DEILD/MILD turning me on

**sujiro** · 12-02-2015 02:52 AM

Guys, I have a problem. It says you need good dream recall for DEILD, but my recall only works if I immediately write down my dream after waking up during the night. This usually gets me at least 4 dreams a night (8 on weekends), but for DEILD you need to stay still.

What should I do? Do I try to recall my dreams without typing them right affer I wake up dream after dream, writing on my DJ exclusively during the mornings, or should I try a totally different method? If I only type in the morning this will severely cripple my DJ.

Another problem I'm facing with DEILD and MILD is that once I wake up after a dream, even if I don't move I stay awake for like 20-30 minutes attempting these methods, and fail. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

**Goldenspark** · 12-02-2015 08:03 AM

I expected something different seeing the title of your post!
Your DJ dilemma is one that many of us have faced. I tend now to wake up after a dream and play it back over and over to commit it to memory, then write it down in the morning. The recall does suffer though.

Regarding the DEILD problem. I have the same. My theory is that if you wake naturally at the end if a REM period, your brain chemistry has probably already shifted out of REM mode, and the next one is probably about an hour away, given a sleep cycle that is typically 90 minutes long with 5 -30 minutes of REM at the end of each cycle.
What you can try is setting an alarm for one hour after you wake, so you wake again at the beginning of your next REM cycle, then try to WILD if you are woken before a dream, or DEILD if you are woken in a dream.