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      Question Hello everyone :)

      I just found this forum a week ago and thought I'd say hi. My name is Alex I am 15 and have never been lucid in a dream. In fact I rarely remember any of my dreams and I would be lucky to even remember 1 dream per week. When I first read about Lucid dreaming and realised that most people remember way more dreams than I do I decided to change some things in my routine. At first I read about Dream Recall and decided to add an hour to my sleeping time. (8 hours/night from 7. 23:00 to 07:00). That appears to have no effect. I would like to try some of the other ways used to increase dream recall like keeping a DJ but as you probably figured during this last week I haven't used a single page of it. What do you suggest I try?

      Also, I ve decided to try WILD as my first technique to achieve lucidity (DILD wouldn't work obviously) and easily got into REM Atonia (correct me if I am using the wrong term ) and can easily replicate the process when I want but it's no use as there are no "images", "dreamlets" or even HI to start building a dream from. At first I thought this was because i wasnt near an REM cycle but one day I stayed 2 hours like this (clock checked). Moreover, after I feel my whole body numb (except for the diaphragm,mouth etc. ofc) i am starting to feel a weird dizzyness-like sensation, my head swinging around.Is this normal? Am I missing something?

      Thanks for any advice you can offer. Hope I didn't have to post this in any specific section... and sorry for the wall of text

      PS: This forum is really great and from what I ve seen the members are polite.Gratz
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      Hello Alex and welcome to DreamViews! I am 15 too! It is great that you are starting to attempt lucid dream. I think the best way to remember dreams is to keep a DJ near you and have a mantra like "I will wake up after every dream", repeat it over and over. Once you wake up and hopefully remember it and then write down every detail of your dream.
      While doing the WILD method, it is fine to feel your body numb and feel dizzy and floating in swirls, at that period try not to move your body or think about anything including your eyes.

      I am also new to lucid dreaming and I had only lucid dream once (DILD), it was one of the lower levels of lucidity(meaning it isn't clear and feels "dreamy") and then some DC distracted me into non-lucidity. You need to beware for those DC not to distract you much, but that doesn't mean you can't play or troll them.

      Keep trying! You are doing a great job at performing WILD, just don't get distracted and not to move even if you feel like you want to itch, blink or change your sleeping position.
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      Thanks for your great feedback. It was much appreciated. I had a 3 hours long evening nap today (I rarely do that) and suprisingly I remembered a dream.

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      There are a million things to do for recall rather than just "sleep more and write it down" My favorite it Micro WBTBs. Usually waking from dreams will make it easier to remember, so pick 4 or 5 different times throughout the night to wake up either by an alarm, water, or otherwise. You should see major increases in recall. If you give up on DILD, your LDing journey will be crippled.

      Here is a thread about DILDs, the best I have seen.
      http://www.dreamviews.com/attaining-...technique.html

      Here is a podcast for beginners that should help you out.
      http://www.dreamviews.com/dreamviews...e-told-me.html

      If you have any questions, please ask!

      Also, remembering a dream after 3 hours is like what I was talking about before. Sleep Cylce's happen in 90 minute periods with each REM Cycle getting longer and longer near the end. For someone that doesn't remember dreams, the part right after REM as they wake up is the time that they will forget that dream. If you are woken by something else, you have a high chance of remembering it. Someone that remembers their dreams knows that the feeling of waking from a dream is a disorienting time, but they don't lose it. People like me remember almost every time a REM cycle ends (you actually wake up after each REM cycle for a second or so and go back to sleep) depending on how tired they are at the time. If you are too tired it will also be a problem. Your mind doesn't like to be woken up without going through the waking process, so people that are well rested will wake up minutes or sometimes just seconds before their alarm goes off. Going through the waking process even outside of the REM cycles ending.
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      Hey Sensei, thanks for your response I ve actually already read that MILD guide, so I read it again and I just listened to the podcast(it s actually a bit depressing :/ ). I will be trying the technique described in the tutorial today, and hopefuly see results..not a lucid, that seems like a dream for now (pun intented) but a normal dream, hopefuly more vivid so I can record it in some detail.
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      Good luck. Sorry if it was a little depressing.

      Here is a tutorial for effectively DJing. My personal method for finding your personal method.
      http://www.dreamviews.com/dream-sign...m-journal.html

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