Thread: Only seem to become lucid when not “trying”

cmind

I see what you mean, cmind, but surely DILD can’t be that tricky! In relation to WILD though, I find it incredibly difficult to WILD -- I would like to be able to, but after over 100 failed attempts, I really don’t think I’ll ever be able to do it (especially not consistently). WILD just doesn’t appeal to me anymore. But I assume that there are many experienced LD’ers who become lucid every night through DILD and DILD-related activities (like having the right mindset, intent, techniques etc.), who themselves might say WILD is just another way of entering a LD.

OneUp

Wise words there, OneUp; thx!

It’s encouraging to hear about success like that, also I do think consistency may be one of my main issues, so I must work on that.

What I plan on doing from now is just keeping up three things: (1) dream journaling, (2) daytime RC’s to anything “odd” specifically, as well as in general if it crosses my mind, and (3) SSILD at night. I guess my plan is to just go with this set of activities and not to try so much, but just try to internalize these activities as if they're just an everyday thing until it eventually begins to reflect in dreams. But yes, I can see why persistence would be important as well. Normally I would give up my practices now and then or constantly try to find better ways to LD, or a more concrete "technique", but I guess it doesn't really work like that