asked to help out in this DILD area to see if I can answer any questions. You mentioned having sleep paralysis twice the morning of your last entry. It sounds like you know what it is, but just in case, have you read this: http://www.dreamviews.com/wake-initi...explained.html

It is well worth reading! Are you one of the few that actually gets it from time to time? I have only had it truly once in my lifetime and it was unrelated to lucid dreaming.

Hej / Hey
Thansk for the link, I'll read that laters (gotta go off with my day soon).
I've got sleep paralysis quite rarely. This year I think I've had sleep paralysis like 2 or 3 times.
Last year I maybe had it 1 or 2 times. So it doesn't come often.

Recently I've started write up my dreams again, will continue do it and try improve my recall again.
[EDIT] I changed my username from LonelyCloud to Sozu here on dreamviews, so if it's later able to change name of the thread as it would be more correct :p had always wanted change username since 1,5 year back or so but hadn't enough points, now detected that I'd.

Originally Posted by Sozu

[EDIT] I changed my username from LonelyCloud to Sozu here on dreamviews, so if it's later able to change name of the thread as it would be more correct :p had always wanted change username since 1,5 year back or so but hadn't enough points, now detected that I'd.

Workbook name updated. I just had to figure out how to do it... Good luck with getting your recall back!

Yey, thank you!

Last night wasn't very good, I slept 3,5 hours.
I'd been working 4-9pm, then had to get to gf's place in order to get my stuffs as I were going to dads house overnight, time were like 11pm when I were done with dinner, and before I went to bed time were 2:30am.
Didn't expect to work today, but they called me in for work at 6am, I could deny but I really want to work and take all chances so I maybe can get full time job at the company later and also for the sake of the money. Wasn't that tired today though.

Time's soon 10pm, going to bed very soon, will have me an 7-8 hour sleep, then I'll go up in morning, go gym and then I've job for 8 hours.

What I really don't like is that I'm kind of call-in employee or whatever named, so when they need personal they call me in and every morning I thinking if they will call me in or not.
Anyway, now from wednesday to friday I have a schedule for the job so then it's great and I can plan my day and be sure to get enough sleep

On call employees can definitely have some challenges as it relates to getting lucid and even dream recall. You might want to focus you strongest efforts on days that you know you will have off if you can't control the schedule every day. Good luck and let me know if you have any questions!

Yeah
Now this upcoming 1,5 week I've a new job. It's political election here in Sweden (happens every 4th year) and I'll be counting votes from 15th to around 24th September so now I know I'll work 8am to 5pm everyday and be free on weekends.

I begun slowly with 'all day awareness' and a few reality checks whenever I remember (done 1 to 5 of them daily).

Dream recall is quite ok, and I started again the habit of writing down the dreams, even though I wake up 4am I now have started to actually write the dream down before I go sleep again.


I think I were close to becoming lucid today
I woke up about 10:30am with one quite short dream recall. I bicycle very much due it's economic and actually faster than taking the bus, and I've had unluck to get puncture etc, even one time for just a few weeks ago the tire that was just some month old, had got broken, a thin long hole in side of it, so the hose did leak/put out from that hole. So I bought new tires.

And today I bicycled to gym around 12:30 on daytime, was done 1 hour later, then I went to my bike I suddenly had a dream recall. I remember I'd a dream today or yesterday, where I dreamed that I had the problem with the tire again and the hose were showing. I asked myself in my dream "Haven't I already fixed this? I thought I had new tires".
But didn't think further and can't recall any lucid from that moment.
Anyway, feels like I were pretty close


Now these days I'm using the app Lucidity (or something like that), that got an ADA function, which simply is a icon on the taskbar topmenu that tells me to be aware. Also a reality check function that may be used in weekends when I'm free. And also using the function there that let me write down my dreams and later see all words I been using most of, to see possible dream signs.

It does sound like you were close. Good job getting back to doing your dream journal as I feel recall is important. Try to get on a regular sleep schedule during this 3 week assignment and see if you can continue the same schedule afterwards if possible. Good luck!

Yeaaah I thought I haven't tried enough of lucid dreaming. I've been relying on DILD just way too much. I think it must work much better to do techniques such as WBTB, SSILD etc.. where I simply wake up in night and then get back to sleep.
So I decided some days ago to actually make something out of this. As I know lately I need prior more sleep I think of also do it with lucid dreaming as well. What I prior most in life right now is family/relation and job/study, then after that I prior workout. And now after that, I will prior lucid dreaming and sleep as well. Because sleep I need more of, I slept bad the past month, slept around 5-7 hours a day mostly.

