Thread: Would Sleeping in Later Every Day Affect Your LD's for the Better?

Originally Posted by lucidreamsavy

I know that some people (ME) easily get LD's if they are able to sleep in late, say, past 9:00. So, if you could sleep in late every day, would you get a LD almost every day?

I'd have to say, I bet I'd get almost one every day! I don't always get one on the weekends when I can sleep in, but that's because I'm not always able to sleep in past 9:00.

Same. I could never sleep past 9:00, or 8 for that matter. Either way, lucidity is not my problem. It's my recal that's pissing me off. . Just when I start getting lucid daily, my recal goes into the dump.

Originally Posted by EspadaInMyCloset

Same. I could never sleep past 9:00, or 8 for that matter. Either way, lucidity is not my problem. It's my recal that's pissing me off. . Just when I start getting lucid daily, my recal goes into the dump.

LOL, then why didn't you pick the last choice if you could never sleep in that late?

Originally Posted by lucidreamsavy

LOL, then why didn't you pick the last choice if you could never sleep in that late?

Because IF I COULD, then I would be able to get a mean lucid streak. On vacation, I tripled my lucid rate.

And I like the optimistic choice as hard is you may find that to believe.

We already know that it would sop why make a poll about it?? The later you sleep, the more dreams you have. The more dreams you have, the better the chance you'll have a lucid.

Originally Posted by Jesus of Suburbia

We already know that it would sop why make a poll about it?? The later you sleep, the more dreams you have. The more dreams you have, the better the chance you'll have a lucid.

It would increase the possibility, but the question is would we get a lucid dream a day (sorry if I'm being to literal about the question).

Personally, I don't think so because I haven't been able to become lucid at anytime as of yet.

Originally Posted by Smuds

It would increase the possibility, but the question is would we get a lucid dream a day (sorry if I'm being to literal about the question).

Personally, I don't think so because I haven't been able to become lucid at anytime as of yet.

It didn't say that. At all.

Anyway, there is no way to guarantee you a lucid every day.
It's not possible.

Originally Posted by Jesus of Suburbia

We already know that it would sop why make a poll about it?? The later you sleep, the more dreams you have. The more dreams you have, the better the chance you'll have a lucid.

Well, that's not what I was trying to get at...I am just saying that regardless the dreams that I remember, I am more likely to get a LD if I sleep in, not because of the fact that I have a possibility to get more LD's, just that it's later, which simply makes you get LD's easier sometimes, you have more "logic" in you at that time. I usually remember the same amount of dreams when I sleep in, since I forget those, and remember the later ones. For some, sleeping in doesn't neccessarily correlate with more LD's. That's the point of the poll.

Originally Posted by Smuds

It would increase the possibility, but the question is would we get a lucid dream a day (sorry if I'm being to literal about the question).

Personally, I don't think so because I haven't been able to become lucid at anytime as of yet.

Yeah, this question was more geared to novice or advanced LDers.

Originally Posted by Jesus of Suburbia

It didn't say that. At all.

Anyway, there is no way to guarantee you a lucid every day.
It's not possible.

UM...LOOK AT THE POLL! I had in ALL CAPS ALMOST every day, because it's hard to guarantee a LD EVERY single day to just about anyone.

I say murp to your insulent burrowing continuity of a railing system's defensive analogy.

Originally Posted by Jesus of Suburbia

I say murp to your insulent burrowing continuity of a railing system's defensive analogy.

Did you just offend me?

ME?

Oh no you di'in't.

What exactly do you mean by sleeping in late? Do you mean sleeping longer then 8 hours?

Originally Posted by feist303

What exactly do you mean by sleeping in late? Do you mean sleeping longer then 8 hours?

Well, it COULD mean that, but I meant sleeping in late, whatever you consider to be late!

Ah, so you mean sleeping longer then you normaly sleep...

I have trouble going back to sleep once i wake, it could already be after 4 hours that i wake naturally and had a really cool dream. So i then get up to write it down, and alot of the times i just can't sleep anymore after that...

It's pretty rare that i sleep more then 8 hours, but it happens occasionally...
I think i do have most lucid's in the 6-8 hour span.

As for the times that i sleep more then 8 hours, i don't think it really increases my chances for lucids in my case, because i seem to have less recall in those later hours...

I think that being able to sleep in would definitely lead to more Lucid Dreams. I have to get up at 6 A.M. every weekday

If you sleep in late one day, then you will increase your likelihood of having a lucid dream.

If you sleep in late every day, your going to decrease it.

The reality is that your brain really only needs so much REM. That's why the CAT Technique is so effective. If you don't get enough sleep the previous night then your brain will go into catch up mode in the next night's rest.

Your right when you say that your more likely to have a lucid dream during the last few hours of sleep due to a slightly higher sense of awareness.

Sooo... that's where melatonin and alcohol come in. Both of these chemicals offset when your REM cycles occur. The first few hours of sleep your REM cycles are significantly reduced and then your brain plays catch up at the end.

So, if you want to significantly increase your chances you could go in a pattern of:
Night 1 - Sleep 6 hours.
Night 2 - Take Melatonin, sleep 9 hours.

from my experience, a lot of my lucid dreams have taken place when ive gotten to sleep in real late

Originally Posted by WhiteUnit

If you sleep in late one day, then you will increase your likelihood of having a lucid dream.

If you sleep in late every day, your going to decrease it.

The reality is that your brain really only needs so much REM. That's why the CAT Technique is so effective. If you don't get enough sleep the previous night then your brain will go into catch up mode in the next night's rest.

Your right when you say that your more likely to have a lucid dream during the last few hours of sleep due to a slightly higher sense of awareness.

Sooo... that's where melatonin and alcohol come in. Both of these chemicals offset when your REM cycles occur. The first few hours of sleep your REM cycles are significantly reduced and then your brain plays catch up at the end.

So, if you want to significantly increase your chances you could go in a pattern of:
Night 1 - Sleep 6 hours.
Night 2 - Take Melatonin, sleep 9 hours.

I'm sure that this is true, but what about your "logic" "cells"? Supposedly, you get more of those logical thoughts later in the morning, then the "dreamish" ones. So, that is at least part of the reason why you are more likely to get a lucid. Yes, I have heard that before, and also, yeah, it doesn't sound smart and scientific .

Originally Posted by lucidreamsavy

I'm sure that this is true, but what about your "logic" "cells"? Supposedly, you get more of those logical thoughts later in the morning, then the "dreamish" ones. So, that is at least part of the reason why you are more likely to get a lucid. Yes, I have heard that before, and also, yeah, it doesn't sound smart and scientific .

The later your sleep the more active your frontal lobes are (logic and decision making portion of the brain). So sleeping in late will help you have lucids. However, if you sleep in every morning you'll end up with less REM during that time.

For me, I have only had one LD, but, based on dream recall, I have a greater chance of recalling dreams with more sleep, likely because with more sleep, more and longer REM cycles which in turn means that getting woke up accidentality, will result in remembering my dreams

Oi, how about a "Probably" option?