Thread: wbtb time????

Setting your alarm for 4-6 hours after you go to sleep should be sufficient.

Originally Posted by Qwer

if i go to bed at 10, and it has to be a bit before 7:30 because thats when i have to wake up.
and it usualy takes me a while to go to sleep.

I would suggest that you refrain from trying to lucid dream on days when you have to get up at 7:30.

Originally Posted by cmind

I would suggest that you refrain from trying to lucid dream on days when you have to get up at 7:30.

Why is that?

Since 10-7:30 is 9.5hrs it should be fine he's getting up that early. I would suggest 4:30-5:30. I normally set my wbtb alarm 2hrs before I have to wake up and do a 10min or so wbtb. But you should just experiment. You have to find out for yourself what the best time for you is.

Originally Posted by Qwer

Why is that?

Trying to lucid dream always carries the risk of messing up your sleep cycles. Now, if you can sleep in late that day it doesn't matter because you can afford to just stay in bed until you're ready to wake up. But if you have to get up at a specific time, then you run the risk of shifting your cycles so that instead of waking up refreshed, you wake up totally tired. This can ruin your energy levels for the rest of the day.

Lucid dreaming is a lifelong commitment. Is it really so hard to wait till the weekend?

Originally Posted by cmind

Trying to lucid dream always carries the risk of messing up your sleep cycles. Now, if you can sleep in late that day it doesn't matter because you can afford to just stay in bed until you're ready to wake up. But if you have to get up at a specific time, then you run the risk of shifting your cycles so that instead of waking up refreshed, you wake up totally tired. This can ruin your energy levels for the rest of the day

Lucid dreaming is a lifelong commitment. Is it really so hard to wait till the weekend?

He's getting ~9.5hrs minus 10-30minutes for a WBTB and that's still 9 hours of sleep. That's plenty.

I don't understand why you think Lucid dreaming would carry the risk of messing up sleep cycles. Unless you are lying in bed awake for over an hour doing a MILD mantra or failing at WILDing. However, a simple WBTB would have little to no effect on sleep.

And you will have much more success attempting to lucid all seven days of the week versus only two. I strongly suggest attempting lucids daily for best results.

I know I've had WBTB attempts where I was unable to get back to sleep at all, therefore losing 2 or 3 hours' sleep.

If your not afraid to lose a few hours of sleep, then maybe try waking up at 5:30 AM.

Originally Posted by LikesToTrip

He's getting ~9.5hrs minus 10-30minutes for a WBTB and that's still 9 hours of sleep. That's plenty.

I don't understand why you think Lucid dreaming would carry the risk of messing up sleep cycles. Unless you are lying in bed awake for over an hour doing a MILD mantra or failing at WILDing. However, a simple WBTB would have little to no effect on sleep.

And you will have much more success attempting to lucid all seven days of the week versus only two. I strongly suggest attempting lucids daily for best results.

I didn't say he would get less sleep, I said the cycles may be shifted. A half hour shift in either direction is the difference between waking up refreshed and waking up feeling like a zombie, IF you have to wake up at a certain time.