Thread: Rallan's Workbook

Congrats on the hand munching ld!

I see you managed to pull off a longish ld and successfully dealt with some challenges. Great job!

Dream darkness/loss of vision occurs quite often for lders, so don't worry about it. There are few key points to remember, it may be temporary and a fading dream doesn't necessarily have to end. You can certainly bring it back by relying on your other senses. Whatever fluctuations you may experience, just keep going and you will find the dream comes back. You did great there, so keep it up!

I do however seem to find myself often awake after about 3 hours sleep, usually with barely any dream recall. Usually I assume I haven't slept long enough yet to do WBTB, but would this be something worth trying if I'm often waking naturally then? Ideally I would like to be able to establish a WBTB habit that does not need an alarm, so that I'm waking at the best time for restful sleep.

If you go to bed at approximately the same time, your body should wake at about the same time every day. At least in theory. I know I wake up after3 hours of sleep and then approximately every one and a half hours, which is a bit funny because the one and a half hour is average for people. This will vary of course and if I need more sleep, I might sleep straight through the entire night.

Anyways, to the point. Try going to bed at consitent times and note if you wake up at an appropriate for your wbtb time. That way you may avoid using the alarm clock.

The other thing you can try is to drink a bit of water before bed, it works like a natural alarm clock after couple of hours. Finally, if you're up to a challenge, you can try willing yourself to wake up at a desired time.