Quote Originally Posted by Yumnش View Post
I think it is a good thing you wake up earlier than you usually do. WBTB works best when it comes to setting your mind to Lucid dreaming. If you wake up a couple of hours earlier than you usually do, I wouldn't attempt to go back to sleep right away. Stay awake for at least 30 minutes while performing RC or looking up things dreaming related. This will significantly impact your chances of dreaming lucid once you fall back to sleep. Not only that but I can almost guarantee you will have very vivid dreams.

False awakenings is great signs that your brain is becoming aware that dreaming has become important to you. I don't think it will be much longer till you have your first breakthrough.
Yeah, usually I find it good when I wake up because then I can make sure to remember my dreams, and even take down notes, as well as do some mantras. However I kept waking up at around 4 and not being able to go back to sleep so I ended up sleep deprived :') Now that my sleep pattern is better, I think I can try WBTB because I won't have as much trouble falling asleep later.

Anyway, I have an UPDATE!

I had a lucid dream last night! I woke up at 4 or so and I was a little disappointed because I didn't even have any significant dreams I remembered. I didn't want to disappoint anyone following my progress in this thread so I was determined to at least have some vivid dreams in the following two hours of sleep, if not lucid dream.

I think I got lucid in my dream just because I was thinking about dreaming while in my dream. I was feeling a little frustrated from not being able to recall any dreams from the whole night, and that frustration transferred to the dream. I think that eventually just made me lucid, but my dream was very cloudy and not vivid at that point. It kept fading in and out, but I waited a few minutes, just trying to observe stuff around me until it all became stable. After everything stabilised, I did my dream goals and had a pretty great time Can't wait to have more.

I think this thread was very helpful for me, I might have just given up last night if I didn't feel a little pressured to succeed. Thank you everyone who gave me advice!