Thread: ♫ PostScript99's Workbook ♫

Originally Posted by PostScript99

I can't believe I almost forgot about this!

I was feeling down a week ago, and got two dark lucid snatches that were probably from NREM (useless ). I've gotten lucid in an NREM dream before, but everything was dark, there was only a chalkboard, and I though 9*6=4 and 8*6 = 77. However, in the last couple of days, I got vivid back-to-back lucids, so I'm feeling good. I'd experiment with SSILD a little, but am doing a challenge where WBTB techniques are forbidden, so that'll have to wait.

LOL. Our brains probably don't do their best math in NREM.

Hey, this competition that forbids WBTB techniques sounds interesting. Is that the main rule or are there others? I lean so hard on WBTB that I think I'd be in big trouble!

What's the idea behind limiting WBTB techs?

Really, we're just trying to focus less on the process, and more on the result. It seems promising so far.

Originally Posted by PostScript99

Really, we're just trying to focus less on the process, and more on the result. It seems promising so far.

What have you and everyone else involved learned so far? This is interesting to me because WBTB is an absolute cornerstone practice for me. I've had a handful of LDs without it, but very, very few. It's cool to see that a group of you is exploring LDing along other paths.

Is this contest somewhere on DV?

Originally Posted by CanisLucidus

What have you and everyone else involved learned so far? This is interesting to me because WBTB is an absolute cornerstone practice for me. I've had a handful of LDs without it, but very, very few. It's cool to see that a group of you is exploring LDing along other paths.

Is this contest somewhere on DV?

It's an IOSDP thing.

I'm surprised that you're almost completely reliant on WBTB. A lot of my lucids were earned without it. For about a month now, I've been avoiding it after my insomnia scare, but did it again for the competition (and now I have insomnia again ).

Originally Posted by PostScript99

It's an IOSDP thing.

I'm surprised that you're almost completely reliant on WBTB. A lot of my lucids were earned without it. For about a month now, I've been avoiding it after my insomnia scare, but did it again for the competition (and now I have insomnia again ).

Interesting, so it sounds like you guys are switching back and forth between using WBTB and not using it, then?

I'm sorry to hear about the insomnia! Does making WBTB super brief help you at all in this regard? All of my WBTBs are natural wakings, and if I'm in the daylight hours, I generally just go straight back to sleep after peeing. That gives me the best chance of success, and a WBTB of even a couple minutes sometimes gets me lucid once I'm into the late morning.

Not necessarily, we just don't use WBTB techniques such as WILD, MILD, DEILD, SSILD, etc.

And it just started up again after I did a WBTB DILD and took it as long as I could (~30 min dream time) and then woke up and couldn't fall asleep. In fact, I was totally awake, as if I had been up for hours. Last night, I went to sleep normally and woke up at the exact same time and again couldn't fall asleep, but I still felt tired. I don't know if it's insomnia or what, but I only have one night now to catch up to she in the competition, and she's 27 points ahead right now.

Well, I totally forgot to check in here for yesterday. Today I got nothing, but at least I slept well.

Yesterday I got 7 LDs, 1 DILD and 6 DEILDs, mostly high lucidity, and high clarity. I achieved another Basic TOTM and summoned a tiny firework and ate it, but could not shoot out sparks.

I've been thinking about trying Dutchraptor's DEILD technique since then, but I can't use alarms, which is a problem. But now I see why SSILD and DEILD is such a powerful combo.

DEILD is now the next technique I am going to use, btw.

Great job, PostScript! That's a phenomenal DEILD chain! Was the dream plot continuous between each of these or did they all kind of go off on their own.

Can't blame you for wanting to emphasize DEILD then. I'd certainly be all over that if I'd gotten a chain that size. Have you had a lot of success with DEILD in the past or are you just now picking it up?

Unlike micro WBTBs, they all went off in different directions. And this is the second time I've ever done DEILD, and the first intentional time, so I'm really new to it. We'll see how it goes.