Attaining Lucidity Easier After First Lucid Dream

**briman007** · 03-24-2011 10:12 PM

A couple days ago I had my first prolonged lucid dream (DILD), but unfortunately it was kind of a "bust" in the sense that I didn't really accomplish anything that I wanted to.

From a lot of my reading I seem to get the impression that in lucid dreams, people suggest taking a "lucidity pill" or announcing that they will have a lucid dream every time they sleep.

Does this work? Are there actually techniques that can be done inside of a dream that can program your body to "naturally" lucid dream?

**Arra** · 03-24-2011 10:29 PM

It seems like the title of the thread and your description are different, unless I'm misunderstanding. Responding to the title, the first time I tried having lucid dreams (a few years ago) I had my first 3 weeks or so after starting to try. And from then on it was an instant 2 or 3 per night. But now, I've been getting maybe one every couple weeks, and having the first one didn't seem to increase my chances. So I guess the answer is that it's true in some cases, not in others.

**zebrah** · 03-24-2011 10:37 PM

I've never tried it but I'm sure it could work. I think I'll try that next time I'm lucid.

**briman007** · 03-25-2011 04:49 AM

Originally Posted by Zebrah

I've never tried it but I'm sure it could work. I think I'll try that next time I'm lucid.

Let me know how this works. As I said, I'd read about it somewhere but obviously have been unable to try it. Naturally I want to make lucid dreaming a "natural" occurrence.

And to clear up any confusion, the question is really about that. What can you do in a lucid dream, if anything, to make lucid dreams more frequent?