Thread: Need Some Terms Defined

Originally Posted by Keenya

I could really use a brief definition of the following terms. I would really appreciate a literal translation, and a short description. I keep seeing all these around and i need some clarity.

FILD-
WBTB-
MILD-
Any others i need to know. haha. I know WILD. That's about it.

FILD= Finger Induced Lucid Dream.
A method of using small finger motions to keep the body at a level of awareness as you pass into sleep. Its a WILD sub-type.

WBTB= Wake Back to Bed.
A technique used to induce REM-rebound and cause a level of heightened awareness during dreams. It involves cutting your regular sleep schedule short around a later REM period, utilizing motor functions for a portion of time (15min-1 hour) and then returning to bed and finishing the sleep cycle.

MILD= Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams.
A method of utilizing positive mental reinforcement to encourage heightened awareness in dreams.


Some others you should be familiar with:

DILD= Dream Induced Lucid Dream.
Simply recognizing the dream is a dream in the midst of it playing out.

REM Rebound=
Mentioned earlier, REM rebound is a situation where regular REM sleep is interrupted, delayed or otherwise inhibited and is therefore returned multi-fold during the next sleep cycle, causing a longer and more intense REM period.

REM (REM-Sleep)= Rapid Eye Movement.
Its a phase of the sleep cycle. Roughly every 90 minutes during the sleep cycle the body enters the REM phase. It is named due to the physical display of the eyes moving rapidly behind the eye-lids. During this phase the brain is in its most intense and active part of the sleep cycle. This results in increased vividness and clarity in dreams.

Originally Posted by Keenya

Also, my description (at left) doesn't show the thanks i've issued. Why is that?

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