Thread: My personal method of becoming lucid. If anyone is interested.

Well, I was very tired and sleepy last night, that's possibly why it didn't work. It almost worked though, I remember that dream began, but then I must have lost consciousness. Anyway, it's great method, I will definitely try tonight. I believe it'll work now

Originally Posted by FreddyKrueger

I tried this last night, but instead of clapping, I did walking. It worked! Thanks!

I used this technique while walking, also, and it worked. I haven't had a solid LD in quite some-time, either.

I woke up, after about six hours of sleep, got up for a few minutes, and went back to bed. I imagined myself walking up a hill, and next thing I knew I was in space. I flew stars and nebulae for a while, then wound up having a bit of a strange LD in a room with no doors or windows I could leave from. I tried diving through the floor, but lost lucidity.

I woke up several more times and tried this technique again, but those times I didn't get out of bed and just wound up falling back asleep.

First substantial lucid in quite a while. Thanks!

Originally Posted by Nightmare

I used this technique while walking, also, and it worked. I haven't had a solid LD in quite some-time, either.

I woke up, after about six hours of sleep, got up for a few minutes, and went back to bed. I imagined myself walking up a hill, and next thing I knew I was in space. I flew stars and nebulae for a while, then wound up having a bit of a strange LD in a room with no doors or windows I could leave from. I tried diving through the floor, but lost lucidity.

I woke up several more times and tried this technique again, but those times I didn't get out of bed and just wound up falling back asleep.

First substantial lucid in quite a while. Thanks!

Great work! Keep at it

I am beginning to think that I should of used walking as my example. It's important that everyone knows that you can substitute the action for literally anything you like.

Originally Posted by Harionago

Can you explain what you mean by not putting enough effort in? Are you struggling with imagining yourself clapping?

Maybe running might be better for you? You could imagine you are running barefoot and the feeling of grass/mud/sand/snow at the sole of your feet. I use sand a lot because it's a very unique feeling and it conjures up a beach scene beautifully.

Wait for the moment when you can feel yourself dropping to sleep.
My problem is at this part, i don't know how.

very similar to sageous's method
WILD

I'm going to try this soon. It sounds like a simple enough method. I'll post how well it works out. Thanks for the info!

Originally Posted by TheAssassin56

Wait for the moment when you can feel yourself dropping to sleep.
My problem is at this part, i don't know how.

I'm willing to bet that you're not tired enough. We've all experienced times where we could barely keep our eyes open and just wanted to relax and drift off to sleep. I had this same problem with other methods and they didn't work because I wasn't sleepy enough. I see that you're familiar with FILD, and that method won't work if you're not tired enough to fall back asleep within a minute or two.

Trust me, you'll know when you feel yourself "dropping to sleep." The solution is simple: wait until you're very tired and know you're ready to pass out, then try it. You may find yourself staying up for an hour or two later than you'd like, but it's a small price to pay to have a lucid dream. Hope that helped you.

i meant to try this the night before but i wasn't able to sleep properly for the past two nights. i intend to try it as soon as i'm able to rest as usual, it sounds very promising!! thanks for sharing.

This is similar to what I do, which works occasionally. While going back to sleep, I imagine moving my arms, as if reaching out and grabbing something, or like climbing a ladder or rope. When it works, it begins to feel more real and a dream scene forms around me.
The problem I have a lot of the time, though, is simply falling asleep without having focused on the imagined sensation enough.

I'm going to try this tomorrow with galantamine and choline for better transition

Originally Posted by Screen

I'm willing to bet that you're not tired enough. We've all experienced times where we could barely keep our eyes open and just wanted to relax and drift off to sleep. I had this same problem with other methods and they didn't work because I wasn't sleepy enough. I see that you're familiar with FILD, and that method won't work if you're not tired enough to fall back asleep within a minute or two.

Trust me, you'll know when you feel yourself "dropping to sleep." The solution is simple: wait until you're very tired and know you're ready to pass out, then try it. You may find yourself staying up for an hour or two later than you'd like, but it's a small price to pay to have a lucid dream. Hope that helped you.

Gonna try it again, my problem is the sleep time, going to try 4 hours.

