lying in bed quietly trying to fall asleep is terrible. My brain doesn't stop, it's like a pitching machine that's gone rouge and I'm the batter stuck in the cage.

Whenever I'm finally about to fall asleep, I notice myself falling asleep and become fully awake, because my brain goes "Yes! I'm falling asleep! Hurrah!"

Every time :angery:

  • Ness [he/him]M
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    4 years ago

    Falling asleep is bad and stressful, true. If you're self aware about falling asleep, maybe you should look into lucid dreaming. Being able to summon dogs into existence by just focusing really hard is something that really motivates me to go to bed.

    • QuillQuote [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      I don't dream usually :agony-deep:

      Is it possible to go from barely dreaming and never remembering it to lucid dreaming?

      • Ness [he/him]M
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        4 years ago

        it usually depends on how long you sleep for as far as i am aware

        i usually can only get lucid dreams to happen if i dont wake up to an alarm and slept uninterrupted

      • 4_AOC_DMT [any]
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        4 years ago

        Start setting an alarm for 3 hours before you want to actually wake up (as well as when you want to wake up). If at this time, you remember a dream you were having, write it down immediately. If not, go back to sleep and try to write down everything you can remember from your dreams the second time. If the first alarm wakes you up too much to go back to sleep, start meditating on the intention to remember your dream and write it down in the morning as soon as you wake up (and stop setting the first alarm so you stop disrupting your sleep too much). I found that after about a year of writing all of my dreams, I was remembering multiple dreams most mornings and lucid dreaming once or twice every few months. Also, don't ingest any THC or caffeine within 3 (or more if you can) hours before sleep.

      • Baron [any]
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        4 years ago

        It's pretty hard but once you learn your own dream tells it's kind of a matter of getting your brain to agree with you to hand over the dream so you can play with it. Easiest in the mornings if you can go back to sleep after initial wake-up because it's halfway a day dream where you can practice.

      • HectorCotylus [he/him,any]
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        4 years ago

        I've never felt like I'm in control of my dreams, but I occasionally have dreams where I'm aware I'm dreaming and I know I can force myself awake at any time.

      • Ness [he/him]M
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        4 years ago

        its really hard to do but when it happens its amazing