Thread: Is it possible to enter an LD outside of a REM cycle?

Originally Posted by Hidden

...Okay, never mind then. I don't see why you're mad all of a sudden; you could have just told me if I was bugging you.

As for what I was saying, maybe I wasn't very clear, but I was pretty much pointing out the obvious: if you're paralyzed during REM, then it isn't physically possible for you to be walking around (sleepwalking) because you're paralyzed. So if you can't be sleepwalking during REM, then you must be sleepwalking while you're not in REM. That's all I was saying; I don't see how it needs to be backed up with anything other than the fact that you're paralyzed during REM sleep. But I've gotten off-topic, so I'll stop now.

Its a very good point. If your not in SP during NREM then if you had proper dreams you should be acting out your dreams.


http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1793

Although some superficial dreams occur during NREM sleep, most real dreams occur during the REM stage of the sleep cycle. There are marked differences between NREM dreams and REM dreams. NREM dreams tend to be anchored in reality and experienced as a semiconscious state of serenity. REM dreams are markedly "bizarre", lacking common sense, logic and often characterized by quick transitions in plot and setting. Often, when a person is awakened from REM sleep, they remember vividly the events of their dreams.

It may be that NREM dreams are "thinking" dreams. The kind of visualisations and thoughts we have whilst day dreaming.
So for example you may be remember an event, and even putting a "what if" spin on it, imagining different outcomes,
but you're not actually inhabiting the dream, so have no need for SP to stop you running around in the real world.