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You can be aware of those things in lighter levels of sleep. Some of the protocols used in lucid dreaming research rely on it.
by WalterSear 9y ago
You can be aware of those things in lighter levels of sleep. Some of the protocols used in lucid dreaming research rely on it.
- KGIII 9y agoI could but I think I will trust the doctor. We had this conversation. I can just lay there and do something, but I prefer to meditate as it seems to offer some level of rejuvenation.
- WalterSear 9y agoI'm not sure I follow.
- KGIII 9y agoBy slowing myself down to a restful position, it affords some of the same benefits of sleep. I am very much awake for those few hours, and then I fall asleep. There's no pseudoinsomnia involved. I stay nearly perfectly still, inasmuch as a human can, and meditate. Once I am asleep, I guess I toss and turn, as well as snore. I highly doubt that I am unique, in these regards. The proscribed medical solution is a rotation of pharmacutical sleep aids. I don't usually bother with them, as I dislike the groggy feeling that I have the following day. But yeah, I am very much awake. My pulse rate slows, as does my respiration. At some point, I'll change position and that's when I have actually fallen asleep. The duration varies, and I sometimes just give up and go do something else.