Quote Originally Posted by Valdast94 View Post
Hey guys, last week I had some problems with insomnia, so I decided to take a pause from lucid dreaming and haven't practiced ever since (still had 2 LD's though). The point is that I want to start practicing again, but at the same time I don't want to wake up in the middle of the night and have difficulties falling back asleep!
I noticed something though: whenever I sleep for like the first 6 hours and then wake up from a dream in one of the last REM phases not only do I recall it better, but I also fall asleep more easily afterwards, not to mention that I had most of my LD's in these last phases.

I get to the point: Is it ok if I influence myself to sleep for the first 6 hours and then recall only the last 2 dreams I have (I sleep 7,5/8 hours per night, so that would mean waking up from a dream after 6 hours and then when I get up)? My recall would diminish (only 2 dreams recalled per night), but the quality would increase and, most importantly, I'd avoid insomnia.

What do you guys think? Thanks in advance!
I have had the same problem in the past along with some others here on DV. I wake up naturally after 4-5 hours and have a fairly good recall whether I just woke up from a dream or not. About 1 out of every 5 times I wake to an alert state, I DONT fall back to sleep. I have however discovered by accident last week the DEILD technique. It does not require you to become alert when you wake up, in fact its the opposite ( lay still with your eyes closed and fall back into the dream) I had one last night were i didn’t even wake up from a dream and managed to slip into a LD. Having said that, you may want to consider this technique.
Good luck !