Easier after the first time?

[Pelirrojo]

Does it become easier to attain lucidity after you manage it for the first time? I feel like I'm getting closer and closer to being able to do it, and it seems like it's one of those things where if you can do it, it's easy. I want to consciously experience the feeling of dreaming once so I can know what it feels like and recognize it in the future.

[PhilipJFry]

I don't have much experience behind my words but I'd say YES, it does get easier. What I'm absolutely sure about is that it gets easier to KEEP lucidity once you already have achieved that.

[TygrHawk]

I believe that it's easier after the first time, simply because you know what it feels like, and what to expect, at least to some degree.

That doesn't mean that it suddenly becomes ridiculously simple, or that you'll start having LDs every night after that first breakthrough. But I definitely think that it should become easier -- I know that after I had my first "induced" LD, it was easier to repeat the trick than it was to make it happen the first time.

[OpheliaBlue]

it IS easier after the first time, like TygrHawk said, because you remember the sensations and such

but it doesn't exempt us from having dry spells and making us feel like n00bs all over again :P

[DreamGuy88]

I would think so, but after my first one I had last Thursday I haven't even remembered a dream.

[wombing]

indubitably.

[Borshkevski]

I started out experimenting with L.D.'s last year and toyed with the concept off and on. This year I decided that I was going to pick one induction technique and learn how to do it. After a few months of practice and trial and error, I had my first W.I.L.D. Since then I have managed to succesfully to W.I.L.D. every time I try it, but the dreams usually don't last very long. The longest was about 10 minutes. The point is that once I figured it out, it was much much easier to repeat the process. Now I just have to practice controling the L.D. and making it last longer.

[kermitthefrog]

It does get easier -- if for no other reason than you know it's really possible to have one. That adds tremendous motivation.