Thread: How is WILD (etc) dreaming different....

from day dreaming? And, if a person spends a long time in a day dream with their eyes closed, can it fool the results of a sleep test?
I ask because I had a sleep test done a couple months ago. I know for a fact that I spent at least an hour in a day dream (I could hear noises around me outside the room), but the technician said I had practically fallen straight to sleep.
And when I'm deep in day dream, I catch myself moving my eyes back and forth as if I'm dreaming (I've always written it off as my following the dream... err day dream scene).
Anyone know?

Interesting. I don't think I daydream on such a deep level. I don't think I could fool a sleep test. Maybe that's why I can't WILD, too. Do you daydream just the same as you dream?

I dont really "daydream" at all. I try but its nothing even close to a dream or that would even fool someone in the same room let alone a sleep test...

Yes. My daydreams are just as deep and detailed as my regular dreams but not quite as vividly detailed.

But now that I think about it more... maybe I AM actually asleep.
I used to trick being awake in school and I would shake my foot every now and then to help wake myself up or give the impression I was more awake than I really was. Over the years, I've been able to write for short periods of time and even give massages when partially asleep. My body goes on autopilot but after awhile my daydreams become complete dreams and I fall completely asleep.
Is this actually WILD?
Are my "daydreams" actually lucid dreams?

Well, now this is interesting! That sounds like narcolepsy. Well, sort of. I suppose your daydreams could become lucid dreams if you enter full sleep mode. But if you are standing up performing some kind of a task, then I don't think you'd be fully asleep. Unless you sleep walk, too.

By the way, I sent you a PM. Interested to know a bit more about your dreaming.

And when I'm deep in day dream, I catch myself moving my eyes back and forth as if I'm dreaming (I've always written it off as my following the dream... err day dream scene).
Anyone know?
REM...
well that happens when someone is hypnotised also. (You dont nesasarly need to see HH or go into SP).
Maybe you were just in a trance?