Lucid Dreaming and the Feeling of Being Refreshed in the Morning: A Diary Study.
Clocks & sleep March 1, 2020 Michael Schredl, Sophie Dyck, Anja Kühnel 22 citations
Lucid dreaming does not impair the feeling of being refreshed in the morning. In a five-week dream diary study with 149 participants, nights with a lucid dream were followed by a higher feeling of being refreshed compared to nights with a non-lucid dream. Earlier cross-sectional studies had linked frequent lucid dreaming to poorer sleep quality, but that relationship was explained by nightmare frequency, not lucid dreaming itself. The findings indicate no negative effect of lucid dreaming on sleep's restorative function, though future research should use both objective and subjective measures of daytime tiredness.