Quote Originally Posted by Tlaloc View Post
Archvenom - thought you'd be interested about the incorporation of the vibration into a dream - as this happened last night.....I set my vibrating clock on my wrist to go after 5 hrs for the wbtb as planned. This is set to a strength (2) and duration (20 secs) to wake me up (normally I use a 5sec vibration at strenght 1 when I'm trying to incorporate it into a dream). Anyway I am in a very relaxed dream in a backstage actors room talking to my cousin who I haven't seen in years and having a very detailed (and accurate) catch up about past times and I am really enjoying seeing her again when VIMMMMMMMMMMM I feel the vibrating clock vibrating and hear it also - its LOUD and in the dream I'm scrambling to find it as it keeps going off and I am worried my cousin will hear and wonder what it is and because its the vibration I am very aware I need to do a reality check - and then its still going and I wake up in my dark bedroom completely disorientated for a second searching for the clock on my ankle (its normal location) before realising its on my wrist and turning it off. This is the first time I've hit an REM period at my wbtb time, I wondered if this might happen at some point through luck and last night it did. Obviously I didn't have time to become lucid - in the dream though I was completely aware this was the invisible clock vibrating and that I had to do a R/C (after quietening it) - so both the incorporation of the signal into the dream from the real world (the vibration) and my conditioning to it (do a R/C) were spot on. It was just that because it was the wbtb alarm it was too strong (strength 2) and too long (20 secs) that it woke me up (as its meant to do for the wbtb). Thought you might be interested - I was pretty happy with the incorporation - its a feeling that you've sent yourself a message from the waking world into your dream world and the message is coming through loud and clear - do a R/C, the only poignant thing was that I really enjoyed the catchup I was having with my cousin in the dream so it was a little sad to realise it was the stuff of dreams
Thanks for your replies Tlaloc. Pretty cool how clearly your WBTB alarm came through into your dream, it's good to read experiences from a fellow Kiwi.

I'm on the hunt for an android alarm that has similar functionality as your invisible clock II e.g. lets me set multiple vibrating alarms, adjust the length of time the alarm goes off for without me having to hit a snooze, ability to adjust the strength of the vibration and perhaps the added feature to create my own custom vibration pattern. I plan to strap the phone to my leg to minimise the risk of waking the wife during the night!