DILD Help

[Daegon]

I was wondering if someone could help me with DILDs, they seem to be my most common from of LDs. Just last night, I was holding a teddy bear in a dream, studying it for some reason, then out of nowhere I said something. I don't remember all of it, just "...when I wake up..." and pop, I knew I was dreaming. What I'm looking for is help developing my DILD techniques because they're all different in some way from person to person. All the LDs that I can recall have been DILDs. Something in my dream triggered the LD, such as the comment about when I wake up last night. For me it seems to happen during the dream rather than before, and even when I don't LD, there are times I almost do. There have been times where during my dreams I know something isn't right, something is out of place, or feels off, but it never pops. I think I have the potential for a lot of LDs if I can just trigger them. From what I can remember, most of my LDs seem to be based off verbal triggers.

[Naiya]

It sounds like you're mostly missing good chances to RC. But the fact that you ARE feeling like something is off or out of place in your dreams is a really great sign, it means you are becoming more aware and your RCing is starting to pay off. Just be patient with it and keep doing what you're doing. I highly recommend you try a form of MILD along with RCing... Can you describe what kinds of techniques or things you've been doing so far?

[Daegon]

To be honest I haven't been trying to attain lucidity in dreams, the LDs I have are naturally occurring. I've only recently become interested in actively trying for this. As I said most of my LDs are verbally triggered. There have been a few instances of Lucidity seemingly popping without a given reason. One minute I'm dreaming, the next minute I realize I'm dreaming and don't recall a specific trigger. By the way, what's RC mean?

[Naiya]

Hmm, I see. Then I'd definitely go with reality checking and autosuggestion. RC means reality check--basically during the day you periodically check to see if you're dreaming. First you ask yourself if you're dreaming, and then you perform a check, like trying to stick your finger through the palm of your hand to confirm your answer. Autosuggestion is something you do before bed at night and is usually a kind of mantra you say for a few minutes before bed. My favorite mantras are "I will have lucid dreams tonight" and "I'm dreaming." Give those things a try.