Thread: hotchip's workbook

Hey there! I'm still learning myself, but I might have a solution to enhance the vividness of your dreams. The more tired your body is, the more time you'll spend in deep sleep. That also means that you usually won't sleep right into a REM phase (which is where most vivid dreams happen) at your regular bedtime.

I would recommend trying WBTB or napping in the afternoon - these techniques worked really well for myself, for both enhancing vividness, and to increase the chance to achieve lucidity.

As for WBTB - if you normally get up at 6AM, try getting up at 4:30/5:00 or so, remain awake for 30 mins without doing any mind-straining stuff (like watching TV or solving math puzzles), because you still want to keep your sleepiness, rather read a book, maybe an article about lucid dreaming, or a fantasy book you'd like to dream about. After that time passed, you lie back down, and your chances of sleeping right back into REM are significantly increased.

If you want to try to go for a nap during the day, then your body doesn't need deep sleep at that point yet, which might just lead you right into a REM phase - and vivid dreams.

[EDIT]: If you only have like 5 hours to sleep anyway, drawing time for a WBTB attempt is probably not the best idea. Maybe try napping instead for this day, since you could use the extra sleep time anyway