Can you LD when ur really tired?

[lvlindless]

Say you have school the next day but you feel tired, can you still turn on an audiotape and lucid dream with it? Does it take away from sleep?

[Leo Volont]

Originally posted by lvlindless Say you have school the next day but you feel tired, can you still turn on an audiotape and lucid dream with it? Does it take away from sleep? many of the 'techniques' involved with attempting to force Lucid Dreaming involve imposing consciousness into the sleep cycle. This necessarily interrupts some restful sleep. Save the Weekdays for spontaneous Lucid Dreams. Remember that one has the most dreams toward the end of a good 8 hours of sleep. for any of the active techniques that involve Sleep Paralysis and those other methods which involve staving off natural sleep -- save that for the weekends. Oh... and I had thought of a joke.... "Can one do Lucid Dreaming even when you are really tired?" yes, in fact, people more often then not even Lucid Dream in their Sleep.

[cecile]

Originally posted by Leo Volont Oh... and I had thought of a joke.... "Can one do Lucid Dreaming even when you are really tired?" yes, in fact, people more often then not even Lucid Dream in their Sleep. hahaha good one.

[Patjunfa]

I think thats a really good question. I have had LD's at times and felt very nourished by my sleep and dream. At times though, Keeping my conscious intent throughout the night has left me unsatisfyed by my sleep. As if I didn't switch of during it, and bathe in unconsciousness. Sometimes I've just known it's a good night for LDing. On those nights I wake replenished and invigorated by my LDing efforts. I'd love to know how to cultivated that framework. As if it's not there, I sometimes experience tiredness or resistance. Though, that "tonight is a deffinate night to LD" thought, isn't often enough for my conscious liking. I want that effortlessness often enough to cultivate this as a useful tool to explore and integrate aspects of consciousness and unconsciousness

[STsung]

If I'm exhausted or ill I can still LD but it will turn to a more non-controlled nightmare and I have to say that I prefer waking up from it or sleeping without being aware of anything and that's maybe why I usually black out (but which is even more frustrating). note: I've done that ehm Physical activity research which you can find in the Research section . I haven't sent it to the person but I've found quite a lot about me being tired and dreaming (LDing). When I'm tired (not exhausted) my LDs are not that vivid and I can't control them wholly. (as I am capable of controlling almost everything I take this as the "normal" state of things.) When I loose control over my dreams I usually start to panic a bit. But lately I have overcome this feeling and I just let my brain do what it wants uncosciously and I watch it as a movie and comment it and sometimes when I don't like it I change what happened and I start over. It's much easier than creating something or actually do everything by yourself. That's what saves my energy, it's not frustrating and actually nice as a full controlled LD (sometimes I just enjoy watching what my brain does without me...if you know what I mean.).