I’m working on my dream recal, I was wondering, what are some good REM periods I should set my alarm to? I have it set to 4:30. Is that a good time? Thanks in advance.
Yeah that seems about right.
I seem to wake up at the end of dream sequences. Usually i wake up around 5 and then again around 7, seems to me maybe every 2 hours after i fall into REM sleep.
I don’t like to intentionally break up my sleeping pattern though. I don’t think it’s to healthy. It’s better just to start writing down your dreams for the first few months. Slowly increasing dream recall and then after then u will find that u will start waking up at about that time anyway without any alarm.
For me… 3:30 AM is the excellent time to wake up… actually I wake up naturally at this time, and it greatly improved my dream recalls.
Well, it depends on how much sleep you usually get, what time you go to bed at, and what time your REM periods occur. It’s different for everybody. If I were you, I’d try a bunch of times, and see what one works right for you. It’ll disrupt your schedual for about a week but once you have the perfect time it’ll be worth it.
They say that dreams go in cycles at about 1 hrs and 30 mins, so good times to wake up are after 4 hrs 30 mins or 6 hrs of sleep. 7 hrs 30 mins is not recommended, because most people will have their need for sleep fullfilled at this point. But of course, there can be individual differences
but wouldnt it be better if you waited a bit after the 1h 30mins have past so your dreams commence? or is it at 1h 30mins when your dreams end?
I generally wake up (especially on a saturday) about a quarter past every hour from about 5 or 6 onwards, probably because my dream has finished, so maybe if I set it on 6:00 it would interrupt a dream. Try it. See what works for you.
Does it hurt your dream recall if you go to bed at different hours each night? See, on school nights, I go to bed at about 11 PM, but on the weekends, or school breaks which Im on right now, I go to bed at different hours each night. I’ll either go to bed at 12 AM (which is early for me), or I’ll stay up all the way until 2 or 3 AM. Is it bad to have an unstable sleeping schedule?
Another thing… I wake up directly after each dream, which is good because that’s what’s supposed to happen. But its aggravating to, I dont like waking up every two hours and writing something down. Do I have any other choices, or am I just gonna have to suck it up?
Jewish_Boy: For me, it certainly hurts my lucid dreams, but doesn’t hurt my dream recall as long as I sleep enough. And I have heard that it’s bad to have unstable sleep schelude because you can develop insomnia from it, but… I’m not a scientist so ignore me! Ha ha ha!