Purchased the fitbit flex when it was on extra price, mostly why I purchased it was to see how I sleep and the alarm function that vibrates, even though the step counter/pedometer that it is, is a huge plus.
So what I decided to do some days ago, were to start a simple blog on Googles blogspot/blogger.
Lets Lucid Dream
There I will write down all progress and dream recalls.
Then I also will write up on a spreadsheet that I've on that blog (under stats), whenever I have a recall, and also write up minutes of sleep I'd during night, which is captured by the fitbit I use.
So in long term I will make a line graph out of that to see if recalls increases.

Writing in my dream journal every morning have become my habit again.
Also I believe maybe turning off the sleep mode on fitbit (pressing it 5-6 times or so rapidly til it starts blink in an order) maybe could be also good for prevent false awakings possibly? idk.

I am very interested in SSILD technique and think of try it out maybe the upcoming week, and if I do, I will try do it for every day in a week straight and post result of it on the blog as well.

Doing all this, feels much more fun and gives motivation and surely experiences.

All the best with the blog! Since you are very interested in SSILD I would encourage you to try it for several weeks. Also, I think getting more sleep could help you out with all of your other priorities.

Writing in my dream journal every morning have become my habit again.
Also I believe maybe turning off the sleep mode on fitbit (pressing it 5-6 times or so rapidly til it starts blink in an order) maybe could be also good for prevent false awakings possibly? idk.

I am not sure what the fitbit is but a regular waking ritual can help catch FA's. You may notice that the fitbit blinking may be weird or you are writing in your DJ and notice that your writing is changing when you look back at it and realize it is actually an FA and grab a DILD!

Yeah, I will try SSILD for several week for sure
I was going to try it last night.. but really.. I went bed like 1am, woke up 5am by my fitbit vibrating alarm, then I put it off without even getting to the mind that I would try out SSILD, I was soooo tired. Though I succeed going out from bed last weekend when I woke up in morning. So now when I go bed I will really tell myself to get out of bed when the alarm goes off, if I falling asleep again I might need use normal alarm clock far away from bed (though I know I've been actually walking back to bed and fall asleep instantly before when I did it as well..), I do have lego though if that would be necessary, that had wake me up for sure.

I have some problems of going bed lately, time goes so fast in evenings.. it just runs by, time is 00:26 right now as I write, will go bed right now and fall asleep and put alarm on 5am

Weekends I sleep over at girlfriends place, now at her grandmothers place where I never slept over before.
One problem detected is that my fitbits vibration in the night seems not to wake me up, or I wake up but I'm so tired I can't think and just turn it off without kind of thinking/knowing and continue sleeping.
Didn't sleep any good the previous days, so today I've got me an 8 hour and 42 min sleep which is great, and girlfriend says I've been snoring (which is super rare I do), and that I didn't wanna wake up when she pushed on me.

I think I might add in ADA/Reality check very soon as well, maybe starting with it slowly today and each day try to increase it.

If it continues that I wont wake up middle of night I might start use the normal alarm clock instead.

Just saw your post in my friends activity.
Same thing is happening to me with my fitbit one. I've just set the vibrating alarm only two days per week, to see it helps me not getting used to it. Other things I might try is setting strong intention to completely wake up when I feel the vibration on those specific days. Oh and maybe wear it in a different place, although I don't know if the wristband will fit properly.

^Good ideas to experiment with. You can also try the water method. Drink enough water before bed that you feel the urge to get on up to urinate (whenever the alert you choose activates).

Originally Posted by Bharmo

Just saw your post in my friends activity.
Same thing is happening to me with my fitbit one. I've just set the vibrating alarm only two days per week, to see it helps me not getting used to it. Other things I might try is setting strong intention to completely wake up when I feel the vibration on those specific days. Oh and maybe wear it in a different place, although I don't know if the wristband will fit properly.

Oh alright I will do that.
I been trying a couple of more days with the fitbit flex, not been doing all the days but about every second night or so. Sometimes I wake up and I remember I turn it off.
I shall need use the normal alarm anyway I think, that makes me need to move out of bed.
For tonight, last night, I told myself before bed to wake up and go bathroom as my fitbit vibrates, I even put two timers. One at 5am and the other at 06:45 am, none of those alarms I ever felt.. or atleast remember I felt them. Maybe slept so deeply.

Originally Posted by fogelbise

^Good ideas to experiment with. You can also try the water method. Drink enough water before bed that you feel the urge to get on up to urinate (whenever the alert you choose activates).

Haha yeah, though I would be afraid to pee in my dream.




I decided, to convert the blogger blog to wordpress. Due I already have a paid webhost space with loads of space and wordpress with some neat themes and plugins, I also yesterday bought new domain that was supercheap and pretty cool.
Sozu.se it is, so I will later someday start build on it and make a dream journal with all my progress etc there

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