Possible lucid dreaming induction technique
Hello, This is my first post. I only recently found out about lucid dreaming through the movie "waking life"
for those of you who have not seen it, you should.
I got the book from Stephen Laberge, and started reading through it. I applied some of the techniques but after 2 weeks of no success I started to lose hope and did less reality checks during the day. However one night before i went to sleep i did have a lucid dream. It was a short one though.
At one point in the dream I did a reality check, so I became lucid. flew out the window, but then 15-20 seconds later I woke up. Initially I was really exited to be awake in my dream, but i calmed myself down remembering that it might wake me. However i did wake about 15 seconds into the dream.
When I woke up i had to go to the bathroom really bad. I realized that I woke up quite a lot because of it during the night (probably after each REM cycle).
The induction technique.
(i have had only one lucid dream so i have no clue if this will work. its just an idea)
During the day drink a lot of fluids. each time you have to go to the bathroom or think about going to the bathroom, or see a bathroom. do a reality check. Do this maybe for a few days. Then to induce the dream, drink a lot of water before going to sleep. (not too much, not too little) enough that you can still sleep, but that its kinda uncomfortable. BECAUSE in your dream your body might feel the same way. and maybe it will cause you to do a reality check.
negative side:
Well i am not sure why i woke so quickly, The dream in which I woke was a long one, because i remember what i did in it before. So it could be because I was at the end of my REM cycle, or because it was my first lucid dream.
Another reason might be because i had to go to the bathroom. not sure though.
