Thread: Practicing SSILD and MILD for 30 days

you are right mimihigurashi!
I think the combination of SSILD and MILD is not very good, at least for me....but it could change the foundation of my believe that i CAN be a lucid dreamer. previously although i could have LD nearly at will by methods such as CrazyInsane WILD method which is performed by alarm but i always deeply doubted that i can be a lucid dreamer and i was lucid only if i used many alarms (every 15 minutes) which gave me LD but also headaches....

at least now, i can accept that LD is not that hard which is a gift of doing MILD. SSILD is doing well for me and day by day, my awareness inside the dreams and also the clarity and vividness of my dreams is increasing.

So LD itself is not important for me now (as i can easily have it by other methods which also disturb my sleep cycle and bring headache to me). I am looking for a method which can gradually build my awareness step by step so i can be a real lucid dreamer without much effort! I think also i didn't have much success with MILD and SSILD but i think i am on the right path to fundamentally change my subconscious to have LD with ease....


In my case, most of my LDs are results of methods which are very similar to DEILD, so after this 30 days, i wish to start practicing SSILD with DEILD.

day 26=
I was too tired to do the cycles but at least i did the MILD part.

Originally Posted by yaya

you are right mimihigurashi!
I think the combination of SSILD and MILD is not very good, at least for me....but it could change the foundation of my believe that i CAN be a lucid dreamer. previously although i could have LD nearly at will by methods such as CrazyInsane WILD method which is performed by alarm but i always deeply doubted that i can be a lucid dreamer and i was lucid only if i used many alarms (every 15 minutes) which gave me LD but also headaches....

at least now, i can accept that LD is not that hard which is a gift of doing MILD. SSILD is doing well for me and day by day, my awareness inside the dreams and also the clarity and vividness of my dreams is increasing.

So LD itself is not important for me now (as i can easily have it by other methods which also disturb my sleep cycle and bring headache to me). I am looking for a method which can gradually build my awareness step by step so i can be a real lucid dreamer without much effort! I think also i didn't have much success with MILD and SSILD but i think i am on the right path to fundamentally change my subconscious to have LD with ease....


In my case, most of my LDs are results of methods which are very similar to DEILD, so after this 30 days, i wish to start practicing SSILD with DEILD.

day 26=
I was too tired to do the cycles but at least i did the MILD part.

I see, if vividness is increasing, that's good, though one thing I'd like to point out.. You say you want to LD via other methods than WILD to kind of prove to yourself that you can be a 'real' lucid dreamer? That sounds great but doesn't failing to get lucid with the same techniques after trying many times have a negative effect on your confidence? I know it would have an effect on mine.. Confidence plays a big role in success at LDing, and usually when you don't manage to get lucid after trying hard, your confidence drops, which in turn lessens your chances of lucidity, which in turn again decreases your confidence, you know what I mean? Like a negative loop feeding into itself. That's a dangerous thing to fall into.

Also, if you want to gradually build your awareness, why not use one of those 'methods' where you are mindful and self aware throughout the day? If you aren't doing that already. I'm pretty sure MILD and SSILD are not techniques that gradually increase your awareness in order to produce LDs. With MILD, you pretty much attempt to program your brain to recognize the dream state at some point in the very near future, it uses prospective memory, not so much awareness. As for SSILD, it's a WILD technique, the idea behind the cycles is to help you maintain a temporary awareness, long enough to transition from awake to asleep without losing consciousness, it doesn't deal with the general increased awareness that you need to recognize the dream state on a regular basis.
Of course, I could be wrong, so let me know, but this is what makes sense to me.