Thread: Is Unusually Deep Sleep Bad For Lucid Dreaming?

Well, waking up in the middle of a dream is a pain, so you've got an advantage there.

Some of the techniques that involve external cues (flashing lights, sounds that say "You're dreaming," etc) might not work very well for you if you're deep asleep.

If you sleep deeply and don't remember your dreams, then I can see it being a problem. If you have good dream recall though, you should be able to find a technique that works for you.

Hmmm no I don't see why having a deep sleep would be a problem, I myself am quite a deep sleeper and have LD's quite freqeuently. I think LD'ing would be worse for light sleepers as they would get woken up more often however this would give them many chances to do WBTB or chain dreams. So no from my experience being a deep sleeper won't cause you much trouble.

Thanks, I'm relieved. My thought was, that if I sleep deeply, my logical and rational thinking would also be affected and therefore my chances of recognizing a dream be lower.

About my dream recall: it's not that bad. I usually remember 1 or 2 dreams per night.

As long as you can remember your dreams, you'll do fine.
Oh, and cool sig.

That's strange, I just talked to a friend who is interested in lucid dreaming. He asked me how he could lucid dream, because he is a deep sleeper. He never remembers his dreams. I told him he should try WBTB, because if you wake up in the morning and go to sleep again you immediately enter a REM period.

http://www.dreamviews.com/sleepstages.php

Beta waves have a high frequency and occur when the brain is quite active, both in REM sleep and while awake

All lucid experiences I've had so far were after a WBTB.

So my advice is: try setting your alarm about 90 minutes before you usually get up, write down any dream you might have had, imagine yourself lucid in the dream you just had, and fall into a lucid dream.

Just a suggestion. I hope it can be helpful.

Originally Posted by QwinsepiaSquared

As long as you can remember your dreams, you'll do fine.
Oh, and cool sig.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by 1342576

So my advice is: try setting your alarm about 90 minutes before you usually get up, write down any dream you might have had, imagine yourself lucid in the dream you just had, and fall into a lucid dream.

Thanks. It was very helpful. It seems WBTB is the best technique for me. I'm gonna focus on it and hope I'm gonna be lucid again soon.