How did this happen?

So I had my first LD. I awoke sometime in the morning, crawled onto my other side, shut my eyes, found they started vibrating and knew that was a sign of WILD. So I started counting ;) And I remember it didn't take that long at all to get to the LD!! LD's happen in the REM part of dreaming right? Well it didn't take 90 minutes for the LD to happen. Felt like about 5.

So what happened? Did I manage to get to a REM in under 5 minutes? Or did I have the LD in another stage of sleep? Is that possible?

Ben

I think you had a LD in another stage of sleep.

And that is very possible :)

Thank goodness! What would have been different if I had had a REM LD? More vivid? Last longer?

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Originally Posted by BenMurrie

Did I manage to get to a REM in under 5 minutes?

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Yes. That's what WILD is.

You can WILD in 5 minutes or so if you utilize Wake-back-to-bed or morning slumber. The 90 minute cycle is when you are going to sleep in the first place, that is why it is generally quite hard to WILD straight at the evening :)

I do that a lot. You just need to have good knowledge how your sleep pattern works or then just doing it by pure luck ^^ if I wake in the middle of REM-cycle, I can go back with WILD in about 5 minutes average.