A quick WBTB tip

**bombdiggity** · 08-07-2010 02:29 AM

Hi, I have been lucid dreaming for awhile now and I rarely do WBTB, but I do a lot of reading about the brain and its functions and just thought of a small tip for people who use WBTB for lucid dreams.

I read about WBTB's and realized that most people will tell you to read about lucid dreaming, meditate, etc when you awake to do a WBTB, but no one mentions turning on the logic part of the brain.

The left hemisphere of the brain controls logic, and the logic part of the brain is very low in activity during sleep, so it would be ideal to awaken this part of the brain before going back to bed. The left part of the brain is active when you solve puzzles, do math, etc.

If you are having trouble lucid dreaming, (maybe even if you aren't using WBTB), do some puzzles before sleeping, especially math-related ones. Try sudoku, random math problems, puzzles that deal with numbers, or brainteasers before you go to sleep.

Just a thought.

**Puffin** · 08-07-2010 02:35 AM

I posted something like this an hour ago.

Thanks for the tip.

**Wristblade56** · 08-07-2010 02:47 AM

sounds interesting... i'll try it at 4:00 and let ya know how it works for me.

**kookyinc** · 08-07-2010 03:29 AM

I'll give this a go tonight.

**bombdiggity** · 08-07-2010 07:18 AM

@puffin: meh sorry I did a quick search and didn't come up with anything so I went ahead and posted, oh well.

**Bowie** · 08-07-2010 03:01 PM

Makes sense, I'll try this tonight too. I usually read some dreaming related books or watch dream related/surreal movies when I do WBTB.

**Sam1r** · 08-07-2010 03:07 PM

Well...
Id be more than happy to try this,I myself am a short-time WBTBer...
And quite frankly,havent had a LD in a long time...
Thanks for the tip
Sam

**Bobblehat** · 08-07-2010 03:55 PM

Some people also do some simple arithmetic when they first realise they are lucid.

**Wristblade56** · 08-07-2010 04:37 PM

Well guys i gotta do this again tonight. that blasted LOUD alarmclock woke me up at 4:00 AM and i had no clue what i was doing. I got up and turned it off then went straight back to bed...

**Fugue** · 08-07-2010 08:32 PM

That's actually a really interesting thought. Makes perfect sense too. Thanks for the tip.

**Puffin** · 08-07-2010 11:19 PM

Originally Posted by bombdiggity

@puffin: meh sorry I did a quick search and didn't come up with anything so I went ahead and posted, oh well.

Lol, that's okay. It's not the same as what you posted about anyways.

**ld411** · 08-08-2010 03:28 AM

Gonna give this a try for sure, its so simple yet I never even thought of it. Hope it works! Thanks!

**dc0322** · 08-10-2010 02:07 AM

I'm attempting my first WBTB tonight, I'm going to try a word search and some brain-teasers! Thanks for the advice

Sweet Dreams!

-DC

**Linkster17** · 08-10-2010 02:35 AM

I'll try this tonight and post how it goes

**swolebrah** · 08-10-2010 07:51 AM

Think mine sweeper would work? lol

**bombdiggity** · 08-12-2010 08:23 AM

Originally Posted by swolebrah

Think mine sweeper would work? lol

Sure, it's a type of problem solving, can't hurt to try.

**Fuentesico** · 08-18-2010 04:17 AM

This may be a stupid question, but wouldnt awakening the "logic portion", cause you to have, more logical, less bizzare dreams?
Making it harder to gain lucidity??

Although I do see the plus side to it as well, im just curious.

**louie54** · 08-18-2010 06:42 AM

Thanks for the tip. I tried this but without WBTB, but when going to bed the first time. I just said things in my head like "2+2=4", just basic adding and subtracting. I ended up just having a dream where I was doing some math problem and I was getting annoyed because someone was trying to tell me that I was doing something wrong when I wasn't.

Originally Posted by Fuentesico

This may be a stupid question, but wouldnt awakening the "logic portion", cause you to have, more logical, less bizzare dreams?
Making it harder to gain lucidity??

Although I do see the plus side to it as well, im just curious.

I guess it would have to depend on the dream, but if this were to work, then you would just hopefully notice something out of the ordinary more easily.