Insomnia/Shift Work/Sleep Deprivation and Lucid Dreaming

**Lucid1972** · 10-04-2012 01:46 AM

Is there any relationship between Insomnia/Shift Work/Sleep Deprivation and Lucid Dreaming, or does lack of sleep/change of sleeping times bear no relationship to Lucid experiences whatsoever? The reason I ask is that my most lucid experience followed 4 days during which I changed from day shift working to night shift working and I only had approx 9 hours sleep in total due to insomnia, work commitments, childcare issues and appointments that I could not get out of. I have had lucid experiences before but not to the level I had on this recent occasion.

**melanieb** · 10-04-2012 02:30 AM

Changes in sleep patterns can indeed affect your likelihood to lucid dream...positively or negatively. I find it affects it more in the positive sense when you're not trying or expecting it.

**Lucid1972** · 10-04-2012 02:55 AM

Thanks for your reply. Based on the dream I had Weds morning after a night shift, I would say it contributed positively, and I certainly wasn't trying as until today I did not know what lucid dreaming was! This site is great for the newby