Thread: Some questions on how far along I am in the process and what the best way to continue is

Hello Bob,

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I am also very excited about the movie "Inception" looks like an awsome movie. It is from the director of the Dark Knight, so yeah . Anyway sounds like you have your occasional lucid dreams from the DILD technique, where you realize that something isn't right and realize it is a dream. Something I would suggest is to try to get about 8 hours of sleep more often instead of 6. The last few hours of sleep is whenever we have the longest dream or REM periods. I don't have any experiance with WILDs so far, but lots of people have success with it so it is worth a try. DILD tends to be an easier alternative for busy people but it isn't as realiable as WILD (given that you learn how to do it) can be. My personal favorite technique is WBTB. For example, waking up for about 15 minutes after sleeping for about 6 hours then going back to sleep. That increases your chances of lucidity by a lot. I believe that length of a DILD depends on how early in that REM period you catch that it is a dream. But if you time a WILD right, then you get the entire REM period as long as you can stay lucid and not get to excited and such.

Your last question about whether WILDs are unhealthy, I am fairly sure they aren't because many members here at DV WILD very often and they still post here . Give it a try and just remember that SP can't hurt you it is natural.

Good luck and keep lucid!