So yeah, anyone else have a harder time getting out of bed than should be reasonable?
Like, sure I have insomnia issues at times, but most of the time I’m fine on the falling asleep end - it’s just getting up that’s difficult.
First - I don’t think my ADHD part of my brain wants to let go of all the fantastic things that happen in lucid dreams.
Second - no matter what I do, I never seem to feel rested in the morning anymore. Weekends can see me sleeping 10+ hours before I feel a semblance of “normal”.
Some might say “oh you should just get up and get started” and I do sometimes! But you just might find me dozing off in a chair a couple hours later.
FWIW - It’s been like this most of my adult life. Ever since adolescence particularly. You could find me napping, completely upright, in the back of a classroom. (My teachers never cared because I’d still come in the next day and ace the finals/midterms).
I desperately miss the perceived energy of my youth. I’d be up at 4AM to watch super early cartoons (Sonic, Sailor Moon, Animaniacs - in that order) and never felt the need for a nap in the day. It wouldn’t even matter if I feel asleep late back then - getting up was just that much easier.
Anyone here with similar issues? How do you cope?
Find a significant purpose in your waking life. Dreams will become a training place. https://discuss.online/c/lucid_dreamers
Thanks friend! I appreciate you seeing that I wasn’t soo much complaining about my health or quality of sleep, but my inability to get out of lucid dreaming.
I can relate. I spent some teenage years in depression because I valued dreams over waking life.
Eh, it doesn’t feel like a value assessment as much as my brain pulls an inception and I’ll “Get up” only to realize I’ve just started simulating my day in another layer of lucid dreams. Sometimes I’ll eventually get up and be kinda frustrated that I have to do all the work “twice”, lol.
Hahahah yeah I feel you. False awakenings are the worst. I have a theory about them, probably I’m going to address this in one post of the community I linked above! Ps. I’m a thief in dreams. My main purpose is to steal information and bring them into waking life. As soon as I get up I start writing. And then I wake up again and start writing again. It’s like there is a police like force that prevents me from bringing the most valuable information out. My record of most false awakening in a row is 5. But again I would like to discuss these things in the community so others can join the conversation.