Thread: Its impossible!

I will tell you, I was at the same point you are now when I found Dream Views. Although, I had only been trying for a month. Kudos to you for sticking it out for so long without getting results. I had read that it usually takes months or sometimes even years to get proficient. Years?!? Who on earth could fail that long and keep the motivation to continue? Certainly not me.
Anyway, I have just started having some success and I thought I would throw my two cents in.
Here are the things that I have done that have made a difference for me.

1. Work on my prospective memory, that is to say, work on remembering things without using some external device like a phone, or something to remind me. Steven Laberge gives some good tips and lists of things to try to remember in one of his books. The point is that you don't have something to remind you to do reality checks when you are sleeping, so getting good at remembering just because you intend to is helpful.

2. Give up alcohol, or at least cut down, I never dream after a night of heavy drinking.

3. I gave up facebook and twitter and now spend the time I used to spend on those sites, either on this site, or reading about LD, or listening to podcasts about LD. Making it a central part of life has helped.

4. no TV before bed. This might just be me, but my dreams are all dark and fuzzy if I end the night vegged out on the couch. I have better results if I read before bed. Maybe because my mind stays active.

5. Try MILD if you haven't. The mantras/repetitive reminders after I WBTB have made a difference for me.

that is my two cents. Good luck!

Originally Posted by strumlifeaway

4. no TV before bed. This might just be me, but my dreams are all dark and fuzzy if I end the night vegged out on the couch. I have better results if I read before bed. Maybe because my mind stays active.

Completely true to me as well, i need to read a fiction book before bed to put my mind in a creative mindset. Also what i do these days while reading is to really visualize what I'm reading, I try and put myself in the book. It really helps with WILD's and generally visualizing things But yeah reading before bed has a great influence on your dreams.