I would like to know how I can view this problem. Whenever I try to get up for wbtb or wild, i tend to be really really tired. It seems farely constant, i just dont wanna get out of bed, and if i do, it might last for say a week or probly less, than back to ignoring alarm. And if i move alarm, i just convinced myself the next day to move it back to my bedside to i snooze, etcc…
To me, it seems that waking up seems to interrupt my sleep cycle, but im not sure. Anyone feel actually perfectly ok with waking up then going back to bed for a lucid dream, for a long period of time (month +)
thanks! im really really interested in lucid dreaming now
First, make sure you go to sleep reasonably early, maybe 9 or 10 o’clock.
Also, try to decide for yourself that you want to notice your natural micro-awakenings throughout the night (we always have them every night), so you can wake up without an alarm clock.
This may take some practice, but you will eventually succeed.
The most important thing is to go to sleep before you feel completely exhausted.
Do not go to bed in the morning and sleep until the everyone , this will probably just make it much harder.
The rest is up to you, it takes some discipline to actually get out of bed at this point, but it’s worth it!
Did you try autosuggesting yourself to wake up without an alarm clock?
Waking from alarm clock can be a very unpleasant experience.
What I do is deciding when I want to wake up (say for example between 3 and 4 am) and then telling myself “I will wake up between 3 and 4 am after a dream”.
I then visualize my phone’s clock seeing the approximate time I want to wake up (for example 3:15 am)
Sometimes it’s more accurate, and sometimes less, but I always wake up at some point in the night with this (without it, I’m a sound sleeper)
Thanks guys, I guess I will just have to give it a try.
Do you guys wake up really groggy and heavy headed? Thats my problem, but maybe its gone away the last time ive tried it, ill see!
Try to prepare your WBTB’s so that you can look forward to doing them.
One thing I do is that I put my Dream Journal on the kitchen table, and have a teacup and some cocoa ready so I can make some hot sugar-free chocolate milk.
It’s very pleasant to just sit there in dim light and sip hot chocolate while I write down my dreams.
The first moments are indeed groggy but if you get up immediately it passes. Looking at your phone helps.
At least it helps me because: backlight brings me to consciousness and also the clock is an excellent chance for an RC.
I try for WBTB every weekend and I know how you feel with regards to feeling groggy upon waking. I goto bed at 9:00pm and set my alarm for 2:30am effectively giving me around 5 hours 30mins sleep. The best thing to do is to force yourself out of your bed even though you don’t feel like it (I’ve made the mistake of just going back to bed several times). Once you’ve done that, you’re practically 1/2 way there when combining it with the usual LD induction methods.
