Thread: How long did it take you to have your first LD?

Originally Posted by kamenriderbaron

My dream recall while trying FILD is actually a lot better tbh. I am noticing how in my dreams everything appears to be darkened/shadowed as well. As well I will try all day awareness but I worry due to this, it might take too long and set my dreaming attempts back.

Yeah, all techs that involve waking up (and noticing it) only to then return to sleep are known to increase recall...
When I read Sensei's "42 times a week" I was like 'WOW' too, haha. I'm nowhere near that close... I try to wake up 3 times a night (with water drinking, intention setting, and sometimes alarm), and based on the amount of previous sleep and other factors I choose the length of the WBTB - after 3-4.5 hours I do a couple of minutes WILD, after 6 hours I do 5-10 minutes, after 7 hours I do 20 minutes at least (this number of awakenings excludes DEILDing, since these are more opportunistic for me). It also fits the amount of recall that I record - after 3 hours of sleep I usually don't have much to record, but at 7 - have plenty. Tonight, for example I had 3 awakenings and recalled 6 dreams, two of them had the same general theme.

Darkened dreams could be a bias - now that you remember so many more dreams and details, some of them are dark and make no sense (but with normal recall you wouldn't have remembered them at all). Either way, dreams, on average, become more detailed and life-like the more I practice awareness and other day work.