Yes Insanegoth lower temp then 21 degrees celcius would increase lds
(not decrease) more then higher temps indeed.
Mm the bad thing about taking melatonin is that your brain adepts because in the capsules or tablets is way more melatonin then what your body produce.
A French scientist found out that older ppl only need 0.3 mg of melatonin to have a normal melatonin level again.
Actually, according to this information lower temperatures would increase your likeliness of having a lucid dream - since in temps above 21 your Melatonin productions takes a dive.
This is interesting. I actually have a rather severe reaction to cold, and anything below 20 usually has me curled up fantasizing about wandering the luxuriously warm corridors of Hell. Maybe I’m affecting my progress negatively by using whatever means available to increase the temp in my room to something a little less unbearable. I’m happy at about 28 degrees.
i am always cold and i dont go lucid all the time lol,maybe its not the temp but it is what ur body is used to. Cause i know a few people whole live in hot countrys who go lucid a lot
I read somewhere that cold temperatures cause you to have nightmares… I assumed this wasn’t true 100% of the time, but does anyone have any ideas on whether or not that is correct?
Well your melatonin production is higher at lower temperatures, but nightmares hmmm no idea.
Maybe time to disguise as a steak and sleep in my freezer and find out lol
Lol Daysong iam a cool guy but i wont try sleeping that cool unless indeed iam invited by eskimo’s
So i probably never will find out
a) an open window
b) Sleeping/Napping in the morning/afternoon time
c) having a noise source somewhere in the room
d) the cold and ‘lukewarm’ months (fall, winter, spring)
some explanations:
to a)
An open window lowers the temperature and floods the room with fresh air, which I think makes the brain a little more active. And, according to Jeff, it even highers the melatonin level.
to b)
Sleeping/napping in the morning and/or the afternoon is very good for LD’s because, firstly you are more aware, and secondly your REM cycles are longer (and even might kick in right away)
to c)
Well, I noticed that when I have a noise source in my room, I get more dreams/remember more dreams. I dunno why, but according to the others, the distraction could make your brain more aware (awake). My computer runs all night long, and it’s quite loud.
to d)
Well, that’s mainly because of the temperature. I can simply sleep better if it’s not hot.
In my dorm room the thermostat is broken, and so the only setting is “extremely hot”. I am forced to keep my window cracked a bit, which makes an unsilenceable loud whistle noise. Maybe this could be killing three birds with one stone, by having a noise source in the room, lowering the temperature, and providing fresh air. Just an idea for other people out there that have hot rooms and noisy windows
Whoa I didn’t know being cool would increase your chances of a LD. I always turn the heat up and wake up sweating but I had a lucid dream. Actually I don’t wake up sweating unless its a lucid dream.
Well Metal Head thats relative because with heat u sleep less deep so that also will influence your dreams, so also lucidity
But its true in cold your melatonin productions is at its highest.
Also, does time of day affect it? For instance, when I go to bed around 1 or 2 AM, I have MUCH more vivid dreams than when I go to bed at a more ‘reasonable’ hour, like 11PM. Any thoughts?
I’ve experimented with both the amount of light and temperature.
I’ve found with no light(zero, no alarm clock, no door crack, nothing) sleep became very deep and dream recall was drastically reduced.
When the temperature was hot 24-26C once again sleep was deep and dream recall was reduced.
When the temperature was 20-22C dream recall was excellent and the tendancy to wake up more during the night washroom breaks and to record dreams was increased.
I’ve been monitoring these two factores since I began my LD research and I believe they play an important role. The actual temperature or amount of light is not important but finding the “sweet” spot is. Hence recording temperature and light quantity in your dream journal could help you find the “Sweet” spot and clues to a reliable technique.