That's good that it worked for you.
Though that might have been a fluke. Have to try it some more. Tried it last night using an interval timer instead of an alarm clock to wake me up, but it didn't wake me up. Going to order a vibrating alarm clock.
My hope for this method is that it might be capable of altering the sleep cycle in a way that promotes more dreaming and more awareness of one's dreams. I'd like a reliable method that's not unpleasant and that could be used every night, or almost every night.
I'm not a natural lucid dreamer. Supplements work, but tolerance issues prevent me from using them very often. And some of them cause insomnia from time to time.
I don't even like to stay awake for a couple minutes, so I have never been a good WBTBer.
Yes, that could be a problem in your case. OTOH, I'm not sure you'd
have to stay awake for even a couple of minutes. It might only be necessary to wake up momentarily a few times during the night. That might be enough to alter the sleep cycle in such a way that the likelihood of having LDs is significantly increased. People who are naturally good at having LDs tend to be light sleepers. This could be a way of causing oneself to become a light sleeper.
But maybe not. It's mostly speculation at this point. The only evidence I have is that it seemed to work for me once. More experimentation needs to be done. Even if it does work, one would have to figure out the best combination of variables. Some of the variables are:
1. How often one does this. Every night? Every other night? A couple of times per week?
2. How often one wakes up during the night.
3. How long one sleeps between wake-up times.
4. How long one stays awake before going back to sleep.
It might also be good to throw in random variations of these variables. Otherwise, your brain might adapt in a way that prevents you from having lighter sleep. That also might be a reason not to do it every night. There could be tolerance issues, just as with supps. Though probably not as bad as with supps.