sleeping during the day = more vivid dreams?

**EthyWoo** · 12-14-2013 09:34 PM

okay so my question is, could sleeping at day time; e.g. 11 am -2:30 pm cause vivid dreams?

because i had woken up after 4 hours sleep driven from a one town to another (about 1:30 hours) stayed up for another hour and then gone to bed again at 11 am and i had some Weird, vivid dreams hahaha.

**Validus** · 12-18-2013 06:44 PM

I really have no idea if sleeping during day time hours actually has a significant effect on dream vividness and dream recall. However, I do have experience with this, and, it would seem as though it does. Maybe only because we think it could produce a better, more "recall-able" dream if we are to sleep during the day. In my experiences, I almost always have a vivid recollection of a dream upon awakening from a mid-day nap. Dunno why, could be because are brains are not ready, nor need an NREM sleep cycle, because the body is not fatigued and does not need repair. Thus, putting is into only REM Cycles, and giving us some very vivid dreams. Hope this helps a little! Happy dreaming.

**EthyWoo** · 12-18-2013 10:23 PM

Oh wow very interesting, perhaps you are right its amazing how the body works,

so that could mean if you miss a nights sleep then the next nights sleep will have significantly less rem time?

and yes it did help thankyou sir :p

**LouaiB** · 12-19-2013 03:57 AM

when you nap, that means you didn't sleep alot during the night, so the REM that you didn't have you will have during the nap. Also because you are very aware before the nap, you would have a higher chance for a LD (DILD and WILD).
Hope I cleared things out
Peace!!!

**EthyWoo** · 12-20-2013 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by LouaiB

when you nap, that means you didn't sleep alot during the night, so the REM that you didn't have you will have during the nap. Also because you are very aware before the nap, you would have a higher chance for a LD (DILD and WILD).
Hope I cleared things out
Peace!!!

oh okay that makes sense XD thankyou

**VagalTone** · 12-20-2013 07:53 PM

You did pretty much a long WBTB, which causes vivid and longer dreams. Some time ago, before industrial revolution and it´s 8 hour sleep lifestyle, and before the lamp invention, oh and also before hypnotic/sleep pills many people had a very similar sleep schedule, now called byphasic sleep. That explains to some degree why dreams were more valued once, and less now.