Thread: MysticalDipshit's Workbook

Originally Posted by Xanous

Hospital? I hope everything is OK!

Yeah I snapped a tendon in my little finger and broke the bone too when I failed at catching a basketball -.-

I got caught up on watching youtube videos, I should probably write up the dream now XD

here's the entry: 16.03.13 - The Package - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Cool. I'll check it out. I'm glad it's not too serious, though it sounds like a horrible time.

I have good news! It seems like I'm being more aware in my dream over the last couple of days, because I keep questioning things in my dreams and pointing out things that don't seem right. On the other hand, I had a nightmare last night. Looking back on it doesn't even seem that scary, but I woke up really panicked and I was kicking the bed covers and punching myself XD I started it in the dream but I guess I woke myself up by doing it IRL. If only I had used the awareness stated above I could have turned that into a LD

Practice makes perfect I guess

That's great to hear. You'll be getting LD in no time.

That cracks me up you woke up fighting yourself I used to wake up doing strange things like that all the time.

HELL YEAH! LUCID DREAM! That was so awesome. I fell to sleep just wishing that someone would tell me when I'm in a dream, and as soon as I did fall asleep....

There was a guy shouting at me that I was dreaming! He said it a few times for me to get it, which was helpful. I'll post it later. I had some control, but not completely, so I still need to work on that.

I am so happy right now.

Here's the entry: 18.03.13 - What would Jack Sparrow do? - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

I had 4 moments of control, but I really need to work on that.

Congrats on the dreams!
The most recent is an exciting read
And as time goes on your experience will naturally expand and improve. Its like building a muscle.
One helpful thing I have found inspires control and willpower is the use of goals. Having clear and easily remembered goals can go a long way in giving you something to focus on in the dream.
Keep havin fun!

I only had 4 hours sleep last night 3am to 7am, but I did get another 4 from 2.30pm to 6.30pm. So my sleeping pattern is a bit off right now. Hopefully it won't have a bad effect on having LDs.

Okay so it didn't make much of a difference. I actually recalled 5 dreams last night.

Recall is good! Once you get your sleep schedule a little steadier, it should help with lucidity. I just went from working 3, 10-hour shifts a week, to 5, 7 hour shifts a week. And they're earlier in the morning too. So I've been staying up WAY too late the nights before I'm off, because I miss all that time I used to have to sleep in. Anyway, I made myself go to sleep a little earlier every night since I now have to wake up earlier, and it seemed to help me. Took a couple weeks though. Sleep schedules can be tricky like that: sometimes they take a while to affect lucidity. But it's certainly worth it in the end.

I recalled 4 dreams last night. After my first one, I woke up at 6.27am and decided to do WBTB so I stayed up about 45 minutes. When I went back to bed, I did have a LD but it only lasted a few seconds because I just kept telling myself I was in a dream because I thought I could keep control that way. After a few seconds I got excited that I still had control and then I woke up. I had another 2 dreams after that though, and I'm not disappointed. I was also more aware in the last 2 dreams too.

Does anyone else ever feel like there is so much to think about when it comes to LDing?

I was looking at some stuff, and I started to get really jealous of all the people who can recall like 10+ dreams a night. I made a list of some different things I could do to improve mine. One of those would be the lighting.

I've read a lot of posts with people saying that sleeping in a lighter room helps recall. Most of the time my parents insist in having all of the lights off so I am going to try having a lamp on in my room and see what happens. Another reason for trying this would be that people say they wake up more often. It would help firstly for jotting down a few notes about dreams (therefore improving recall) but waking up more often would be beneficial for DEILD and WBTB as well.

I can see how this would work because usually if it's dark I don't even recognize I'm awake and go straight back to sleep. But maybe the light would remind me to stay aware and do whatever else I want to do. Plus more recall = more dream remembered = more chance for a LD.

Day 1 of light experiment

I slept with a lamp on all night, which was quite strange. It took me longer than usual to get to sleep, but that's probably because I wasn't used to the setting. On the other hand, I recalled 4 dreams and had a FA where I wrote down the fifth. So we'll see how tonight goes and hopefully a pattern will form with my recall.

Hmmm there's actually a scientific explanation for that

See, our body produces melatonin, which is the chemical that makes us naturally feel drowsy/sleepy. This also regulates our sleep cycles. Light directly inhibits the production of melatonin, that's why we naturally feel less sleepy during the day and more sleepy at night (except when you've established a routine). In the same manner, this is also the reason why we should stay away from bright lights during a WBTB, because it can make us too alert to fall back asleep.

