Quote Originally Posted by luc_id_ity View Post
Thanks for the welcome eppy and dreaming_dragon. I meant just being overtired lets say going without sleep for a night (a common enough happening when I was at uni) at another extreme people have been deprived of sleep for a number of days either for experiments or as a deliberate torture technique. I understand this can lead to mental instability.
Any amount of sleep deprivation causes REM (Rapid Eye Movement) deprivation which, in turn, leads to REM rebound the following night. REM rebound occurs when your body tries to make up for lost time in REM sleep; dreams are more-than-likely to be much more vivid when in REM rebound depending on the severity/duration of the sleep/REM deprivation the night before. People typically have a better shot at becoming lucid when REM deprived due to REM rebound. I found REM deprivation to be a great technique in inducing LDs and have gotten a LD every time I was REM/sleep deprived.

There is also a way to REM deprive yourself w/o sleep depriving yourself completely. Just waking up 30 minutes before your normal wake up time REM deprives you somewhat. So, if you were to do this for a few days, let's say three, then you would be sure to have long, vivid dreams that you could possibly become lucid in as a result.

Oh, I almost forgot, welcome to DVs!