Thread: If My Recall isn't improving then I won't ever have Lucids?

Originally Posted by voByJunior2013

1. I'm a 3 week practitioner of dream journaling for recall. ...

2. So if i'm not improving, then that means i won't ever had a lucid? That sucks.

1. Do you practice for lucid dream? RCs, mantras and awareness? Those will get you a lucid dream.

2. And no. In no way will your recall hinder your ability to have a LD. I would also now worry too much about not remembering your LD, because of your inconsistent/low recall. Most of the time, most of the people, especially while beginners, wake up from or just after LD, due to the excitement. There really is a very low chance, that you will not remember your first few lucids. If you don't get up after LD, let's say you try to DEILD, but you fall asleep, then yes, you could forget your LD. But as I said, you have a 99.9% chance of remembering your first LD, because you will most likely wake up right after it's over.

Please don't wait any longer with practicing RCs, mantras and awareness. If you need any help, please ask, or PM me. Happy dreams

P.S I really hope we didn't mislead you someplace into thinking, that you need a perfect recall before starting to practice.

Originally Posted by gab

I would also now worry too much about not remembering your LD, because of your inconsistent/low recall. Most of the time, most of the people, especially while beginners, wake up from or just after LD, due to the excitement. There really is a very low chance, that you will not remember your first few lucids.

I can attest to this. Waking from a LD especially your first several, is like being awake in one place and then being awake in a different place. The experience is solidly etched into your memory because you're aware while it's happening. Only at the advanced levels with many multiple LDs per night and very long ones do I think having well-developed recall helps to remember them all.

Of course good recall does help discover dream signs which can help getting lucid, but my first LDs were just all about increased awareness from doing waking life RCs and being aware of and constantly testing my state.

I can attest to recall fluctuating as well...I go from fantastic detailed recall some nights to almost nothing on others, depending on personal stress and life situations and sleep schedule.

It also took me a full month of very very dedicated RCing and reading lots of sites, etc. to get to the first LD. After that, just a week for the second. Then some more weeks, then one, then more time, then 3 in one week. Now it's been a couple weeks without one (but with a bad / inconsistent sleep schedule). So with consistency and seriously practicing, the frequency will increase, no doubt. Just be positive and stick with it. Positive attitude is important, value the dreams you do remember, and your mind will understand eventually that dreaming is important to you and things will start working as you want!