WB2B problem

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I had a problem last night that maybe someone can help me with. Lately I've been feeling out a few techniques. I have been doing a little MILD/WB2B with poor results. I will tell you I've been keeping a journal, doing reality checks, and getting into a little ADA (I'm still pretty new at this). The problem I had last night was not necessarily my fault, I think I was doing everything right, though I may need to tweek my timing a little bit. Here is what happened. I awakened naturally after my 1st REM cycle. It had been about 4.5hrs from when I had initially gone to bed. I did my exercises/reality checks/mantras before the initial sleep as I had success in lucidity doing this the previous night. REM#1 was non-lucid, but I had good recall and recorded my dream, grabbed some water and laid still doing more exercises/recalling/reality check/a little visualization. I felt myself drifting but my mind was still sharp. I kept up the mantras. This went on for about 15-20 mins. I started to see the flashing colors after that and I was still conscious. BAM! Knocked out of the trance, my wife rolled over and bumped me. I thought, "Ok, I'll try again, I think I was almost there." I had almost gotten to that stage again, but I could tell it was weaker than last time. BAM! AGAIN, my wife turns over and her arm lands on me. It was though a pane of glass had been shattered before my eyes. I guess I got angry and just gave up, I went to sleep, had 2 more recordable/remembered dreams, both non-lucid, which I put in my journal this morning. For those of you with significant others, What the hell do you do? I've only had 1 night of lucid dreaming and it was DILD. I'm concerned if this keeps going, I will never be able to use another technique. Thoughts and/or help would be appreciated!

[SkylightMT]

Heh. I still co-sleep with my DD, and she's a very restless sleeper, so I can totally relate to what you are saying. I have had lucid dreams though, with her in the bed with me, always been DILDs. My ability to LD and my dream recall are very much dependent on her sleeping behavior. I've tried WILD but its a rare night that she's peaceful enough that I can actually fall asleep without being interrupted. Anyway. With a co-sleeper I think you have to allow more flexibility. There will be nights you can't WILD. Oh well. I also have a bunk bed next to us (the one she will transition into when she gets older) and I can crawl into that one for a few hours sometimes so that I don't get kicked or whatever, which can help my dream recall and WILD.

[dakotahnok]

WB2B? Oh well I guess that you can abbreviate the "t". Anyway I guess the only thing you can do is get a divorcé. Or you could just sleep on the couch from time to time. That's actually what some people recommend to WILD.

[Reclypso]

If you don't want to sacrifice sleeping with your spouse or hurting her feelings then just practice ADA. It's very helpful just try to do it at least 45 mins a day or more, these will improve your DILD's as you probably know. Or just get a king sized bed