'Exhausted' attempt at a W.I.L.D.

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07-11-2008, 10:13 PM
Schmaven

'Exhausted' attempt at a W.I.L.D.

I don't really have much of a plan, but to lay there and try to stay awake until I fall asleep. I figure it can't be that hard because I didn't sleep at all last night.
Honestly, I've been tired enough to fall asleep since 10:00 this morning, but that was after I decided to eat breakfast at 7:00 and start doing shit for the day so I never really had a chance for a nap. Also, if I did take a nap, I don't think I'd wake up until 4 in the morning.

Has anyone tried to WILD after an all-nighter? If so (or if not) any suggestions?
07-11-2008, 10:25 PM
Robot_Butler

Heck yes. You should get some good REM rebound tonight. Expect some crazy long dreams. If you are seriously tired, try sleeping with a low light on. Or sleep sideways or backwards on your bed.
07-12-2008, 12:14 AM
Schmaven

I find being very tired similar to being drunk

I never have a plan for when I'm lucid. I was thinking of either going along with the dream, but shooting fireballs at random objects when no one is looking for my own amusement, or becoming a winged buffalo, and crashing a buffalo wing eating competition to see the DC's reactions when they realize buffalo wings do indeed come from winged buffalo and I'm the last of the species. But I've never tried changing form in a lucid dream, so I'm leaning towards the first one.

...Or, I could continue along the dream, as a winged buffalo that shoots fireballs, that'd be sick.
07-13-2008, 12:48 AM
Schmaven

Attempt #2 tonight

OK, so even after not sleeping at all for a night, I still couldn't pass up beer pong. I got blasted and passed out on my friend's couch, the only dream I remember is of eating all the cereal in one giant bowl. I got a good 6 hours of drunken sleep, so I'm still exhausted, hopefully this means I'll have a really easy time passing out tonight :)
07-14-2008, 03:29 AM
lance_r

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Originally Posted by Schmaven

I never have a plan for when I'm lucid. I was thinking of either going along with the dream, but shooting fireballs at random objects when no one is looking for my own amusement, or becoming a winged buffalo, and crashing a buffalo wing eating competition to see the DC's reactions when they realize buffalo wings do indeed come from winged buffalo and I'm the last of the species. But I've never tried changing form in a lucid dream, so I'm leaning towards the first one.

...Or, I could continue along the dream, as a winged buffalo that shoots fireballs, that'd be sick.

That would be the funniest dream in the world...
07-14-2008, 03:41 AM
imj

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schmaven

I don't really have much of a plan, but to lay there and try to stay awake until I fall asleep. I figure it can't be that hard because I didn't sleep at all last night.
Honestly, I've been tired enough to fall asleep since 10:00 this morning, but that was after I decided to eat breakfast at 7:00 and start doing shit for the day so I never really had a chance for a nap. Also, if I did take a nap, I don't think I'd wake up until 4 in the morning.

Has anyone tried to WILD after an all-nighter? If so (or if not) any suggestions?

You could take a break from it and maybe try the daydreaming method I'm experimenting with. It does not require much effort on your part. It's under the post Is What I'm Doing WILD?

IMJ
07-14-2008, 10:43 PM
Schmaven

My plan didn't really work at all. I think drinking and smoking threw off my chances at success. Also, I've been having little to no recall for a few days since then.
08-04-2008, 12:43 AM
Schmaven

Yet another attempt at a W.I.L.D.

I've been awake since noon on Saturday, so I'm quite exhausted at the moment. Once 6:00 rolls around and the birds start chirping, I usually don't bother trying to sleep through it. We have a lot of really loud birds around my house so it can be frustrating.

Okay, so this time, I plan on trying to go to sleep around 10:00 pm so that'll be around 34 hours of being awake. That should be enough to speed up the falling asleep process. I have yet to pull off a successful W.I.L.D., so I'm not exactly sure how to do it. But what better time to give it a shot? The fun part about sleep deprivation are the mild exhaustion induced hallucinations.

