Comfort affects becoming lucid???

[ScottL]

I have just returned from a camping trip where I was sleeping on a self inflating mattress for 5 nights. For those of you know of these mattresses will know they are not the most comfortable thing to sleep on. Anyway I managed to have DILD two out of five nights without really trying. This is a very high ratio for me as usually I only get one every couple of months. I am now thinking maybe a lack of comfort may affect/increase your chance your chances of becoming lucid. Has anyone else had any similar experience?

[SnakeCharmer]

Yes, I've had a similar experience last summer. My family bought a house near the sea and we spent a couple of nights there. There waere no beds or furniture in the house so I slept on an air mattress. During the first night I had 4 LDs and 2 more during a long afternoon nap, a personal record. However, I think this has very little to do with sleeping on uncomfortable beds. It probably has more to do with beeing relaxed, more in contact with the nature and far away from city noises and stress. I've listened to a lecture on lucid dreaming just a week before going to that house. The lecturer said something like: Forget about quality (lucid) dreaming if your bedroom window watches over a busy street (like mine used to), you need to rent a cabin in the woods or something similar to be really successful in working with dreams.

[Licity]

Yes, I've had a similar experience last summer. My family bought a house near the sea and we spent a couple of nights there. There waere no beds or furniture in the house so I slept on an air mattress. During the first night I had 4 LDs and 2 more during a long afternoon nap, a personal record. However, I think this has very little to do with sleeping on uncomfortable beds. It probably has more to do with beeing relaxed, more in contact with the nature and far away from city noises and stress. I've listened to a lecture on lucid dreaming just a week before going to that house. The lecturer said something like: Forget about quality (lucid) dreaming if your bedroom window watches over a busy street (like mine used to), you need to rent a cabin in the woods or something similar to be really successful in working with dreams. Actually, the uncomfortable bed has everything to do with it. If you aren't comfortable, you won't sleep as soundly, meaning your brain is more active, meaning you are more likely to become lucid. The fact you were away from your usual environment, the city, added unfamiliarity which in turn deprived you of comfort and security on a very low level. Unfortunately you eventually get used to wherever you sleep... so don't go selling your box springs just yet

[ScottL]

I am thinking you both maybe correct as although I thought being somewhat uncomfortable helped become lucid I also was the most relaxed I have been in ages. Also living on a busy street at the moment (not for long thankfully), the break from the noise may also have been a factor.

[SnakeCharmer]

Actually, the uncomfortable bed has everything to do with it. If you aren't comfortable, you won't sleep as soundly, meaning your brain is more active, meaning you are more likely to become lucid. The fact you were away from your usual environment, the city, added unfamiliarity which in turn deprived you of comfort and security on a very low level. Haven't really thougth about it that way, but you might be right. I always noticed that my LDs became more frequent whenever I slept in quiet environment. Waking up refreshed (which was probably the result of LDing) made me forget how uncomfortable the bed was.