Hypothetical Question...Which LD length would you choose?

**Elkfazer** · 04-23-2009 09:26 PM

Hi all ,

Just a quick hypothetical question for you to answer.

If you had a choice between having 5 LD's a week that lasted 5 minutes each and a choice of having 1 LD a week but which lasted for 25 minutes which one would you choose?

They're both the same overall length of time over the week of course, but which one?

I know what you're thinking, it has to be the 25 min one every time cos it lasts longer and you can do more stuff etc, but again it's only once a week.

I might actually go for the more regular even at 5 mins each because at least there might be more variety in the dreamscapes perhaps and you may gain more overall awareness from that in the future.

Give us you thoughts

**slash112** · 04-23-2009 09:41 PM

definetaly the weekly 25 min one. once a week is immensly good however long it is. but even for every day, 5 mins is crap.

to be honest i would prefer 5 LDs a year, each lasting a week lol

**Thorim** · 04-23-2009 09:56 PM

How about 5 LD's á 25 mins?

No i think I would take the 25 minutes sometimes to do more stuff in 1 dream, but the 5 minute lucids would also be nice, depends on what you do. Me for example, I get a lot of ideas what to do during the week, so it would be nice if I could try them every day.

You still have to remember that allthough dreamtime is relatively equal to waking time, you can do a lot more stuff in 5 dreamminutes.

At the moment, fighting against my total dry spell, I actually would be glad to have 1 LD á 5 mins a week. Cus not having any since a few weeks or even month

Cheers
Thorim

**Elkfazer** · 04-23-2009 10:20 PM

Thanks for the replies guys

I guess longer is better overall, but as you say, if you're in a long dry spell then anything is better than waiting.

To date both my LD's were minuscule compared with a whole 5 mins lol. First one was about 1 min 30s which wasn't too bad really, but the next one I got lucid, did a conscious nose-check which failed as it should do and then my dream-eyelids close

what a bummer that was! all 20 seconds of it

**slash112** · 04-23-2009 10:38 PM

actually now that i think about it, 5 mins is actually quite good, i just realised that all of mine have been 5 or less, yet i somehow was able to fit in a lot of fun.

so i guess this is a harder question than i thought. but maybe every day would make it boring or at least not as special and amazing.

**[user-name]** · 04-23-2009 10:45 PM

I'd pick length over frequency, no doubt.

**Robot_Butler** · 04-23-2009 10:51 PM

I would pick the frequent 5 minute lucids. It is more difficult to remember long lucid dreams. I've had lucids that lasted hours. The length does not necessarily make it a better dream.

**Mzzkc** · 04-23-2009 11:10 PM

Originally Posted by Robot_Butler

I would pick the frequent 5 minute lucids. It is more difficult to remember long lucid dreams. I've had lucids that lasted hours. The length does not necessarily make it a better dream.

This is very true. One of my best LDs (IMO) was only a few seconds long.

So yeah, I would go with the five, at five minutes each, as well.