i need help with lucid dreaming?

there are times, like last night that in the dream i will know that im dreaming. Last night i had a dream about riding around town on a scooter and i was looking for my mom. i remember telling myself that i knew it was a dream because i saw a person who i actually didnt know in real life,, but why wont it click to me to wake up in the dream???? ive toled myself before that i was dreaming but why is it that i wont tell my self in the dream that i can lucid dream since i know im dreaming? what do i need to do?

Essentially what you need to do is get yourself used to thinking about lucidity all the time and practice for when it happens. Look around yourself at odd times every day and stop and think - is this waking life or could it be a dream? Really wonder - there's no guarantee you're awake right now.

Now, do a couple of reality checks, followed by some form of stabilization. My preferred methods are the nosepinch and fingerpalm RCs followed by rubbing my hands over textures/surfaces in the dream as a stabilization technique. Each of these techniques reinforces the knowledge that you're dreaming and strengthens your lucidity and awareness. I'm trying to get myself used to the idea of tasting things in a dream as another stabilization technique - I was only able to do that one once so far but it was amazing.

But the only way these techniques can help you is if you get them deeply ingrained into your mid so that as soon as you notice you're dreaming you automatically remember them. The first time you pinch your nose shut and find you can still breathe it's incredible - you know absolutely anything is possible!!

So do your daytime practice consistently.

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Keeping a Dream Journal is, in my opinion, the key to success. Be sure to make an entry every time you awaken, even if it is only one word. Once your journal has several entries in it, you will be able to identify dream signs which can be used to identify when you are dreaming.

Becoming more aware of your surroundings is also a big help. If you look at a clock and then look at it again a few seconds later, is it an entirely different time?

For me, the light switch almost always triggers a lucid. Electrical and mechanical devices most often do not behave as expected in a dream. The next time the computer screen looks strange or the light won't turn on, perform a reality check. You might just get lucky. :)

it seems to me you just need a litle bit more of awareness. if you WILD, SSILD, MILD just before your normal REM periods you will see results.

for instance, wake up after 3, 5 hours of sleep, do your technique for a good time and fall asleep while doing it. you will enter your first night's dream much more aware, and you will get the edge you need. try to do it also after every dream, but less time than the first time, because you don´t want to loose time now.