side notes

These past few nights have been great in terms of dreaming. Not only have I had exactly 3 dreams every night for the past 3 or 4 days, but I also conveniently wake up between each, giving me an opportunity to WILD each time. Not to mention it's helped me to finally be able to perform the transition properly... At least last night anyway.
I was able to actually see the "hypnagogia" stuff, and it was more vivid than ever. Not only that, but I did make it into a lucid dream for a few seconds, rather than accidentally slipping into sleep paralysis and hearing weird noises. Hopefully I can try again and be more successful tonight. I do find this to be a little weird though... Suddenly having exactly 3 dreams each night...? It's very strange. I've also noticed that I have much more ease when it comes to remembering dialogue as well. I've even noticed that even when I'm having non-lucid dreams, I still feel like I'm on the brink of lucidity, and not a complete zombie trapped in the dream's "story" and just going along with it. This is the most regularly I've had lucid dreams in a long time, and I'm glad that I'm finally back in the saddle.

Not having any dreams at all lately. Not sure why. Maybe I'll have more soon, but I'm not going to update again until I do. I don't want 50% of my DJ entries to be like this.

I was too tired to get up and write down the dreams I had this morning.

I know that I did have 2, but I currently can't remember what they were.

It's better to write something here than nothing... and maybe I'll remember them later.

*Tried to WILD+WBTB again last night, with no success at all. I've reached the conclusion that I cannot attempt to lucid dream until the weather gets cooler. Even with the air conditioner on, it's still painfully hot and uncomfortable upstairs, keeping me from being able to relax properly. I'll have to wait until it gets cooler, or until I get a new fan, because my old one broke. For now, I'm going to focus on improving my dream recall by writing all my dreams down here.*

I did have 2 small dreams last night. The first one was this:

I think it involved being near my school, but the only thing I really remember was boarding a really cramped school bus, and sitting next to someone whom I've probably never seen before. I don't remember their face, it was odd...

The second one was:

The next one involved me being far away from a hill that had a wooden gate that was open. I was at the bottom of the hill with a sniper rifle picking off "bad guys" that really looked like they belonged in Far Cry 3. I've been playing a lot of that game lately, so I guess this was bound to happen eventually. My parents were near them for some reason, and I was defending them I suppose.

I don't remember much else, so I guess that's it. It sucks that I need to wait for the weather to get better in order for me to try to LD, but it shouldn't take too long since it's already September.

Tried to WILD+WBTB last night. Woke up 2 times before my alarm could go off. The second time was about 10 minutes before my alarm was set to go off. I tried to WILD after that, but with only minor success. The transition was sort of reached, but I panicked out of excitement... I need to learn to relax, but I have figured out a way to help with this technique that may work for others.

In order to relax and focus, I was constantly saying to myself in my mind: "Focus. Dismiss the thoughts. Relax." over and over. Not in that order but whatever. I visualized the words as well, and it seemed to work pretty well up to the transition.

I'll try again tonight. Hopefully with this new knowledge, I'll have some luck.

I literally haven't updated in 2 years. Wow. I'm going to try Lucid Dreaming once again, now that I no longer have school to worry about. So I have a few recent dreams I'd like to go through first... I don't remember too many details of course, but it's better than writing nothing. It's also better than writing each one separately, given how short they are.

1. I was in some sort of small warehouse room being held at gunpoint by some dude in a trench coat. For some reason, we swapped jackets, but he forgot he left another gun in his, so I took it out and shot him dead.

2. Multiple violent dreams of being in fights with random people.

3. Many dreams lately about spending time with my sort of gf. (Long story, don't ask.) Probably having these because I miss her a lot.

4. In my school looking for gf constantly, she turns a corner as I'm running towards her and she's gone completely. I spend the rest of the dream frantically searching for her.

5. A bunch of different dreams involving my old houses I used to live in, talking to my parents about various things.

That's all I remember recently.

I'll continue to update regularly from now on. It's good to be back!

This one's kind of awkward LOL. Firstly, I wasn't even fully asleep. I could still feel my body in bed. But whatever I was portraying in my mind seemed real. Like It was a dream, but I was still awake. And I remember that if I didn't focus enough, it would go away. The setting was a shower. I wasn't actually in it, but I tried to imagine the sound of the shower going, hoping that my girlfriend was in it so that we could... Nevermind LOL. The point is... I was half awake, and half asleep. And dreaming at the same time. What is this?! It was a dream, no doubt about that. But what exactly is this? Half dreaming? My body was not fully asleep, I could feel my body laying in my bed. But my mind kept dreaming...

This dream is not being rated.

I almost had yet another LD. This one would have definitely been a WILD. I remember losing feeling in my body, yet my mind was still conscious. And I was thinking: [Ok, ok, this is it, I just gotta stay calm and not think too much...] But for some reason, not long after the transition started, I woke up completely. All the feeling in my body came back at once. I think this happened because I was worried that I couldn't breathe or something. I couldn't feel myself breathe, so I started to breathe manually. I didn't think it would have an effect on me, but apparently it did. Still, I was so close to making the transition that when I imagined simple pictures, they seemed much more vivid than normal. WILD appears to be the easiest technique for me, so I'm going to keep trying it...

Ok, I ALMOST had yet another WILD. This would have been my 4th one this week, had this attempt and another attempt not failed. So I've had 2 WILDs this week, And 2 almost WILDs. I'm definitely getting the hang of these now. I felt the heavy feeling come across my body and everything, and it got darker and darker... But for some stupid reason, I woke up -__- I dunno why, but I did. There appears to be a... pattern... as well...

WILD, Almost WILD, WILD, Almost WILD, ---

Perhaps this is a pattern, and maybe I'll have another full WILD soon? Idk. But I'm still glad I'm getting used to Lucid Dreaming again...

This is something I have noticed that happens a lot in my dreams. Stores and public places. I've had a lot of dreams where I'm in a store. And even more where I'm in a public area. When I was little, I still had a lot of these types of dreams, with the main focus of the dream being to just get home. Perhaps I feel lost? I dunno. This happens quite a lot still.