Thread: Consistency

Originally Posted by speedbasssux

Kudos to you for relying on yourself to intuitively develop LDing. I feel it's what'll make you a first-rate dreamer. I will take note and say that journaling and RC on a consistent basis will probably at least double your LDs after a bit. And you're right, we are all different so there most likely isn't a hard or fast answer as to why your LDs vary in quantity from week to week. I will say this though, I've noticed that when I'm more interested in my dreamlife, it seems to flourish. I strongly believe that you dream about what you focus on in daily life, so being excited and eager to dream will help...up to a point. Putting too much pressure on your brain to LD can also be detrimental to your success. The trick is to find the sweet spot and hitting that stride. Long story short, try not to worry too much about quantity and instead focus on the quality of your LDs. Also, try your immersion techniques right after waking up in the morning, too.

Thanks... I'll try all of that.
What's weird is that last night I just had the longest and most vivid LD I've ever had (well, vivid would be a tie since several of mine have felt 100% real).

I think this reaffirms a suspicion I've had recently about how my mind works optimally in general- it needs novelty constantly. It's no coincidence that I get the first LD I've had in 4 or 5 days the night I join this forum. But also, I had no major distractions last night, which also seems important. The real challenge is how to involve myself in something novel lucid-dream related and have no distractions at night, consistently... (also, I wasn't "super excited" or "confident" last night even though I was the last few nights of non-success, so I'm starting to feel those are non-factors)

We're all playing with shadows on the wall here. Until science gives us better and better pictures of our brains, it's all trial and error and knowing yourself. There is a sweet spot, for sure. The novelty thing would be helped if you made a really long list of things you want to do while lucid and complete it one by one. Each one getting increasingly more complex or novel. And honestly, streaks come and go, don't force yourself to LD every night. Once you become more confident and relaxed in your abilities, LDs will come with less and less effort because you are comfortable with your own progress. Even though we like to throw around our LD counts, it doesn't really matter. Trust your mind and relax into it.