Thread: Testing SSILD for a month

Originally Posted by MilesPrower

Heres what I have found, ssild works when you are well rested, enough to actually pay attention to the technique, especially vision, which is where you will find yourself dosing off (also touch step may dose you off.)

I agree with this, I think I've found that doing it on alternating nights is best for me personally. Otherwise I'm too damn sleepy.

Anyways...

No success last night, had a couple vivid dreams. I woke up at 03 30 via alarm and I was super tired. I tried to try wake myself up by getting up and going toilet but I was still super sleepy and stumbling around the house. When I started doing cycles I would just forget, and eventually after 10-15 minutes of trying I fell asleep.

Originally Posted by MilesPrower

also if you are too tired, remember, fild is ssild's best buddy.

I might try this, I don't know what a FILD is, I'm not familiar with a lot of techniques yet so I'll read up on it.

Attempts: 5/7
Semi-lucids: 1/7
Lucids: 1/7
FA: 0

Day 3

No luck last night mainly because I fell asleep in the beginning cycles. Also I just started combining this with king yoshis all day awareness tutorial. Hope I have positive results soon.

FA: 1
LD: 1
Attempts: 3

I just want to say milesprower has hit the nail on the head so to speak, I've been doing ssild for good few months and it does drop off with the success rate.. Until you figure out the reason it has stopped working.

That reason is because the first time people try this technique they wake up with a little excitement to try it which results in wakefulness which is very important to this technique also they follow the technique exactly how they read it and boom lucid dream, seemed so easy and it was, and the following attempts usually work out pretty well to. Until you try it again a few weeks later and it just isn't working.

I find this technique has a really high success rate for me and for alot of people but only when done r the right way, if you doze off too quickly during the cycles that will have a big impact on it working or not, also becoming lazy with your attention on each of your senses also has a big impact on success and lastly keeping a clear head as you are actually doing the cycle while at the same time being able to recognize a false awakening will have a big impact to and lastly having a good sleep schedule and not being too tired with lack of decent sleep.

So basically the way that it works almost everytime for me is-

-make sure to wake up enough to do the FULL CYCLE

-don't be too lazy with the technique, keep your attention/awareness fully on each sense

-have decent amount of sleep prior night/s and a good 4 hours before attempting.

-keep a clear head/don't over think it/don't count etc

If you tick all those boxes and still are not becoming lucid atleast 80% of the time I would be surprised but at the same time I do realize everyone is different for what works and what doesnt but this is my take on it.

Some more vivid dreams for me last night, except I had a hard time cementing them to memory. I went through the SSILD cycles at 3 different times last night: before I went to bed (10ish), around midnight, and 03 30.

I had one false awakening randomly around midnight, I just remember waking up, and then waking up again for real a few seconds later. This is the first FA I've ever had/been aware of.

SSILD seems to make me tune in on how tired I actually am, and I seem to be able to fall asleep pretty fast sometimes - this is really good for me because of my insomnia. Although sometimes the opposite affect occurs where it will make me feel wired as hell and I can't fall asleep for ages, pretty much causing my insomnia to kick-start.

Total Attempts: 8
Semi-lucids: 1
Lucids: 1
FA: 1

Being too tired us one of the biggest hurdles to being able to become lucid with this technique, a couple tips that work for me is always get out of bed, go toilet go to the kitchen turn lights on get a drink make sure you really are awake enough.
And make sure you arnt just going through the paces make it an event expect to become lucid from it, put a good amount of effort in.

I would join this thread of attempts but I've already done my own experimenting with ssild and I know for a fact it simply works it's not a placebo but it only works when done correctly I'm no lucid dreaming expert but I know how to do this technique well and it works pretty much everytime even months later as long as I have sufficient sleep and have done all the steps properly. The hard part is sufficient sleep when you have a busy life that's why I don't do this every single night otherwise I would but good luck I'll keep an eye on how everyone's attempts go

I agree with LucidEveryNight. I found it hard to get past the first cycle because I was so tired from not moving around.

Day 4

Failed a gain. I think I'm going to use an alarm clock or different auto suggestion to wake me up because the mantra "I will wake up after each dream," isn't working. Any suggestions.

Attempts: 4
FA: 1
LD: 1

So day 9 wasn't much of a success, I'll try hard tonight though to make up for my slowly deteriorating effort.

