REM question

[mooseantlers]

So if you only get like 4/5 hours of sleep but wake up in the morning and go on with your day; when you go to bed at nine will you resume your sleep in REM, thus making it a good time for a WILD?

[dolphin]

I don't know if you'll immediately resume your sleep in REM but you'll definitely have more and longer REM periods that night, due to REM rebound. It would be a better time to WILD at bedtime than if you weren't sleep deprived, but then again, you still need some deep sleep which can get in the way of that. It wouldn't hurt to try.

[mooseantlers]

I don't know if you'll immediately resume your sleep in REM but you'll definitely have more and longer REM periods that night, due to REM rebound. It would be a better time to WILD at bedtime than if you weren't sleep deprived But I thought WBTB was more reccomended as opposed to WILDing right before bed; but if sleep deprivation is causing REM rebound then wouldn't that increase the odds of just going straight to bed rather than waking up? I think i'm just gonna keep trying, even if a WILD is unsuccessful I feel like once you were in a dream you'd realize because all you have on the brain is becoming lucid.

[ThreeCat]

I think dolphin is saying you might have a better chance, but that it's still WILDing at bedtime, which while possible, is not really advisable due to the long stretch of NREM. You will be more successful on a WBTB.