Sleep Cycle

**Dreamer187** · 05-27-2012 01:41 AM

Ok Im still stuck on not knowing my own sleep cycle so I was wondering if I was to ask a DC what my sleep cycle is would he tell me the truth or would it lie? Cause to me that seems like the easiest way possible. Also when im trying to do a wild am I suppose to do it at the beginning of rem or at the end im confused.

**benzoe590** · 05-27-2012 03:14 AM

Okay, my understanding is that REM cycles (if that's what you mean by sleep cycle) is roughly 90 minutes. I don't use WILD, so I'm not entirely sure if you do it at the beginning or end.

**gab** · 05-27-2012 03:44 AM

Dream cycle is mostly mentioned as being 90 min. long, but is anywhere from 90 -110 min. It's not always the same length, I suspect, even for the same person. That's why we do WBTB towards the morning, after you had at least 4.5 hours of sleep. The longer, the better. Reason for this is, that longer you sleep, longer your REM becomes and they get much closer to each other. So if you wake up at the end of REM (most people do), you are very close to the next REM.

Happy dreams

**Dreamer187** · 05-27-2012 04:55 PM

Originally Posted by gab

Dream cycle is mostly mentioned as being 90 min. long, but is anywhere from 90 -110 min. It's not always the same length, I suspect, even for the same person. That's why we do WBTB towards the morning, after you had at least 4.5 hours of sleep. The longer, the better. Reason for this is, that longer you sleep, longer your REM becomes and they get much closer to each other. So if you wake up at the end of REM (most people do), you are very close to the next REM.

Happy dreams

Ok so if i stayed sleep for 4.5 hours how long should i stay up for my wbtb

**gab** · 05-27-2012 06:37 PM

Originally Posted by Dreamer187

Ok so if i stayed sleep for 4.5 hours how long should i stay up for my wbtb

Anywhere from 5-60min. That's up to you, as this time is different for everybody, even for the same person at different times. You have to get out of the bed and put the lights on. Now you need to acitvate your logical center in your brain. I have heard that doing some math does the trick. It would be best, if you did something LD related, like the website, reading a book, or your old dreams in DJ, reinforce your goals of what to do in a lucid, go through the stabilization techniques you want to use, or read some tutorials, even if you have already read them.

Stay up, until you can think straight, but you are still sleepy enough to fall asleep fast. Happy dreams