My WILD (#1) Student Workbook

[Rush2112]

_______________________________________________ Assignment #1 - Introduction - Complete Each student must start a mandatory workbook and post every single WILD attempt they make. Each attempt will include: -The date of their WILD attempt and the approximate time -Whether they set an alarm to wake up, woke naturally, or attempted during a nap. -A detailed description of their WILD attempt _______________________________________________ WILD Attempt # 1 - Failed Date: July 27th Approximate Time (To Sleep): 1:00-1:30 Approximate Time (To Wake): 6:50 Type: Alarm Wakeup Description: I woke up at 6:50 to my alarm. The only recall I had was a fragment of a bikini or something. I got out of bed and went to the restroom. I came back and started to WILD. I laid on my left side with my left arm under the pillow and began to watch the "blackness". After a while when that didn't work I began to count numbers, and by 131 I just had the feeling that it wasn't going to work this time. I was not in sleep paralysis. The farthest I got was seeing a few flash dots and a bit of involuntary daydreams and stuff. I think I was too awake - going for the earlier REM period (5ish) will make a difference. _______________________________________________ Assignment #2 - Science of Sleep - Complete Students will analyze their own sleep schedules and sleep habits. From this they will decide on the best days and times they should make their WILD attempts. I find that most days I've slept approximately 10 hours. On an average night I go to bed at about 11:30-12:00 and it takes me probably 10 minutes to get into N1 sleep (as that stage is the light stage in which you have minimal awareness and don't recall having been asleep if awoken during it). Therefore, assuming I go to bed at 11:50 and begin N1 at midnight, the following would be an average (REM) sleep schedule: 1:30 - My first, short REM period begins. I find it unlikely that I'll remember a dream from this period unless I'm awoken from it. Won't last but a few minutes. Between 2:55 & 3:00 - My second REM period. Might last like five minutes. I may remember a dream from this if I awake in the middle of the night. Between 4:20 & 4:30 - My third REM period, we've reached a time where I might remember a vivid dream considering that this one would be about 10 minutes. *Possible time for a successful WILD, could be too early Between 5:40 & 6:00 - My fourth REM period, reaching a longer length of approximately 20 minutes. I'd remember a dream from here and many times naturally wake up after it. *Ideal time for a successful WILD Between 7:00 & 7:30 - My fifth REM period. Could be up to 30 minutes long - likely the source of my most vivid dreams. *Ideal time for a successful WILD Between 8:30 & 9:00 - My sixth and final REM period. Could be longer than 30 minutes - likely the source of my most vivid dreams. *Possible time for a successful WILD, could be too late _______________________________________________