Thread: Want to have Lucid Dreams, but have a slight problem.

I don't know if this is common or not, but I have a hard time getting to sleep. I used to have dreams all the time as a little kid, but now I don't have any (that I remember). I know this can be fixed with practice in Dream Recall, but I take forever to fall asleep. I can't tell when to set my alarms, because it can be up to two hours off (as in, when I lay down to sleep, I don't fall asleep till two hours later). I guess I'm asking for a way to fall asleep faster (preferred) or a better way to wake up during my dreams.

Hi, welcome to the forum.

I've got a similar problem to you there and I know how annoying it can be. What I find can help is doing some exercise before tying ot sleep, or listening to some music in bed just before you go to sleep.

Also, self-suugestion is goof for waking up and remembering dreams. Try telling yourself upon going to bed that you are going to wake up and remember your dreams when they finish over and over. You'll find this helps a bit.

You might also want to look into sleep patterns and sleeping problems, there's bound to be a lot of good advice to help you get to sleep quicker.

-Redrivertears-

Hello

Well you could try listening to soothing music like whale songs and what not. As Alex said, self suggestion works a treat. You can try relaxation techniques, for example tense up your muscles in your toes for a few seconds, then release. Work your way up every part of your body up to your face.

It usually removes tension and helps to relax you.

^^ These people are correct, u must listen to them.

I used to have alot of trouble falling asleep when I was younger and it was terrible. It was almost like I would lay there waiting to fall asleep and keep checking the clock. Now I fall asleep easily. With school in now I am usually pretty tired from having to get up that early so by 11 or 12 at night I can fall asleep no problem. I listen to alot of music at night and that really helps. I usually flip through the local AM and FM radio stations (and even some not so local ones) or listen to a cd. With listening to music you don't notice yourself drifting off as much and it will get to a point where you aren't really hearing or understaning what the music is or what the talk show is talking about and then I just usually throw my cd player under the bed, roll over, and pass out.