Thread: martakartus' Workbook

Originally Posted by martakartus

Thanks for the advice! It's weird because I was feeling sleepy when I went to bed, but I'm a full-time overthinker and I get easily stressed, more now that my final exams are drawing near, and this shows mostly at night, because I'm quite prone to insomnia. I try to avoid caffein when I know I'm like this, and take sleeping pills if I foresee a restless night, but I don't take them when I have to wake up early, since they make me feel sleepy all day.

As for the turning, I was fully aware I shouldn't have moved so much, it's just that for some reason I didn't feel comfortable.

I'll try some other relaxation techniques next time I'll also make some research of my own.

Besides, I'm getting into meditation to learn to quiet my mind and rid myself of racing thoughts, but it's no easy task...

One suggestion I've read here on DV from Naiya I believe is writing a bit in your journal before bed, all the things you need to do tomorrow, so you can get them out of your mind's "goal center" so you can relax. Also, writing or saying "the best way for me to [help others/achieve my goals/etc] is to get a god night's sleep".

Diet, exercise, meditation, all good.

Yeah, that's why I wrote it down and it seemed to help

I had amazing recall today, 6 dreams in total, it's the best it's ever been. I recalled all of them in the morning, but not at the same time. One of the dreams was a layer 1 and in another one I became very suspicious and was almost lucid. I didn't use any technique in particular. I had set an alarm 5h into sleep and my first intention was to do a FILD, but I didn't feel sleepy enough. I thought maybe a SSILD would help me feel sleepy, but my mind kept wandering and I ended up not doing much of it.

Another successful WBTB+SSILD which turned into a lucid dream with a high level of awareness. It was brief, but it's another stepping stone. I feel I am making progress these last few weeks.

Brief flying lucid - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

My uni finals are getting near and I'm studying quite a lot these days. It was only half a year ago that I discovered how much this affected my sleep. The more I study during the day, the earlier I feel sleepy at night and the more sleep I need. This seems obvious, but I find it weird how I need a whole hour or two more of sleep in order to not feel sleepy the next day. I am a morning person, so at some point in the evening my brain just shuts down and I can't study, I need my night of rest, but thanks to this I don't mess around with my sleep cycle too much.

It still hasn't happened this time, but when I am approaching exams, I tend to have dreams about them. Well, they're nightmares most of the time. The good point is that I could use them as dream signs to become lucid if I trained myself to. Chances are these next weeks my progress with lucid dreaming will slow down, but if I am able to catch these dream signs or have a lucid every now and then thanks to some technique, that'd be great.

Best of luck on the exams Marta!

Originally Posted by NyxCC

Best of luck on the exams Marta!

Thanks! I hope they go well

Despite the fact that these last couple of weeks my dream recall has decreased and I haven't worked much towards lucidity, today I had three lucids in a row and was able to maintain a high level of awareness during the transitions. I had never experienced that before, it was pretty amazing. Making good progress


Keeping lucidity during transitions - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Originally Posted by martakartus

Despite the fact that these last couple of weeks my dream recall has decreased and I haven't worked much towards lucidity, today I had three lucids in a row and was able to maintain a high level of awareness during the transitions. I had never experienced that before, it was pretty amazing. Making good progress


Keeping lucidity during transitions - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Very good! That illustrates that lucidity is not always a linear process, or that we don't understand it well enough!

You're right, dreams will never cease to amaze us ^^