Cats...

[Tweek]

Does this happen to anyone else? When I awake in the night to try to fall back asleep and fall into a dream, my cat ALWAYS knows that I'm up and tries to rub my neck and get right next to me. Why?!?!?!?!?! right when I'm about to close my eyes and fall asleep, my cat's rubbing on me. I don't really want to lock him out of my room, but I might have to.

[heebiejeebies]

I don't own a cat, but on Friday night I experienced what I thought was going to be my first successful LD experience. I got to sleep paralysis and then nextdoor's cat jumped up on the verandah and started meowing. It generally does this roughly once every six months. GREAT timing ! I suggest putting the cat in the dishwasher next time you try to LD (better not turn it on though).

[Tweek]

Definitely will try that next time.

[Mr. Pig]

My cats are outdoor cats...and I sleep inside, so I don't have this problem.

[Tamias.Squirrel]

Your cat loves you. He or she can't understand what you are trying to do, so you shouldn't blame him or her for showing affection. You could suck it up and deal with it, or you could lock your cat outside the room if you're really desperate. Luckily, Ben enjoys cuddling about as much as myself, so I don't have to worry about making his head explode or making him want to hit his head against a brick wall or commit suicide via microwave. He's always there for me, which is a wonderful quality to find in a guardian. ~tamias

[capoopy]

One of my most controlled LDs was ruined when my cat meowed irl, very annoying lol

[mustbe18]

Man I know how ya feel. 1 of my cats is so damn needy whenever I tried to go to bed the cat tried getting under the covers of tried messing with my face. I don't know how it happened but the cat eventually stop messing with me when I try to go to bed.

[Tweek]

haha thanks for the heads up squirrel. Na my cat is crazy though. He doesn't have front claws, and he LOVES to give massages. He will cuddle up with me and reach for my neck and squeez with his fingers. Also, in the middle of the night when he wants me to get up, he walks behind my head so I can't put it down once it's up. He just walks back and fourth behind my head/neck and it's so fast I don't even have time to put my head down, he litterally forces me to move/get up. He's around me 24/7 too. He's behind me as I'm typing this. It's just so freaking annoying when I want him to be in my bed, I just don't want a massage while trying to DEILD. lol Oh yeah! and... My cat has always been an outdoor cat, I mean we let our cats go where ever when ever. It's just that we just moved to Colorado. So now there's foxes in the neighborhood. My cat is easily as big as any fox though. He usually LOVES to stay out all night, but I think he's seen a fox or two at night and sleeps with me now. HAHA

[Hukif]

Ah they aren't that bad... I generally call my cat when WILDing, it helps me a lot to don't move or lose conciousness while she is trying to sleep lol

[Cacophony]

Don't even get me started on my cats. They're trouble. I think it's because I named one of 'em Mischief Molotov. And it's always Mischief! Agrr.....

[Tweek]

Yeah last night was definitely a lot better. I woke up and I tried to snuggle with him. rofl When I woke up, I was trying to WILD, and then I had just about gotten into a dream then my ALARM CLOCK goes off!!!!

[Mysteryhunter]

Its like they wait for you at that purrfect instant that you stir in bed. Rain or Shine, snowstorm or nay I just get up & fling him across the yard from the front door. I get a strange satisfaction from this (I know borderline cruel), and yet the cat always seems to return home.

[nautilus]

When I awake in the night to try to fall back asleep and fall into a dream, my cat ALWAYS knows that I'm up and tries to rub my neck and get right next to me. Aww, how cute...sorry Yeah, sometimes my 24 pound cat decides to lay down on my face for no apparent reason. Then I gasp for breath and somehow manage to push him off my head. Then he steals the rest of my pillow. Maybe try making your cat run around a lot (if they like to chase cat toys) so that they're so tired they fall asleep too. Works with one of my cats, but the one that lays on my face refuses to lift a paw and expects the cat toy to jump in his mouth so he doesn't have to do any work.

[JET73L]

My cat always tries to pry open my door whenever I wake up and turn on the lamp to write in my journal, and when I first try to get to sleep. I leave the door closed sometimes because he sleeps on my legs and sometimes tries to (loudly) chew through the laundry basket. So it's really only when I write in my dream journal or read until I can get to sleep that I'm kept awake.

[Abra]

I wish my cat would jump on my bed. She's 13, and this is her first sign of aging. She *can* jump on the bed, but has difficulty. Luckily, she can still jump on the couch... Anyway, since I really miss snuggling my cat right now, I suggest that you incorporate your cat into a WBTB ritual. Pet your cat for a few minutes, because it will relax both of you (gradually reduce the speed of your strokes to induce kitty-sleep). If he doesn't settle within a reasonable time (15 minutes?), then I'd take different measures (do you feed him when you wake up in the mornings? Maybe he thinks it's food time since you're up.).

[Tweek]

Ha yeah! My cat's like 8 and still very playful/active. He's actually walking in the room right now avidly meowing. He's like 18 pounds and I'm putting him on a diet so he can live longer. Since I put him on the diet he's been more active too.

[Balestar]

I love my cat, he comes in to see me sometimes just to say hello in the middle of the night, he'll perch himself on my chest with his nose almost touching my chin and literally just stay there for a few hours unless i fall back asleep and accidentally throw him off. http://kittenwar.com/kittens/163956/ Heh.

[Mr. Pig]

Yay! This topic gave me a lucid dream! I had a false awakening and my cat came into my room. I pet him a little and decided to WILD. It worked! I'll add it to my DJ after school.

[seeker28]

I love cats. I have six of them. Sometimes they wake me up or make falling asleep difficult, but it is well worth their companionship and kitty-wisdom. I have two cats who like to take turns sleeping on my pillow. They walk back and forth above my head until they find a comfy spot and then laydown. Sometimes they try to steal my pillow by kicking me in the back of the head with their back claws until I move. One cat likes to sleep under the covers behind my knees or on top of the covers on my chest or side. She'll lay there for hours. Another cat likes to lay next to my chest or near my head (if nobody is on my pillow). Another likes my feet. The last one comes in for short periods of time where she wakes me up or tries to wake me up. If I'm writing dream notes she rubs all over my hands, so my handwriting is really funky. The up-side of cuddling kitties at night: warmpth, companionship, and purrs that put me to sleep. When it comes to LDing, sometimes haveing cats that snuggle on the bed can be a problem, but there are some unexpected LD bonuses of a cuddling cat too: I often am so snuggled that I CAN'T move when I wake to do a DEILD, I wake often during the night so I can do DEILD or a quick MILD-esque technique, and I often dream about my cats. Sometiems I'll be stumbling my way through a stressful non-lucid when I see my cat. I freak out (they are indoor only kitties), so I try to catch it. But my cat looks at me and says something like, "Mom, this is a dream. I can be outside during dreams." And I become lucid!!