Just introducing myself

[luc_id_ity]

Hi all - and what a great site this is! I've had a number of lucid dreams over the years (though not lately) and even managed some limited control over them. But I've never gone about systematically inducing/recognising them. Looking forward to learning from you all.the most lucid dreams that I've ever had came about when I was extremely over tired to the point of barely being able to get to sleep. I remember waking up from a vivid dream then going back to sleep, finding myselfback in the same dream and congratulating myself heartily. An opening question - is this experience common and does being overtired help in inducing lucid dreaming?

[eppy]

Hey new person. Yes, it is common. Sleep deprivation is a common lucid inducer.

[DreamingDragon]

Hey new person. Yes, it is common. Sleep deprivation is a common lucid inducer. Welcome, and not to highjack your thread, but what does "Sleep deprivation" mean?

[luc_id_ity]

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.

[WhiteWolf]

welcome to Dream views luc_id_ity hope you have a great time here.

[WolfeDreamer531]

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!