As for the better recall, i'm guessing it's mostly useful once you wake up that you have lights, since it keeps instantly has an effect your wakefulness. And perhaps the less sleepy/dreamy you feel, the better you can recall your dreams? Not sure though haha

Good luck!

Yeah, the reason I'm doing the experiment to see how it affects me. However, last nights results are invalid because I woke up halfway through the night, all the lights were OFF and all the crap next to my pillow (DJ,notebook, phone etc.) where at the other side of the room so I had to get up and find everything. I also forgot to try and remember dreams because I had to do that.

So yeah that was annoying.

I bring news from the WIKI...enjoy

Light dependence

Production of melatonin by the pineal gland is inhibited by light to the retina and permitted by darkness. Its onset each evening is called the dim-light melatonin onset (DLMO).

It is principally blue light, around 460 to 480 nm, that suppresses melatonin,[33] proportional to the light intensity and length of exposure. Until recent history, humans in temperate climates were exposed to few hours of (blue) daylight in the winter; their fires gave predominantly yellow light. The incandescent light bulb widely used in the twentieth century produced relatively little blue light.[34] Wearing glasses that block blue light in the hours before bedtime may decrease melatonin loss. Kayumov et al. showed that light containing only wavelengths greater than 530 nm does not suppress melatonin in bright-light conditions.[35] Use of blue-blocking goggles the last hours before bedtime has also been advised for people who need to adjust to an earlier bedtime, as melatonin promotes sleepiness.[36]

When used several hours before sleep according to the phase response curve for melatonin in humans, small amounts (0.3 mg[37]) of melatonin shift the circadian clock earlier, thus promoting earlier sleep onset and morning awakening.[38]

That's kinda hard to understand. I sort of get it.

Anyway, the light was still on this morning, SUCCESS!!!!!!

Recalled 5 dreams. Was going to attempt WBTB when I woke up, but remembered I had to wake up early today anyway so I didn't get a chance too.

DAY 3

8 dreams. Oh yeah. This is the most I've gotten so far in a night, ever. YAY!

I'll probably go write it up on DV's DJ. It will take me a while though. The notes I have cover 3 sides of A4. -.-

Yesterday morning I was woken up by the fire alarm. Someone probably burnt some cooking, but I was shocked awake and ran downstairs, completely forgetting about recall.

Also today I had 5 nightmares, all about the same thing - going blind. It was the scariest thing ever. In the first one, I was told I had a disease where my vision would slowly go, then I had to go tell all my friends about it, then I was crying because I'd never be able to get a job as a doctor, or continue doing art, then someone was hit by a car and I had to carry them to the hospital when I could barely see anything, and the last one was watching fireworks and knowing I would never be able to see them again. In each dream my vision got worse and worse. When I woke up, I thought they had been real, so I was laying there with my eyes closed (I didn't realize this), and I realized this was it, my vision was gone forever. I even started nearly crying because I would never be able to see people's faces again. Then I opened my eyes, and I could see everything was blurry because I was half asleep. When it all came back in detail, I was so happy you wouldn't even imagine how it felt. But f****** hell, that was one of the most traumatic experiences in my life.

I never want to go blind. *Touch wood* Seriously though, I don't think I will ever take sight for granted again.

:/

I also had a dream i was blind yesterday. It was awful. Anyway i hope everything's ok with the fire thing!

Amazing how lucid dreaming and dreams in general help us internailze things we don't really think about, and help us value things more. ㅑㅇㅅㅇ ㅕ

I was just looking through my dream goal journal, and for the past 6 nights that I have had a light on I recalled 30 dreams. That's an average of 5 a night. During the rest of the approx. 25 nights in the dark, I had 33 dreams. That gives me an average of 1.32 dreams per night. So either my recall just shot up, or lights do actually help.

Originally Posted by MysticalDipshit

I was just looking through my dream goal journal, and for the past 6 nights that I have had a light on I recalled 30 dreams. That's an average of 5 a night. During the rest of the approx. 25 nights in the dark, I had 33 dreams. That gives me an average of 1.32 dreams per night. So either my recall just shot up, or lights do actually help.

That's really interesting actually. Most of my LDs occur after my WBTB, so somewhere between 7am-10am if I can sleep in. And it's plenty light by then.. hrmmmmmm...

The only thing that maybe be affecting it is the fact that I'm halfway through 2 weeks off school so I don't have to get up early. I'll definitely continue it though and see how things go. It might not do anthing because Im not actually sleeping for longer because im going to bed later too.