Thread: Does CAT work?

Probabilistically speaking, every and any technique has a chance of working. Either by fluke or due to it's direct effects, it's up to you to see which one is best for you.

how does CAT work anyways?

the basic run down is this.
there are 2 parts. schedual A, and Schedual B
before you start you need to have a really steady sleep schedual.

week 1: this whole week you will be doing Schedual A. You set your alarm for 90 min. before your usual wake up time. You might as well get out of bed because you wont be going back to sleep. Every 2 min you do a reality check. For the whole 90 min. after the 90 min. just get on with the rest of the day. You dont have to do reality checks any other time of the day if you dont want too. Just as long as you do reality checks every 2 min during that 90 min that you woke up early. What i just explained is schedual A. Do this all week. Week ones schedual should look like this
sun. mon. tues. wen. thurs. fri. sat.
A---A-----A----A----A-----A---A

week 2: You will be alternating Between Schedual A. and Schedual B every other day.

Schedual B is when you will be expecting a lucid dream. Instead of waking up 90 min. early, you will be sleeping through that 90 min. Your brain will be trained to be aware and doing reality checks during that 90 min, so it is likely that you will do one while you are dreaming. week 2 should look like this
sun. mon. tues. wen. thurs. fri. sat.
A----B-----A----B----A----B---A

i dont know if i explained it well enough, but that is the run down. I have always wanted to see how well it worked,(the guy who made it says it works really well i think) but i havent had the time for all that sleep deprivation. if you want to try it, let us know how well it worked

Originally Posted by freefire

the basic run down is this.
there are 2 parts. schedual A, and Schedual B
before you start you need to have a really steady sleep schedual.

week 1: this whole week you will be doing Schedual A. You set your alarm for 90 min. before your usual wake up time. You might as well get out of bed because you wont be going back to sleep. Every 2 min you do a reality check. For the whole 90 min. after the 90 min. just get on with the rest of the day. You dont have to do reality checks any other time of the day if you dont want too. Just as long as you do reality checks every 2 min during that 90 min that you woke up early. What i just explained is schedual A. Do this all week. Week ones schedual should look like this
sun. mon. tues. wen. thurs. fri. sat.
A---A-----A----A----A-----A---A

week 2: You will be alternating Between Schedual A. and Schedual B every other day.

Schedual B is when you will be expecting a lucid dream. Instead of waking up 90 min. early, you will be sleeping through that 90 min. Your brain will be trained to be aware and doing reality checks during that 90 min, so it is likely that you will do one while you are dreaming. week 2 should look like this
sun. mon. tues. wen. thurs. fri. sat.
A----B-----A----B----A----B---A

i dont know if i explained it well enough, but that is the run down. I have always wanted to see how well it worked,(the guy who made it says it works really well i think) but i havent had the time for all that sleep deprivation. if you want to try it, let us know how well it worked

The logic for this is solid.
Repetition in the timeframe you would LD.
What if I normally wake at 4.30am to WILD/VILD? Do I get up at 3am instead?

i have never tried the technique, so dont think im talking from experience, but my suggestion would be to leave all wbtbs out the whole first week. Reason being because you will wake up 90 min. earlier already, and doing a wbtb would mean more sleep loss. So dont do WILD/VILD at all the first week. just wake up 90 min. earlier then you usually do. So if you usually get up for the day at 8:00 then get up at 6:30