Finally. I have a chance to post something here. yes it works! It helped me have two lucid dreams yesterday! And first lucid dream was longer than the rest of the others. thanks for this awesome technique

Originally Posted by lucid555

Finally. I have a chance to post something here. yes it works! It helped me have two lucid dreams yesterday! And first lucid dream was longer than the rest of the others. thanks for this awesome technique

Congratulations! May I ask what motion you decided to imagine?

Originally Posted by Harionago

Congratulations! May I ask what motion you decided to imagine?

Thanks! And yeah, of course, I just imagined clapping my hands.
And just as you said, first thing happened. Soon it began incredibly real. And then I got up from bed and did a reality check which confirmed I was in dream.

Originally Posted by lucid555

Thanks! And yeah, of course, I just imagined clapping my hands.
And just as you said, first thing happened. Soon it began incredibly real. And then I got up from bed and did a reality check which confirmed I was in dream.

It's a good job you had the gumption to use a reality check. There has been no end of times where I convince myself that I am not dreaming and just fall asleep.

I tried this again by waking up after about 5 hrs of sleep, going back to bed, and imagining rubbing my hands together. I found myself in a dream rubbing my hands together, knowing that I was trying to have a lucid dream, but forgot to do a reality check and just had a regular dream.

I think rubbing hands is another effective way to do this because it engages two senses: I could hear the rubbing sound before I could feel the rubbing sensation.

Awesome technique. So simple.

If you wanted to add more senses, you could imagine you were eating something like a piece of candy, or chewing gum. I haven't tried that, it's just an idea I'm offering.

Originally Posted by Screen

If you wanted to add more senses, you could imagine you were eating something like a piece of candy, or chewing gum. I haven't tried that, it's just an idea I'm offering.

Sounds interesting! I might give that one a go. My only reservation is that it might make me feel hungry and keep me from sleeping

I almost did it last night!
I was imagining clapping when suddenly I could feel my hands clapping. It felt intensely real. Was afraid to ruin it if I opened my eyes, though, so eventually the sensation disappeared.
Will try again I have faith in this thing. Thanks for sharing !

Originally Posted by Spun

I almost did it last night!
I was imagining clapping when suddenly I could feel my hands clapping. It felt intensely real. Was afraid to ruin it if I opened my eyes, though, so eventually the sensation disappeared.
Will try again I have faith in this thing. Thanks for sharing !

Yep! That would be you clapping in your dream. It can be so confusing at times because the sensation feels real and for a moment you think that it was your waking hands that clapped.

If you are worried about opening your eyes then I suggest that once the clapping becomes intense like before, you start imagining an environment. Hopefully the environment you imagine will appear without you having to open your eyes.

Hiya - I tried this method about 3 nights ago and had some success - I imagined, as you suggested, clapping my hands, and after a few minutes I emerged into a dream scene of being in a car with a female DC (unfortunately not a cow girl ) still clapping my hands ! The female DC turned to me and looked at me oddly saying 'why are you clapping' and stupidly (being only semilucid now and feeling kind of awkward explaining lucidity and feeling stupid clapping in the car) I made up 'because my hands are cold!' stupid eh! I could feel my brain making up the excuse, amazing how our brains try and explain every oddity in our dreams to try and make sense of it.anyways as I re-asserted my lucidity I lost the dream into the void (and blew the task of the month - yelling out 'whats your middle name' but she'd gone).

anyway your technique worked! so thank you

Will try this tonight. How long do you stay up before going back to bed?

Originally Posted by Tlaloc

Hiya - I tried this method about 3 nights ago and had some success - I imagined, as you suggested, clapping my hands, and after a few minutes I emerged into a dream scene of being in a car with a female DC (unfortunately not a cow girl ) still clapping my hands ! The female DC turned to me and looked at me oddly saying 'why are you clapping' and stupidly (being only semilucid now and feeling kind of awkward explaining lucidity and feeling stupid clapping in the car) I made up 'because my hands are cold!' stupid eh! I could feel my brain making up the excuse, amazing how our brains try and explain every oddity in our dreams to try and make sense of it.anyways as I re-asserted my lucidity I lost the dream into the void (and blew the task of the month - yelling out 'whats your middle name' but she'd gone).

anyway your technique worked! so thank you

Awesome! Great story. I'm glad that you are finding some success using my technique.

Let us know if you get any further. You was practically there!

Originally Posted by Lucidordie

Will try this tonight. How long do you stay up before going back to bed?

I check the time and turn over. A mere 30 seconds if that.