Feeling very tired a few days into WILD attempts

**Moonsong** · 06-24-2010 04:00 AM

I've started doing a few WILD attempts when my dog wakes me up in the middle of the night to take him out. Unfortunately, I've been exceptionally groggy lately, not only in the morning but throughout the day. I haven't successfully WILDed so far, but I have spent about 20 minutes each night attempting before giving up, rolling over and letting sleep take me. Do those who WILD frequently have troubles with fatigue later in the day?

Also, just in terms of my WILD attempts, my current routine is to get up when the dog wakes me around 5, let him drag me outside to stand around while he does his business for 3 minutes, and then lay back down and try to WILD. As I'm laying there, the dog is ocassionally shaking the bed and pushing against me trying to bite the cat. Is this setup even conducive to a WILD? I can get to sleep normally, so I would think so, but maybe not.

Thanks for any help in advance!

**horsey101** · 06-24-2010 04:09 AM

Any distractions at all can interfere with a WILD attempt. Especially since it's your first attempt, you might want to move your pets to another room if possible. As far as the tiredness, it may just be from the sleep lost by taking your dog outside and then trying to WILD. Have you tried going to sleep earlier?

**Moonsong** · 06-24-2010 04:17 AM

Yes, and it helped some. When I say I've been doing this a couple of days, I mean last night and the one before. Yesterday I nearly fell asleep driving to work (when I say nearly, I mean I did) and today I could barely get out of bed for the Cup match and then had to take a nap afterwards (USA! USA! USA!).

I think I'm going to go out and sleep on the couch for tonight's attempt. Still, is the time outside with the dog too long to be awake?

**Hukif** · 06-24-2010 05:07 AM

Hm, I wonder if its because you changed your sleep schedule, are you losing much sleep from the WILD attempts?

**CloudOFmichael** · 06-24-2010 05:29 AM

Originally Posted by Moonsong

I've started doing a few WILD attempts when my dog wakes me up in the middle of the night to take him out. Unfortunately, I've been exceptionally groggy lately, not only in the morning but throughout the day. I haven't successfully WILDed so far, but I have spent about 20 minutes each night attempting before giving up, rolling over and letting sleep take me. Do those who WILD frequently have troubles with fatigue later in the day?

Also, just in terms of my WILD attempts, my current routine is to get up when the dog wakes me around 5, let him drag me outside to stand around while he does his business for 3 minutes, and then lay back down and try to WILD. As I'm laying there, the dog is ocassionally shaking the bed and pushing against me trying to bite the cat. Is this setup even conducive to a WILD? I can get to sleep normally, so I would think so, but maybe not.

Thanks for any help in advance!

WILD takes A LOT of practice and so you probably try REALLY hard to make it successful and so your attempts do take a lot out of you in terms of motivation and willpower... WILD has nothing to do with your physical fatigue no matter how much you exert yourself in your attempts but if you are trying really hard then it does give you mental fatigue. And if you fail at it multiple times, it gives you loss of interest in attempting lucids so DON'T give up. Also, when trying a WILD, there can't be ANY distractions at all :insomnia:. Your best bet would be to train your dog to go to the bathroom at different times of the day (make him/her wait until you wake up), and separating your pets when you go to bed. While you are training your dog, I'm sure he will wake you up if he has to "go" so I would suggest not attempting WILD until you train it. Another option (although would probably make you more tired) would be to try a short WakeBackToBed-MILD so that you could attempt it before your dog disturbed you.

I am interested in how this goes so please let me know your results and what option you chose

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**Robot_Butler** · 06-24-2010 05:40 PM

There were a few months where I had to take my dog out in the middle of the night. I found it was a great opportunity for lucid dreaming. If you're not losing a lot of sleep, but still feel tired, it could be because you are waking up in a different part of your sleep cycle. If you wake directly from a deep sleep, it can be hard to shake that groggy feeling.

You can always try to fit in a nap, or go to sleep a little earlier. I wouldn't worry about it. Your body will adjust. Most people get way too much sleep, anyways. We get spoiled.