Thread: Wow! 2 very different LD's in one night. How did I do it?

Congrats on the 2 LDs lucidlion! Just for future reference the lighting in dreams remains constant from what i believe so dont concentrate on lighting your surrounding environment try teleporting (by using a door, spinning (but dont close your eyes), or something else), that way you could be in an environment that is more acceptable to you if you don't like darker dreams, it also helps when you stabilize your dream before teleporting. just my 2 cents there, hope it helps.

to answer your last question too: yes you can LD in non REM sleep, but its more rare and probably tougher to recall I would assume.

Originally Posted by Nufeather1

to answer your last question too: yes you can LD in non REM sleep, but its more rare and probably tougher to recall I would assume.

The recall was actually pretty good on both LD's. But if I had let myself fall back to sleep without recording them I probably wouldn't have remembered them in the morning. My recall usually is pretty bad. I often remember one dream in the morning, but then I am distracted by my wife and my daughter. Soon the memory have faded away. I think it's really hard to keep a DJ like I know I should.

Dreams occur in the transition to and from Delta brainwave sleep. People will dream in increasing intensity through the night . Most people have dreams immediately upon entering deep sleep or just before awakening as our brains transition to and from Theta to Delta. Hope this helps.

I have experienced a few LD's during naps in the past, but that was allways during the daytime. I have no idea what made me become concsious this particular night. It was like I just woke up inside my head, but I managed to not move at all. I'm really looking forward to next time (I plan to be much more aware of how important it is to stabilize).

Originally Posted by lucidlion

The recall was actually pretty good on both LD's. But if I had let myself fall back to sleep without recording them I probably wouldn't have remembered them in the morning. My recall usually is pretty bad. I often remember one dream in the morning, but then I am distracted by my wife and my daughter. Soon the memory have faded away. I think it's really hard to keep a DJ like I know I should.



I have experienced a few LD's during naps in the past, but that was allways during the daytime. I have no idea what made me become concsious this particular night. It was like I just woke up inside my head, but I managed to not move at all. I'm really looking forward to next time (I plan to be much more aware of how important it is to stabilize).

When you do wake up try to tune everything out for a few moments and ask yourself how you feel and what you dreamed; It's very important that you don't move right when you awaken though! It helped me recall dreams a lot better. Also, try to keep a dream journal even if means recording fragments or how you felt when you woke up, I had a dream journal and kept at it my recall was great, but I've been slacking on recording my dreams lately and ultimately my great recall has been killed by this. I'm actually going to start recording my dreams again, whether on this site or elsewhere.


Just keep a good confident attitude and next time may come quicker than you think it will. good luck!