Thread: Time in lucid dreaming.

Originally Posted by yuriythebest

how do you manage to have such long dreams? were they this long from when you started LD-ing or did it take practice? the reason I'm asking if different ppl have "fixed" maximum dream lengths?

Some dreams feel longer than others. One of my first lucid dreams lasted a "day." Practice will lengthen the amount of time your spend lucid (I have a hunch that beginning lucid dreamers become lucid near the end of REM).

Originally Posted by slash112

abra you can extend dreams by spinning or rubing your hands together(there are more ways which i have forgoten and dont know of), this actually extends REM, its not like a feeling.

I was always under the assumption that it stabilizes the dream so that you don't awaken prematurely. I wouldn't be surprised if you could legitimately get another 5-10 minutes from it, though. But I don't think you could extend it in real time for much longer than that.

Originally Posted by Brandon Heat

Also Abra, let's see you go past the average 8 hours of sleep and sleep for say 14 hours theoretically your REM period would last longer than it normally does would it not? At least from my experience this seems to be the case.

True. If you get more than your usual amount of sleep, your REM period will lengthen. Keep in mind that NREM rebound will occur if you oversleep consecutively.