Am I onto anything here?

[h0merg0mez]

I made a recording a couple days ago of my own voice, saying "You may be in a dream. Try a reality check now." It played after every 5 minutes of silence the first night, but I couldn't get to sleep because I'd always end up focusing on the audio, waiting for my voice to come on again. Or my RC would ruin whatever relaxation I went into. Last night, I had it play every 20 minutes, after the relaxing "Subliminal Dream recall" mp3, with little success, but I SWEAR I did a reality check by plugging my nose and I could still breathe through it. I didn't wake up or anything, I just don't remember anything after that. I'd like to know if anyone here has tried something similar, to any success?

[NeAvO]

I haven't tried it personally, but it seems like a good idea. Plus it seems to have worked, keep trying this technique and tell us of your success.

[SilverZero]

There are some audio tracks out there that have an extended relaxation phase, and then about 90 minutes in (when the first REM stage typically begins) it changes and aims to "wake you up" inside the dream (become lucid). Some people have luck with them. I haven't tried it. Although my goal is to get a few full-night PSGs recorded to find out when, on average, I specifically go into REM, and then make some sort of signaling system, audio or otherwise, tailored to my own sleep patterns.

[h0merg0mez]

I haven't tried it personally, but it seems like a good idea. Plus it seems to have worked, keep trying this technique and tell us of your success. Well last night I tried it again, but to no lucid success. I woke up a couple times when I heard it, doing a RC and finding that it was real life. There are some audio tracks out there that have an extended relaxation phase, and then about 90 minutes in (when the first REM stage typically begins) it changes and aims to "wake you up" inside the dream (become lucid). Some people have luck with them. I haven't tried it. Yeah, I might try something like that tonight. I might set my alarm several times through the night, too, cuz I rarely remember any of my dreams from 12 to 3 or 4. Thanks for your comments!

[TaNK]

If you can bear to sleep with headphones on and are using something like an iPod that has an alarm, try setting the alarm on that file for the middle of the night, rather than falling asleep TO it.