Why do many people say that WILDS are best done during WBTB and naps? Ive heard WBTB is good because it is when you will have a long REM period. But what makes a nap so different than when going to bed which many say not to do?
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Why do many people say that WILDS are best done during WBTB and naps? Ive heard WBTB is good because it is when you will have a long REM period. But what makes a nap so different than when going to bed which many say not to do?
I'll say. :P
I am sure I've done it at bed.
Because you have left over REM in the day time.. I think it goes away 9 hours after you wake up.
This was actually the other question I had in that other "DUO Thread" of mine a while back, but no one seemed to bother answering. I honestly just chalked it up to higher levels of beta waves due to consciousness, but then again, I've no clue...
Well let's think about it for a sec. At nighttime...what is the body/mind programmed to do? Well, that's easy. Fall Asleep.
Most people discourage attempting to WILD before bedtime because there is a tendency to lose consciousness and just fall right to sleep. You're tired, and it's what you're programmed to do at night.
It is much easier to WILD during a WBTB because you have already had several hours of sleep, and you are attempting to wake yourself up during a time when you would naturally be entering a REM state. That way when you go back to bed and attempt to WILD, you are much more likely to have success in entering a lucid dream.
Naps are similar. Especially naps that occur in the morning and afternoon. Your mind is also more active, which aids you in your WILD attempt.
Make sense? Hopefully. It's really quite simple.
The few sprinkles of condescension make this delicious ice cream sundae of comprehension go down really smooth...thanks...;)
lol...that was certainly not my intention and I apologize if it sounded condescending at all. Sometimes I'm in a rush so my "self edit" function gets turned off. ;)
I'm pretty sure its a circadian rhythm thing, you know, the biological clock. Melatonin levels in the brain go up at night and promote deep sleep, but early in the morning (where most of my dreaming is done, personally) your melatonin levels are going down again, sleep is not as deep and dream recall promoted. During the day, your melatonin is at its lowest, and naps usually being brief, promoting dream recall even more.
In my *personal* opinion, we always dream when sleeping, in one form or another. I've had very intense vivid dreams in my first hour of sleep before but only remembered them because they woke me up (nightmare or something) I think its a consciousness and recall thing. You have to think of when recall is favored to find a good time to lucid.. early moring, day-time nap. (and i thinks it has to do with circadian rhythm)
If interested, google circadian rhythms or check this page on melatonin, it even mentions dreaming:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melatonin#Light_dependence
Hope I answered your question