Thread: Wait Wait Wait...what?

Okay, I think I may be a bit strange. Most people have lucid dreams after a few hours of sleep, or at least from what I've heard. However, the 4 times I've managed to have lucid dreams, they've been within the first half hour of sleep! Just last night, I fell asleep about 11:30 pm and had 2 lucid dreams and a normal dream which seemed to have lasted at least 2 or 3 hours. But, when I woke up from the 2nd lucid, I looked at the clock and it was only 12:15 am!



Am I weird or does this just happen to some people?

Originally Posted by MikeyMurder

Okay, I think I may be a bit strange. Most people have lucid dreams after a few hours of sleep, or at least from what I've heard. However, the 4 times I've managed to have lucid dreams, they've been within the first half hour of sleep! Just last night, I fell asleep about 11:30 pm and had 2 lucid dreams and a normal dream which seemed to have lasted at least 2 or 3 hours. But, when I woke up from the 2nd lucid, I looked at the clock and it was only 12:15 am!
Am I weird or does this just happen to some people?[/b]

This is not uncommon.
After all some techniques, WILD or HIT go directly from a waking state into a dream state.
Many feel that it takes this long to get into REM. I think this is where people tend to be misled.

As you have fallen asleep there a many instances where your conscious mind is still active. (Not fully disengaged to the subconscious.) As a result your awareness sparks your lucidity.

Ok thanks. I was just wondering because I read somewhere that people with sleeping disorders often have unusual REM patterns, including entering REM within the first minutes of sleep.

maybe you slept 24 hours and 45 minutes lol

Hmm, coincidentally, I've also had 4 LD experiences, but they've all been in the last couple of hours of my sleep. Also, I can't recall any dreams from the first 3 hours of my sleep, even if I use an alarm clock to wake up.

It's not unlikely, though, that there are people who enter REM sleep very early. It could just be a rare trait, like being left-handed, so most LD tutorials advise people to only attempt to LD after 4-6 hours of sleep. It must be a pretty useful ability, though, when trying to WILD or MILD.

Originally Posted by naikou

Hmm, coincidentally, I've also had 4 LD experiences, but they've all been in the last couple of hours of my sleep. Also, I can't recall any dreams from the first 3 hours of my sleep, even if I use an alarm clock to wake up.

It's not unlikely, though, that there are people who enter REM sleep very early. It could just be a rare trait, like being left-handed, so most LD tutorials advise people to only attempt to LD after 4-6 hours of sleep. It must be a pretty useful ability, though, when trying to WILD or MILD.
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This is how I am minus the LD's. I dream WAY more in the early morning hours and remember much better.

I can only remember one time I had a lucid dream within an hour of falling asleep at night. It was strange, I went to bed at like 11pm and had a full-on LD with great control, woke up, looked at the clock and it was only 12am. It was weird.

The most vivid lucid dream I've ever had came INSTANTLY. I just blinked...

How do you keep track of time in a dream?