Question about staying in a dream.

**USA** · 03-19-2011 06:45 PM

LAst night I becam lucid for the first time, and in about 5 seconds my alarm went off. I tried to dreamspin but I woke up too fast. Any way you can think of that I can stay in my lucid dream? That mad me very mad..

**Nilabimini** · 03-19-2011 07:56 PM

I think maybe it depends... deepening techniques is something that I am currently trying to practice right now... someone posted a link for me on Dream Stabilization and Clarity Tutorial. I printed it out and it is now what I incorporate with my daily RCs so that once I'm in, I will automatically do that to deepen and maintain my lucids.

**USA** · 03-19-2011 08:11 PM

You mean like get deep in the dream so I can't hear my alarm? Or just stabilizing my dream because I did stabilize it but I still woke up.

**Nilabimini** · 03-19-2011 09:41 PM

Well, I'm assuming that you need the alarm to wake up or you would not have set it... if not, then why are you setting an alarm to disturb your sleep unless it is a technique you are trying out?!

I just meant to anchor yourself in the dream so that it is as real as possible so that you don't get ripped out of it.... if you start to feel the dream fading, grab onto something, even if it's you or your shirt...something to link and ground yourself to the dream.

I thought spinning may be a bit uneasy if you are already in the process of losing the dream? I thought it was better if you wanted to quickly change the dream setting or environment.

But you could also look into getting an alarm that turns off automatically so that you don't have touch it at all. I always use the alarm on my phone, I actually have 3 different ones I use, but my phone is an android. I have my normal phone alarm, which is my last and final resort when I absolutely must get up. Then I have my auto off alarm after about 5-10 seconds in to wake me during REM sleep. And then I have my alarm that is in my ElectricSleep app, which tracks my sleep movement and patterns to wake me about and hour before my last resort alarm based on how much I have slept from my movement.

Other than that I'm not quite sure what you are looking for, how to stay in a lucid dream while your alarm is blaring away??....not sure if that is possible unless you sleep like a rock

**USA** · 03-19-2011 09:54 PM

Yeah, I havent had a lucid dream for a while so I wanted to set my alarm to get myself up for another try if I fell asleep normally. But sadly I became lucid seconds before my alarm went off... I didn't know about the anchoring technique touching something, I'm definitely gonna use that if I ever need it ! I wanna get an alarm that shuts itself off. I usually use my iPod or DSi as an alarm but they don't shut off automatically. Yeah, lol i wish i could sleep through my alarm i didn't want to leave the dream! thanks for the help though!

**Nilabimini** · 03-19-2011 10:05 PM

Depending on how long you usually sleep, say if you usually sleep 8 hours.... try setting your alarm to wake you up at 6 hours, then stay up for 2 hours, the half hour right before you go back to sleep make note of what you will be doing (lucid dreaming, flying etc.), then go back to sleep with those thoughts fresh in your mind and sleep for another 2-3 hours.

These are new things I will be attempting after reading Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by Stephen Laberge that my mentor recommended... REM sleep and higher probability for LDs occurs towards the end of sleep, so if you are sleeping 8hours instead of 6, you usually have a higher chance of attaining lucidity. WBTB has been the only method thusfar to work for me.