Thread: Rem Dreamer

Yeah! The REM dreamer is awesome and works well. I got my first short lucid with it on the first night I slept with it. Probably due to placebo though. It does increase your dream recall in a sense it might often wake you up... But you still must keep a dream journal!

Before it arrives, you can start practicing for it. Start making a list of all kinds of bright light sources and reflections. Reflection from a windows, sun shines/blinks between trees on a hot summer day, someone blinks a flashlight at you... Etc.

Start to associate every such event with the phrase like "a light source.. It might be the REM dreamer, am I dreaming? *reality check*"

Truly question your current reality, because it could be a dream and you are just few feet away from becoming lucid.

If you start doing this now, you will be well prepared for the REM dreamer when it finally comes.

When I use REM dreamer, I usually get dreams where I wear the dreamer in public.. And occasionally see bright red light blinking at my eyes (in no disguise). But it is different for everyone.

I'm about to start a REM dreamer journal in dreamviews to get back on lucid dreaming after a long break. Check it out

Sounds great! I have always wanted to try it out. Sounds like a really good idea practicing for it I have heard that it can see when you become lucid, so it turns off the flashes.. hehe it must be one of the bigger inventions in lucid dreaming

Originally Posted by kris9995

I have heard that it can see when you become lucid, so it turns off the flashes.

yeah it does... in a way. when we all dream, our eyes move just like we move them in the dream (sleep paralysis doesn't restrict eye-movement). What you can do with the REM-dreamer is to activate it's TWC feature (Two Way Control). When it detects that you have started a REM cycle it blinks brighter and brighter in 30second intervals and you can do this... (quoting from the REM-dreamer booklet)

"When cues become intensive enough to reach your dreaming mind and a lucid dream starts, move your eyes in your dream alternately from top to bottom and bottom to top. Take about 1 second to move your eyes in your dream from top to bottom and back up, as though you were watching a rubber ball bounce slowly. Move your eyes in that way for 5-6 seconds or more...

...At that time the REM-dreamer will recognize your eye movement and stops generating cues...

It's an interesting feature, but I personally haven't yet tested it yet.

Oh and the REM-dreamer also has a "reality test" button, but I find the "try to breath trough closed nose" method/test more reliable

haha yeah i use that reality check too. I find it really reliable and it can be used everywhere I can't wait to test it out and thanks for your well informed answers god i can't wait... I think my lucid dream rate might rise happy dreams