Does staying up late (like 4 am) help with lucid dreaming? Is there a way to lucid dream after staying up all night?
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Does staying up late (like 4 am) help with lucid dreaming? Is there a way to lucid dream after staying up all night?
Well, if you go to sleep late, I find its easier to have a LD in the late morning, when its sunny out. That may also be because I fall back to sleep. As for the direct part of your question, Ikd. Lol.
When I first read the title the smart answer I thought of was, "Of course not. You're more likely to have success if you sleep."
But seriously, I have most of my lucids in the morning right before I wake up, but I find that if I stay up really late I don't often have them, maybe because I probably don't spend as much time in REM before waking up when I stay up late. That's just my experience though.
Well you should try to keep your schedule on time, but if that means you go to bed late every day and wake up after a good 8 hours sleep you should have little difficulty lucid dreaming.
It didn't work for me, i slept late last night and had a dream but it made me wake up startled and i went back to sleep, problem was i was too tired to remember. I need good full energy to remember dreams when i wake so i can stay awake enough to induce a recall and meditate enough that i can do the meditation properly without passing out while doing it.
I have my own technique and energy is key to recall for me.
Sometimes it works for me. Recently I think I had a lucid dream but I was pretty tired so I couldn't remember much.
Sleeping less than amount of time i usually sleep often makes me fall into unconscious sleep easier during the WILD nap attempts, dunno about other methods though. :-?
What helped me was doing an afternoon nap and then going to bed at around 1 am...
A few random thoughts that are related to this topic:
- temporary sleep deprivation can create a REM rebound effect, which can improve the chance of a LD
- delaying sleep usually means your sleep will last longer, perhaps 10 hours or more. LDs are more likely in later sleep cycles
- sleeping in sunlight will affect your melatonin levels and can make you more aware during REM cycles
- any unusual sleep conditions that differs from your normal routine, whether time or location, can heighten your awareness (you become instinctively more cautious because of uncertainty)
I used to drive over the road. Could this explain why I would go lucid often while sleeping in the truck sleeper? The sleeper always looked the same, but the time of day I would sleep would vary as well as where I was parked. I think a part of my brain was always awake.Quote:
Originally Posted by sisyphus