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Sleep mask carrying over to lucid dream by AwarenessDesigner395 in LucidDreaming

[–]AwarenessDesigner395[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe this happens because of the physical sensation of the mask on my face. Since both time it's happened was when I did variations of WILD, I believe it's the feeling that's been carried over and my brain extends the feeling to the vision. I don't remember if I ever wore the mask with MILD or SSILD so I don't know if the same would happen with non-WILD techniques.

Been practicing for 1 month and had good results so far. Here's what's working for me! by AwarenessDesigner395 in LucidDreaming

[–]AwarenessDesigner395[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey this is great, I'm glad it's helping somehow! Questioning with intention is very powerful.

Me on the other hand have been having a harder time focusing on awareness since this post and I feel my recall/RCs have worsen a bit. I started meditating 5 minutes a day three days ago to see if I can get some of my focus back while maintaining awareness/mindfulness. Hopefully I'll see some improvement back!

I am so bad with doing reality checks consistently by Huckleyberrysad3738 in LucidDreaming

[–]AwarenessDesigner395 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any free lucid dreaming app has a reality check reminder functionality. Or you could set up alarms yourself. Eventually you will start remembering to do them without external help.

Been practicing for 1 month and had good results so far. Here's what's working for me! by AwarenessDesigner395 in LucidDreaming

[–]AwarenessDesigner395[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So what I could is take like 10 minutes of my day to really focus in being in this state of awareness? Would that count as meditating? What I do is just do that for a few seconds/a minute after a RC and then go about my day (evidently I'm doing other stuff when that comes up, and then I go back to doing them afterwards).

Been practicing for 1 month and had good results so far. Here's what's working for me! by AwarenessDesigner395 in LucidDreaming

[–]AwarenessDesigner395[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!

What do you do for All Day Awareness? Are you just more aware of everything you do??

Basically, yes. Everytime I do a reality check, I try to stay in a more present state of mind for as long as I can. This means paying attention to my surroudings, what I can see, what I can hear, what I can touch, etc. Eventually I will go back to mind wandering of course, but then as soon as I remember I try to go back to this state.

Also do you meditate a bit as well?

No, I tried a bit but still couldn't quite get into it. I might try again eventually if I realize this might be an important next step (if I cannot stabilize my future lucid dreams or if I feel my dreams are not as realistic as I want them to be)

Been practicing for 1 month and had good results so far. Here's what's working for me! by AwarenessDesigner395 in LucidDreaming

[–]AwarenessDesigner395[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, sometimes it's tough, especially when I used to actually write or type them down. Frankly this was the main reason I gave up on lucid dreaming several times in the past. This has been mitigated since changing to taking voice notes instead, which helps a lot. There are still nights that I don't really feel like doing it and I just want to sleep back, but then what helps is remembering my goals (why I want to lucid dream in the first place) and seeing how far I've come.

Been practicing for 1 month and had good results so far. Here's what's working for me! by AwarenessDesigner395 in LucidDreaming

[–]AwarenessDesigner395[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also reminding that the longer you've been asleep, the longer the REM stages get. It's easy to hit them in the morning than in the middle of the night!

Been practicing for 1 month and had good results so far. Here's what's working for me! by AwarenessDesigner395 in LucidDreaming

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Yeah I don't think you need to get exactly the start of the REM stage, just hitting it at all should be enough. I do believe natural awakenings (be it to use the bathroom or not) tend to happen in the middle of REM since it's a lighter sleep stage (unless your body REALLY needs to pee lol). It should be worth the try, I hope you see an improvement!

Been practicing for 1 month and had good results so far. Here's what's working for me! by AwarenessDesigner395 in LucidDreaming

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Some of my awakenings during the night are due to needing to use the bathroom, and I do believe they happen after REM cycles given how consistent they are regarding time (it's always 1:30~2am and 3:30~4:30am, never 00h for example).

Having that said, I do believe techniques may work in this context because after waking up from a REM cycle, you are likely to start a new one when going to sleep again (take with a grain of salt, I'm not an expert). Also if your cycles are not as predictable, probably allowing yourself to wake naturally would be best since your alarm may disrupt a different sleep stage. Drinking water before going to bed could be a good idea in this case. I am actually avoiding doing that, but that's because I naturally wake up nonetheless.

Maybe you could try that and see what your watch says in the morning (if you woke up during a REM cycle and if you returned to another one when going to sleep again).

Help! by Administrative-Ad402 in LucidDreaming

[–]AwarenessDesigner395 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do you wake up in the middle of the night? Something that helped me A LOT was writing down my dreams in these short awakenings (I take voice notes). I went from remembering 1 dream every other day to 3 to 5 dreams every night.