Thread: My First Attempt At Lucidity... Problems. Insight?

Yeah I know... there's a lot to read up on!! I'd say just read through the tutorials over the next few days... pay particular attention to Hypnagogic Hallucinations and Sleep Paralysis - these will help explain what was happening to you last night. Though I guess they were also covered in the WILD tutorial.

Um - let's see... ok, it's possible to WILD when you first go to bed... especially if you didn't sleep well the night before. If you don't get much REM sleep one night then your body/ mind whatever will try to make up for it the next - it's called REM rebound. Good stuff!

Generally speaking the 1st REM period is supposed to start 90 minutes after you fall asleep, and like you said it's pretty short - maybe 5 or ten minutes? They then follow every 90 minutes, each one being a bit longer. Some people say they definitely dream immediately after falling asleep though, so the dream science stuff might not be written in stone.

As for waking up each time so fast... it happens a lot in the beginning.. often just from the excitement of being lucid. Excitement will wake you up. As you get more used to it you;ll be able to remain in the dreams longer.

Also, there are techniques to help stabilize a dream once you're lucid. Check for stabilization tutorials - here's a freebie: Try rubbing your hands together or feeling surfaces around you. Don't look too long or too hard at any one thing... that can cause the dream to destabilize. Use your dream senses... feel as I suggested, that' probably the best one for stabilization since there isn't always something to hear or smell or taste. Using the sensation of touch in the dream helps keep it stable. It's a good idea to stabilize the dream occasionally. Also, Atkins posted a thread last night about making the dream last a long time... click on Quick Links in the blue bar across the top of the page and then on Today's Posts. It should be on the first few pages. Aw hell, it might have dropped off quite a few pages by now - I don't have the link on hand for it. If I can find it Ill post a link here. Some great techniques in there.

Ok here it is: http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=94752 That should be enough reading material for a while!