Thread: I have trouble getting to sleep with lucidity in mind

Hi Slacker. I have heard of other Dv members experiencing this before. From what I gathered, drinking something caffeinated a 1/2 hour before bed helped them enough to remain focused without keeping them up. try it.

awesome, thanks, ill try it tongight. I'm a caffeine addict, i dont know if that makes a difference though.

Well, i tried it, and it helped, but it did now work. What happened, was i was able to sustain the almost sleeping state indefinitely, but now matter how hard i tried, i could not fall asleep.
I did fall asleep my normal method, however, and i had a pretty interesting dream (however, it was not lucid.) It was a recurring dream, one of the few i actually remember having before. Maybe ill post my dream journal later, with it in it. I started this morning keeping track of dreams.

Are there any other methods i can try? I still found it hard to maintain focus on the colors inside my eyes, and often found my mind slightly wandering. I kept it in check though.

That's quite contradicting in itself. Falling asleep while concentrated isn't really something possible or needed.

The WILD technique that utilizes hypnagogic imagery is used not by concentrating on the imagery but by passively observing it.

Thus, focusing one's mind is exactly what one is not to do while attempting a WILD or WILD-like technique. Passive observation causes the greatest results.