Thread: Is it possible to learn to lucid dream while not getting enough sleep?

Originally Posted by jtn98

Pretty self-explanatory question I guess. I'm fixing to ask for more hours at work (I don't really need to, but having extra money would be nice), and the schedule I have in mind would realllllllly eat into my sleeping hours. I know having a full night's rest (8+ hrs) is ideal for lucid dreaming, but is it possible to learn to lucid dream while only getting, say, 5 or 6 hours of sleep per night? Perhaps going to bed really late would be better for WILD attempts? If lucidity absolutely cannot be attained while living this lifestyle, I suppose it'll have to be placed on the back-burner for a while. PS- I've never had a lucid dream before, I've been dream journaling for a while, and I'm trying to become more aware of my surroundings at all times (don't really know how, though), in case that helps you answer the question...

It's said that you need atleast 8 hours of sleep per night. I think it really depends on the individual, I tend to get 8-12 hours, It depends on how my body is feeling.

You can change it though, will take some times for your body to adpat to it though.

Same with me. Sometimes I sleep for almost 12 hours and still feel tired. Depends on how I'm feeling. Thanks for the response!

It's possible to learn to lucid dream with less sleep, but harder because you're not dreaming as much.

If you could fit in a 20 minute nap in the middle of your day, you can make up for some of those chances lost.

Yeah, that's true, but at the same time, I kind of think it would be easier; since I'm going to bed so late and I'll probably be tired already, WILDing straight into a dream would be easier and shorter, since I'd probably go straight into REM sleep.

Your body still needs slow wave sleep and your body will want to get the slow wave sleep first before the majority of the rem sleep.