Quote Originally Posted by Bonsay View Post
I don't think you have a sleep disorder. You just "do" WILDs. Most likely anyway. DILDs are LDs that begin when you are already in the dream, while in WILDs you go from the waking into the dream state directly.
Yep thats how i always do it, but the difference in my WILDs is that
I dont lie there in bed trying to make it happen. I just lie down to
go to sleep like every other night. And then maybe 5 - 10 minutes
later, sometimes even faster then that it seems. The transitions or shift
just happens naturally and i recognize it and go with it. But....not every
time i go to bed tho. So because it only happens for me sometimes, ive
been trying to find the reasons why it happens when it does. All i could
ever come up with is that i have to be so tired that i start drfting away
almost as soon as i lie down. Other nights i might lay there for 20 minutes
before i finally fall asleep, too much on the brain. Those times i never have
LD. But whatever it is, i just wait for it to happen. Sometimes once or
twice a week, sometimes once or twice a month. Sometimes, very rarely
tho, i wont have one for 2 or 3 months. I am never going to start trying
to set my alarm to try and get into one after a NLD because to me thats
crazy! I cant afford to lose sleep like that, sometimes if i awake in the
middle of the night, i cant get right back to sleep. I need to stay asleep
for as long as possible because i am a person who never wants to sleep.
To me, going in and out of LDing all night would be losing precious sleep,
and so i believe my body only lets me do it when it believes i can afford
the time-out of sleeping. Can you follow my reasoning?
For a person like me who thinks sleeping is a waste of time, LDs are the
perfect solution! I can also be awake while im dreaming....and just live!
If one could possibly LD all night long....i wonder if we'd still be getting the
sleep needed to combat life??