Thread: Does complete silence help?

Hey guys, I'm pretty new to the idea of "lucid dreaming" and I was hoping I could get some tips for... "WILDs" I think they're called..?

Anyways, my question is: does complete silence help you attain lucidity? Because I've recently tried wearing earphones to bed so I can mute the sounds around me, and my concentration seems to go way up! It seems like it's easier for me to focus...

So would this help me attain lucidity?

Oh, and I have one more question... My brother-in-law told me about this technique to increase my dream recall. The technique is where you drink half a glass of water before going to bed, and you drink the other half when you wake up. He said that by drinking half of the water before sleeping, it would give me a time period to think about all day... Does it work?

Thanks.

WILD - Wake Induced Lucid Dream, it's where you make your body go to leep and keep your mind active while you enter the dream. Anyway, with these, the quieter it is, the higher the chance of success I find. So maybe that could work, so long as you can sleep with them in, I know many have trouble with that. Do you have music playing though them?

And I've never head of the other technique myself.

Originally Posted by Alex D

WILD - Wake Induced Lucid Dream, it's where you make your body go to leep and keep your mind active while you enter the dream. Anyway, with these, the quieter it is, the higher the chance of success I find. So maybe that could work, so long as you can sleep with them in, I know many have trouble with that. Do you have music playing though them?

And I've never head of the other technique myself.

No, they're not that kind of earphone. They're for the gun range.

So silence does help?

Thanks.

-Rogue

I don't really know if silence helps you attain lucidity, but I can't sleep without ear plugs anymore. I had a roommate who snored really bad, so I started using ear plugs. Now seems like I got used to them, so I just can't fall sleep without them anymore. Even when there is no noise in the room, apparently, it still feels noisy for some reason.

I wore those two years ago to block out my roommate's snoring, but with them I could only lay on my back, not the best position to lucid dream in for me. I actually like the sound of rainfall outside, I find it relaxing. I almost always LD during thunderstorms.

I assume that for a WILD, complete silence would help.
I've never pulled one off, but in my closest attempts, it's been silent always.
Though, I've also had music coming from my computer while I sleep almost spark an LD on numerous occasions.
So, it depends on what you're wanting to do.
And, I don't know about the glass of water technique (I've never even heard of it) but I'm going to try it tonight.