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

Originally Posted by Harionago

Great! I look forward to hearing your results. Remember that you don't necessarily have to do clapping. It's just the action that I choose to begin with.

I had a lucid dream this morning using this method. I usually tend to slip straight into the lucid dream but this morning I felt restless and needed something to help me get lucid. The motion that I imagined this time was the sensation of jumping onto my bed and bouncing out of my window. Bounce Bounce. Bounce Bounce. Bounce Bounce.

The first time was a false awakening, for some reason I had convinced myself that I was really jumping out of my window and I could seriously hurt myself. I confused my dream body with my waking one, which I believe is a common mistake with this technique. The second time round it worked perfectly and I started my lucid dream.

Can you help me with something? everytime i try to do a technique i feel like i'm not putting enough effort into it, and so i have never done a technique other than DILD. I don't know why this happens even though i really want to do it.

Originally Posted by TheAssassin56

Can you help me with something? everytime i try to do a technique i feel like i'm not putting enough effort into it, and so i have never done a technique other than DILD. I don't know why this happens even though i really want to do it.

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.

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.

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.

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.