General question about dreaming has anyone notice a particular time of night or amount of sleep that seems to work better for having dreams or no? I think I heard somewhere that sleeping for say 8+ hours and sleeping at a specific time point either 10 or 11 PM is suppose to have great REM and dreaming effect.


Not at all sure how accurate that is so in general have any of you noticed a time of sleeping you have had greater dreaming or lucid dreaming or in the amount of sleep you have that seems to in any way enhance your dreaming experience?


And if you haven't notice any major differences on either point affecting your dreaming feel free to say that as well. Like I said I have no idea how accurate that is to be perfectly honest.

My more vivid dreams seem happen more often during these times; closer to when I wake up if I've slept around 8 hrs straight, after getting up in the morning for a bit then going back to sleep for a few hours, or during a nap. I think that, for me anyways, the more vivid to lucid dreams happen when I'm more rested and just sleeping bc I can. I've also noticed that if I sleep for six hours or less I rarely remember any dreams at all, which is sad since its become pretty rare to get more then six hours a night anymore.

I feel everyone's experiences will differ but for me lucid dreaming comes naturally and spirits visit me easily in dreams (I feel they know I can see them better within dreams, since I don't have the sight of seeing them with my own eyes). I have a much easier time sleeping/dreaming when I get more than 6+ hours of sleep. Anything less than that I notice either I have 'mundane' dreams. Or, the more exhausted I am, I seem to go into a veryyyy deep sleep. Sometimes I like taking melatonin, just to regulate my circadian cycle better.

Recently I had at least more than 8+ hours of sleep and I was very lucid in my dream I knew I was dreaming and I began wandering in my dream looking and asking for one of my spirits LMAO... Past few weeks before that I was telling myself I will try "looking" for him in my dreams.. HAHA. I keep having these lucid dreams for half a year now. He always appears to me but I was surprised he didn't in this dream.

Hope this maybe answers some questions! It seems my comment is a bit similar in answer to above.

GodSlayerBabe wrote:I feel everyone's experiences will differ but for me lucid dreaming comes naturally and spirits visit me easily in dreams (I feel they know I can see them better within dreams, since I don't have the sight of seeing them with my own eyes). I have a much easier time sleeping/dreaming when I get more than 6+ hours of sleep. Anything less than that I notice either I have 'mundane' dreams. Or, the more exhausted I am, I seem to go into a veryyyy deep sleep. Sometimes I like taking melatonin, just to regulate my circadian cycle better.

Recently I had at least more than 8+ hours of sleep and I was very lucid in my dream I knew I was dreaming and I began wandering in my dream looking and asking for one of my spirits LMAO... Past few weeks before that I was telling myself I will try "looking" for him in my dreams.. HAHA. I keep having these lucid dreams for half a year now. He always appears to me but I was surprised he didn't in this dream.

Hope this maybe answers some questions! It seems my comment is a bit similar in answer to above.

Yes all the coments are quite helpful.

[quote="draco_star898"]My more vivid dreams seem happen more often during these times; closer to when I wake up if I've slept around 8 hrs straight, after getting up in the morning for a bit then going back to sleep for a few hours, or during a nap. I think that, for me anyways, the more vivid to lucid dreams happen when I'm more rested and just sleeping bc I can. I've also noticed that if I sleep for six hours or less I rarely remember any dreams at all, which is sad since its become pretty rare to get more then six hours a night anymore.[/quote

Thank you for the tip I'll try that some time.

From my experience, this is actually sort of true. I have a burdensome oversleeping problem, practically a sleeping addiction. (really a dream addiction, I want to stay in dreamland 4ever).
Specific times at which I sleep at have never had an effect on my lucid dreaming. It's more so other factors that play a bigger role.

I'd say after I hit the 8-hour mark, even 7, I begin to fall in and out of sleep, and in the moments I wake up, I'm still very sleepy and consciously try to slip back into my previous dream. When I fall back asleep, I get a different dream than what I wanted but get one nonetheless. They are always lucid dreams, but not as strong as ones from the middle of the day or naps. I feel this is because I'm pushing past the limit of appropriate sleep I needed to get and I'm only getting this drowsy-like sleep. It's not refreshing sleep whatsoever and I'm strictly dreaming. Although my brains too fried and my body's worn out from the excessive sleep for the dream to feel really stimulating or clear.

I found lucid dreams happen most when I'm sleeping somewhere I'm not supposed to be sleeping at, or at inappropriate times, like at school. I had the most vivid and strong lucid dreams there. There are those common methods where you try to fall asleep as you normally do, but try to stay conscious of the fact that you are about to sleep, but they're really hard for me to do. If I had done this at a place like home or somewhere where I know I can just comfortably fall asleep, it wouldn't work, because I'd just fall right asleep. Although, this worked in class because I knew I had to stay somewhat awake, in case of someone saying my name or the teacher saying something important, and so that would instantly slip me into a lucid state. I didn't deliberately try to lucid dream at those times at all.

Hope that helps somewhat!!

People who are unable to initiate lucid dreaming on their own will sometimes employ a technique that involves waking themselves up a specific hour and then going right back to sleep. Usually early morning, pre-sunrise because that is, as mentioned above, when you are most likely to experience the most vivid and memorable dreams.

Some people believe that the deeper the sleep, the better the dreams. That's not really true. Dreaming during your deepest stage of sleep will often result in dreams forgotten before you even wake up. That is the time that the subconscious is "exercising" or working out things that are on your mind. And it certainly doesn't need you getting in the way while it does that.