How successful have people found napping for LD?

I know there's been a discussion on if you're always in REM during napping and the view was it was down to what type of sleep you were deprived of but I wanted to get a feel for how useful people have found napping to be for lucid dreaming.

Have you managed to get lucid a lot or just once in a while and is it worth making it part of your regular attempts and if so, could you lose the last hour of sleep in the morning to then encourage REM activity in an hour nap later?

I think Daniel said it wasn't a great time for it but I could be wrong.

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TurambarOfManyNames

May 27, 2020

I have had a positive experience the first (and only to this point, though I will change that) time I sincerely tried a lucid nap, if you will. The details I already put down in this post: https://www.thelucidguide.com/forum/dreamstate/some-data-on-longer-sleep-interruptions

As for techniques, I counted my breaths to sixty, asked myself if I were dreaming and then nodded off, if one can call that a technique.

DanWright

May 27, 2020

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Thanks, interesting to hear how people achieve lucidity in any way

G Um

May 28, 2020

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That positive experience in that other thread was waking after 5.5 hours of sleep, watching a livestream and then going directly back to bed, so I personally define that as more like a WBTB than a traditional nap. That is a lucid dream though and that is what is important. I just don't want people to see that as a success from taking a traditional nap like one might take in the afternoon.

I know it is possible from the one time I was able to do it in an afternoon nap but with all of the failures, I found my time was better spent trying to lucid dream in the middle of the night or early morning where I have found a lot of success using WBTB.

It is always good to experiment for yourself because everyone is different. I am just trying to save people some time and frustration. I hope I am wrong and that more people have success with traditional naps than I have.

G Um

May 26, 2020

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I would define a nap as happening a few hours or more (usually well over a few hours) after waking for the day. With that definition I have almost no luck getting lucid during a nap but I have heard that others do. This is despite the fact that I average getting lucid about 2-3 times per week.

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How successful have people found napping for LD?