Thread: Weird Sleep Pattern

You mean without having the intention to wake up, you find yourself waking up after 2 hours of sleep?

Also, this is just 2 days. Maybe it's coincidence, but there could be a correlation.

Originally Posted by Koalaman

You mean without having the intention to wake up, you find yourself waking up after 2 hours of sleep?

Also, this is just 2 days. Maybe it's coincidence, but there could be a correlation.

Yea, without intention. I also find a strong urge to go to the bathroom when I wake up at this interval, but so do I at any other awakening. It's annoying; I want to try a WBTB but with this random 2 hour sleep thrown in it is usually too late for a good WBTB.

Originally Posted by ReachingForTheDream

Yea, without intention. I also find a strong urge to go to the bathroom when I wake up at this interval, but so do I at any other awakening. It's annoying; I want to try a WBTB but with this random 2 hour sleep thrown in it is usually too late for a good WBTB.

Well, if it keeps being like this, just try to get as much sleep as necessary for WBTB. Couldn't that work? Or is it that you have a job in the morning?

Waking up several times a night seems better for dream recall.

It may, however you can't pass through all the stages to dream in 2 hours. So really, I'm missing a whole two hours I could've dreamt, and since after the 5-6 hours I feel too awake to try any techniques, I'm missing any opprotunities to dream afterwards.

Originally Posted by ReachingForTheDream

It may, however you can't pass through all the stages to dream in 2 hours. So really, I'm missing a whole two hours I could've dreamt, and since after the 5-6 hours I feel too awake to try any techniques, I'm missing any opprotunities to dream afterwards.

What do you mean? You can't pass through all the stages to dream in 2 hours? A sleep cycle lasts around 90 minutes, which means that after 2 hours of sleep you have had 1 sleep cycle. You have had a dream, because you have experienced REM sleep during that period. Or do you mean that you didn't have enough sleep for WBTB to be effective? If after some time you find that you are too awake to WBTB and you want to WBTB, then I can only say to wake up 1 or 2 sleep cycles earlier.