Thread: Hi, I'm new to DV and LD. Also have Questions and an Experience to Share

Originally Posted by OctoberWind

Hey! Welcome to dv, you'll meet lots of cool people here. Don't worry about your WILD attempt, don't see it as a failure, see it as a learning experience.

Sleep cycles usually occur in 90 minute intervals, REM usually being the last part, so just add 10 minutes to when you go to bed (10 is the average it takes people to fall asleep, if you know how long it takes you to sleep, then use that number) after that go by 90 minute intervals. If you don't wake up from a dream cycle then, slightly adjust your time until you get it, 90 isn't a perfect number since all people are different, so chances are that you may need a bit of experimenting.

Wait.. If my sleep cycle was exactly 90 minutes and lets just pretend I fell asleep instantly, wouldn't I have to set my alarm for a multiple of 90 and then subtract 20 or so minutes so to wake up before REM is over?
And thanks for the advice! I like how you said to look upon it btw.

And to anyone out there, I remembered what it was going to ask. Will background noise such as a fan or noise from a open window affect my F/WILD attempts at all?

And just to share this, a few months back, I had a false awakening. At the time, I did not know it was a false awakening and I thought I had just woke up for real. My dad was in my bedroom and I said what are you doing in here. He was tinkering with my laptop! Now, this is the really cool and bizarre coincidence: When I woke up in the morning, I resumed my laptop from sleep mode and guess what happened The hard drive crashed. Boot Manager error and then the noises.. they make your heart sink.

The chances of that happening!!! It was my first false awakening that I can remember... but what happened.. what are the chances of that!

Originally Posted by MindMaster

Wait.. If my sleep cycle was exactly 90 minutes and lets just pretend I fell asleep instantly, wouldn't I have to set my alarm for a multiple of 90 and then subtract 20 or so minutes so to wake up before REM is over?
And thanks for the advice! I like how you said to look upon it btw.

Yeah, but you want you REM cycle to at least start, that way you can get some dreams in before you wake up. Also, the further into the night, the longer your REM cycles will become.

Originally Posted by MindMaster

And to anyone out there, I remembered what it was going to ask. Will background noise such as a fan or noise from a open window affect my F/WILD attempts at all?

And just to share this, a few months back, I had a false awakening. At the time, I did not know it was a false awakening and I thought I had just woke up for real. My dad was in my bedroom and I said what are you doing in here. He was tinkering with my laptop! Now, this is the really cool and bizarre coincidence: When I woke up in the morning, I resumed my laptop from sleep mode and guess what happened The hard drive crashed. Boot Manager error and then the noises.. they make your heart sink.

The chances of that happening!!! It was my first false awakening that I can remember... but what happened.. what are the chances of that!

No, your fan shouldn't be too much of a problem, as sp progresses- your mind will filter it out as background noise. That isn't issue there.

As to that last part, crazy stuff happens in dreams that is related to waking life. I know of a person who dreamt he was fixing a computer for his friend's mom, then the next day she called him up to ask if he could fix her laptop.

Awesome you could experience the weirdness.