I did have some super vivid dreams (about 3 dreams), specifically this colour caught my attention... It was cool .
However I don't think it's SSILD that's making my dreams vivid, since I haven't been analyzing my dreams long and I'm more or less just tuning into how my dreams are.

I will definitely try hard to make myself lucid tonight.
Sleep time.

Total Attempts: 9
Semi-lucids: 1
Lucids: 1
FA: 1

Day 5

I failed again because I dose off in the beginning cycles. I even woke my self up a little more. I guess it's just sorta the process.

Attempts: 5
FA: 1
LD: 1

Had success again my 3rd lucid ever!!
Happened in my second to last dream.
Wasn't a long lucid (about 10 seconds - a bit shorter than my others), I think I need to learn how to stabilize...

Total Attempts: 10
Semi-lucids: 1
Lucids: 2
FA: 1

Werty52 the way to stabilize is to do things like touching objects and doing RC's. Anything that clarity's that your in a dream. Also can you please tell me how you did it because I want to get my 3'rd Ld soon.

Yeah I try to, I tried rubbing my hands for the first time but that didn't work :/ I'll definitely try touching objects around me next time since I've never tried that.

Well for me what has worked is a combination of a few things, I've been doing the SSILD method every night multiple times. I try and summon the willpower and push through them properly. I also do various RC's multiple times a day (I've been pretty slack with this though, since exams are less than a week away and I'm studying 8-10 hours a day), and keep writing all my dreams in a DJ and then again onto DV.

Another thing I've been doing is using Ctharlhie's guide http://www.dreamviews.com/general-lu...nique-rut.html

It basically talks about using 'Intent', and it actually worked for me in combination with SSILD. I find that SSILD works as a mental anchor, allowing me to be just a bit more aware of oddities, and then the intent thing works as a way to tell myself it WILL happen... At the very least, the article is interesting and worth a read in my opinion

Thanks Werty and good luck on the exams.

Day 6

Didn't have a sucess. Did almost all the cycles then dosed off.

Attempts: 6
FA: 1
LD: 1

Such a bad sleep, insomnia kicked in for half the night. Unsuccessful with SSILD but that's more because of the bad sleep
Didn't recall any dreams either

Total Attempts: 11
Semi-lucids: 1
Lucids: 2
FA: 1

Day 7

Sucess. Had my third LD, but like usually it was unstable and ended after 20 seconds. Anyways, thanks Werty for toeing me how you got your LD with ssild because it hepled.

Attemps: 7
FA: 1
LD: 2

Congratz! I'm glad it helped

Unsuccessful.
Another terrible sleep, probably because exams are fast approaching and I'm overworking myself. Went to bed at 10, didn't fall asleep until 2-3. I didn't do the cycles because I was just so damn tired.

Total Attempts: 12
Semi-lucids: 1
Lucids: 2
FA: 1

I've been sick, so I haven't been able to do fancy stuff with my sleep. I'll return to this thread when I get better.

Day 8

Unsuccessful. Had a bad sleep, but my last dream was very vivid and Long. Also I think I had a FA.

Attempts: 8
FA: 2
LD: 2

Unsuccessful. I feel like we're giving SSILD a bad wrap with the current success ratio. I definitely think it works though

After the 24th I'll give a solid stab at dedicating myself to achieving a lucid dream for a few days - since after that date I'll have a 2 week gap between exams.

Total Attempts: 12
Semi-lucids: 1
Lucids: 2
FA: 1

Hope you get well soon Matt1

A couple nights ago a woke up and felt wide awake. I did ssild and it worked, rjis is the closest to a wild it had ever been. Of course, do to the small lapse in awareness i started in my room. But when it ended, the last. Thing i wanted to do was another cycle, so i slept

Day 9

Uncessfull because I keep falling asleep durring the beginning cycles. Had a lot longer and vivid dreams though.

Attempts: 9
FA: 2
LD: 2

I've just stumbled upon this SSILD method recently and I have tried it half a dozen times as a relaxation exercise. Wow, I have never used a method that zoned be out so fast. And you would think that when I put more effort into focusing on the cycles I would stay awake, but no, I just go deeper. I have tried this at bedtime, before meditating and for naps. I have yet to try it for WBTB, but I think I may have found my solution to insomnia when taking Galantamine.
I also plan to try it on its own for LD and will report back.