I tried to read a book a few hours ago, but I couldn't make it through more than 10 pages. After a few minutes of sitting still, I started to fall asleep while reading and had to re-read the same sentence 6 times before I actually comprehended what I read. Reading is so hard for me when I'm tired. I wonder if certain parts of the brain don't function as well when deprived of sleep compared to other parts.

I don't know if it'll actually work, but I'm setting my alarm for 3:00 a.m. for another W.I.L.D. attempt as a backup plan, or in case of success, for double the fun!
08-04-2008, 10:28 PM
Robot_Butler

Have you read around in the Alternative Sleep Patterns section? There is a lot of discussion of sleep deprivation.

Especially check out this thread, from the creator of 'Uberman'
http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=59919
08-05-2008, 01:15 AM
Schmaven

The Uberman sleep schedule looks awesome, but there's no way I'd be able to strictly follow it. While reading about it, I've decided to try the Everyman sleep schedule.

When my alarm went off at 4:00 am this morning, I woke right up, turned it off, and fell back asleep almost immediately, completely forgetting to try a W.I.L.D again. When I first went to sleep, I tried meditating. It was very relaxing. I tried to just maintain some sort of awareness as I fell asleep, but sleep snuck up on me, and before I knew it, my 4:00 am alarm woke me up. I did have really long and vivid dreams though.

Tonight I begin my adjustment to the Everyman sleep schedule. I plan on sleeping from 1 to 4 am, then taking a 20 minute nap at 9am, 2pm, and 7pm. I have a feeling the 4 am wake up is going to be tough at first :P but for an extra 5 hours in the day, I'll give it a shot for a few weeks before school starts. And if I can pull it off, then I plan on continuing through Jr year.
08-05-2008, 05:48 AM
last_apoc

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schmaven

My plan didn't really work at all. I think drinking and smoking threw off my chances at success. Also, I've been having little to no recall for a few days since then.

If by smoking you mean weed then that is why you couldn't remember your dreams. Weed makes it so you can't remember your dreams at all (or have a super hard time trying). That's why I am so hesitant to smoke these days :P
08-05-2008, 06:19 AM
Schmaven

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Originally Posted by last_apoc

If by smoking you mean weed then that is why you couldn't remember your dreams. Weed makes it so you can't remember your dreams at all (or have a super hard time trying). That's why I am so hesitant to smoke these days :P

For me, weed doesn't affect my recall. I can smoke myself into oblivion and still remember 2 - 3 dreams. I think it's all in your head. I think the main problem for my recall was that I'd wake up on my friend's couch, and not even think to bother remembering my dreams. As soon as I wake up, I remember all of them, but if I don't do anything about it, they quickly fade away.
08-05-2008, 06:21 AM
last_apoc

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schmaven

For me, weed doesn't affect my recall. I can smoke myself into oblivion and still remember 2 - 3 dreams. I think it's all in your head. I think the main problem for my recall was that I'd wake up on my friend's couch, and not even think to bother remembering my dreams. As soon as I wake up, I remember all of them, but if I don't do anything about it, they quickly fade away.

All i'm saying is go a while without weed (maybe a week or so) and see what happens ;)

Hey, you may be right, it's different for everyone!
08-05-2008, 02:24 PM
Schmaven

Quote:

Originally Posted by last_apoc

All i'm saying is go a while without weed (maybe a week or so) and see what happens ;)

Hey, you may be right, it's different for everyone!

During last school year, I was heavily into weed, and that was also when I got into lucid dreaming attempts. Once summer started, I didn't smoke for over a month straight, and didn't notice any change in my recall. Actually, the closest I've ever came to a W.I.L.D. was during a nap right after smoking a bowl. In my opinion, dream recall depends heavily on what you do when you wake up, not so much on what you do when before going to sleep. I just want to add that if you smoke regularly, try stopping completely for a month or more, then smoke a few bowls of headies... It's unreal.