Trouble Inducing MILDs

**Eamo24** · 03-04-2014 09:02 PM

Some nights, I would go to sleep and think “The next time I experience (dream sign), I’ll know that I’m dreaming”, but for some reason, I never remember it when dreaming.

I think my prospective memory is good, e.g. when going to bed at night, I would usually have a brief thought about something I need to do in the morning, and I always remember it upon awakening; so I don’t think prospective memory is the problem.

If anything, I think the problem is that I can’t take the intention seriously, i.e. I find the idea to set your mind to ‘notice’ something in a dream very vague, and for some reason, I never think it will work. I'm not really sure what the problem could be.

Any advice? Thanks for your responses.

**Valdast94** · 03-04-2014 09:52 PM

"If anything, I think the problem is that I can’t take the intention seriously, i.e. I find the idea to set your mind to ‘notice’ something in a dream very vague, and for some reason, I never think it will work. I'm not really sure what the problem could be."

Visualize it instead

It motivates you more and it works better.

**Sensei** · 03-05-2014 03:52 PM

So you are doing one thing to try and become lucid, that is something very few people have success with and that people use as a supplement to normal techniques, not as a technique by itself.

If all it took was a common dreamsign to LD every night, then everyone would LD every night. Your memory is impaired when you are in a dream. You are also not as good at reasoning things in a dream. This is something that you have to get over to LD.

**Eamo24** · 03-05-2014 06:09 PM

^^ Thanks.

I suppose it does sound a bit far-fetched that you could induce LDs like this every night. I’ve had a few experiences like this, but there was certainly more to those attempts than a simple request of prospective memory, like high expectation etc. overall though, I can certainly see MILD as being an effective supplement, like you said.